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星期六， 2007年7月28日
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解放Dem阴影大臣为学校格雷戈Mulholland在学校带领下议院关于对生物统计的数据的用途的休会辩论。

打开辩论，解放Dem阴影大臣为学校，格雷戈Mulholland说：

“在这个国家，数以万计学校从学生年轻人作为收集指印或生物统计的数据的其他形式象三。 他们为注册、图书馆书借贷和学校晚餐的管理收集。 几家进取公司直接地与学校联系卖他们带来的这些包裹和好处。 新的部门在多少所学校不知道这发生。 竟管非官方的勘测建议它在每个地方教育当局区域在国家发生，政府没有多少所学校纪录收集生物统计的数据”。

“竞选的组织进行的勘测留下他们孩子单独估计3,500主要和中学现在使用生物统计的数据系统，并且大约750,000个孩子由他们的学校采指纹了。 它估计20所新的学校每星期增加到那些图。 所以，问题需要被论及”。

“一件事肯定： 我们不也许知道多少所学校这发生，但我们知道父母经常没有请求同意和在许多情况下不是均匀是消息灵通的。 有些学校将送一个信件家-一些做，因此，在介绍之前系统，之后一些-，但没有要求做那。 有真正的不安在父母，父组之中，并且公民自由组织，我害怕，由这点决定由政府忽略了”。

mulholland先生欢迎事实政府在对生物统计的数据的用途在天最后出版了教导为学校他的辩论。

在数据的安全在学校收集了， Mulholland先生说：

“独立技术专家阐明，按他们的看法说是不可能的数据将依然是安全。 Advances in technology mean that it is inaccurate to say that it will not be possible to reverse-engineer the data stored in order to obtain the original fingerprint.”

“There is also concern about how the data is stored. It is generally stored on small school networks or stand-alone PCs, with the most basic level of firewall protection and anti-theft protection, or it is held by the agencies who provide the technologies - and we are talking, of course, about an industry that is unregulated. Further, as Action on Rights for Children points out, schools are not secure places. Theft of school equipment is alarmingly frequent and IT equipment is a magnet for thieves.”

“Banks invest millions of pounds in constantly updating and adapting their security systems to prevent identity fraud, but how can schools be expected to do the same? However, unlike a bank personal identification number – PIN - biometric data cannot be changed in the event of theft or identity fraud, and a person’s biometric data remains the same for a lifetime. Therefore, once stolen, it is compromised forever.”

“How long data is stored is also an issue. Schools act independently. Some might destroy the data they hold as soon as the child leaves school, but there is nothing to stop them keeping the data for longer, or permanently, if they have sufficient storage space. Not only does that raise questions about whether the data could be used by organisations, including the police or security services, in later life, or indeed while the child is still at school, it raises further concerns about the security of the data and the chance that it might be compromised.”

Mr Mulholland concluded:

“The collection of biometric data by schools is not necessary. It is interesting to note that swipe cards are 100 per cent. accurate when passed over a reader, but biometric systems such as fingerprint scanners are only 93 per cent. accurate. So they are less accurate than swipe cards and considerably more expensive.”

“It raises many issues, including those of security, consent and information, as well as benefit, necessity and cost. I mean cost not only in monetary terms, but in the possible ramifications and consequences of the introduction of that practice. The government have been too slow to listen and too slow to act. They are finally engaging with the issue, but their response is still inadequate. It is not enough to say that parents should be consulted. They must be consulted, if biometric data, such as fingerprints, are to be taken from their children. Like a child’s safety on a school trip, the collection of a child’s fingerprints or other biometric data is enormously important, and should be treated with the same respect.”

“I have come to the conclusion that the costs of introducing that technology into our schools utterly outweigh any positive benefits that may ensue. The collection of biometric data in our schools is unnecessary, intrusive and insecure. A can of worms has been opened and, as yet, the government have failed adequately to close it. The situation is now a little clearer, but we want real clarity. The only way to achieve real clarity is for the government to say that schools must always ask parents for consent before taking biometric data from children.”

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