Sneaking Student Eye Scans
Eagle Forum – September 2013
Parents in Polk County, Florida
schools are outraged because students’ eyes were scanned to track bus riding
without parental permission or knowledge. The Polk County Schools interim
superintendent didn’t learn about the program until eye scanning was underway.
Biometric information gained from iris scanning is as individual as
fingerprints.
A contract approving iris
scanning was supposed to be signed by the superintendent before scanning began.
Parents would then be notified about the scanning and told to contact the
school principal if they did not want their children to participate.
Stanley Convergent Security
Solutions technicians showed up prematurely at schools and 750 students’ eyes
were scanned, without a signed contract or any parental approval. The company
and school district officials told furious parents that the scans would be
destroyed. “Some parents, however, aren’t appeased. They cite an Internet age
maxim: Nothing can be deleted completely.” (TheLakelandLedger.com, 6-14-13)
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