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| Author: | JimD [ 19 Sep 05, 16:59 ] |
| Post subject: | School Security - Toilet Cameras - Fingerprint ID |
September 17 2005 From: CBBC More than 80 parents have complained to a school in Lancashire after cameras were installed in the toilets there. Staff at Westhoughton High near Bolton say they need to be able to see what's going on to help them stop vandalism and smoking in the toilets. The parents have taken their complaints right to the top and have asked the education secretary to step in. They think the cameras are an invasion of their children's privacy and want them taken out of the toilets. But Bolton council, who run the school, don't want to get rid of them. Instead they want to talk to the parents to explain why they need the cameras. |
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| Author: | Jezi [ 19 Sep 05, 17:22 ] |
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I can see that from both points of view but definitely wouldn't particularly want to go to the toilet with a camera there  However, vandalism can be a problem - I'd never vandalise things but on the toilet walls at school there is some writing etc and sometimes it's SO tempting to write 'if you insist on writing on the walls at least check your spelling'  I'd never do it but some of the mistakes are stupid.
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| Author: | Calrissian [ 19 Sep 05, 18:57 ] |
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Idiots --- If they think installing camera's is going to stop anything they are really are dumb. Typical educational establishment thinking. -- Ohh, even worse - and doubtless something they clearly won't believe, if its on camera, 'some of it' will become public footage, the net heads would have it distributed. Nothing is secure, and having cam's in toilets is no better than sticking them in the showers. Oh wait, I'm sure they're already thinking of that too. Just a matter of time. Calrissian: just close down all the state schools (aka prison/psyche shaping' camps) |
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| Author: | tastyfish [ 21 Sep 05, 23:32 ] |
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sounds like a form of 'legitimate perversion' - why do we live in a society where we think the answer to everything lies in CCTV? Hasn't stopped the world becoming a more dangerous place in the meantime. |
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| Author: | JimD [ 27 Sep 05, 0:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Fingerprint ID scheme in school |
Pupils' fingerprints will be used to register and measure attendance at a primary school in Wiltshire. The school, which prefers not to be identified until parents have been consulted, will use technology already piloted in Singapore. The head teacher said it would aid self-registration and cut teachers' administrative workloads. Youngsters will use check-in stations each morning, where the technology will identify and verify who they are. The parents of any absentees will be notified using text messages on their mobile phones. The head teacher said: "We will be rolling it out for year five and six. "It is not to do with truancy - we have a statutory obligation to cut teachers' administrative tasks." The human rights group Liberty, said the scheme was not a major infringement of human rights. "But you always need safeguards, particularly around the fingerprint records," a spokesman added. Jeremy Whittaker, project manager for the scheme, said: "The data will just be used for registration. Like all records, it will be protected under the Data Protection Act. "The other vital information kept by the school on students - date of birth, address and so on - is potentially more dangerous." The technology has yet to be installed at the school, but the trial will last until December. The system has been used by the US Government, banks and in diamond exchange offices, as well as in anti-carjacking devices. From the BBC |
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| Author: | vagabond [ 27 Sep 05, 1:15 ] |
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I blame Big Brother for the idea of cameras in the toilets. I have always thought that filming people while they are on the loo or in the shower is perverted, and to put cameras in toilets that kids are using is just WRONG!!!! |
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