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Byrne Challenges Executive on Palm Scans for Primary Children |
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Solidarity MSP Rosemary Byrne has questioned a new scheme in a paisley primary school that uses biometric palm scans to identify pupils. Under the scheme, at the PFI school Todholm Primary, the hand scam will tell whether the children’s parents earnings entitles them to free school meals. Other information can be gleaned from the scan and Amey, one of the firms who have made huge profits from PFI schemes, want to roll it out across the country. Rosemary Byrne accused the Executive of abdicating their responsibility’s on Child Protection: "It is a scandal that we have a major new technology which can record every detail of a child's life being held by private companies who could sell it to anyone. They plan to unroll it across Scotland, yet the executive say they have no information, no policy, and it's all up to local authorities.
"I call this an abdication of responsibility. I have tabled a motion condemning the executive for their failure to protect children's rights and possibly breaching the European Convention on Human Rights."
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