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Proposed Arizona legislation aims at protecting biometrics of school children

Monday, March 31, 2008 in News

A proposed bill in the Arizona legislature would allow families to keep children’s biometric information away from schools in the form of lunchroom fingerprint programs and facial and iris recognition programs. Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa, is sponsoring Senate Bill 1216, which originally called for a ban but now would require schools to obtain parental consent if they wish to collect fingerprints, retinal or iris scans, voice or facial recognition samples or hand geometry from students.

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