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Biometrics in K-12: The Legal Conundrum
- Resources:
Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA - Child Protection Education of America
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- HIPPA Rules 101
- Human Recognition Systems (QuickTime Virtual Reality demos of fingerprint and hand readers)
- LeaveThemKidsAlone.com
- Pippa King Blogspot, Biometrics in Schools
- Sagem Morpho
References:
Abernathy, W., & Tien, L. (n.d.). Biometrics: Who's watching you? Retrieved April 3, 2007 from Electronic Frontier Foundation web site, http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/biometrics/
Child Protection Education of America (n.d.). ID ME NOW Fingerprinting program: An introduction to the program. Retrieved April 9, 2007, from http://www.find-missing-children.org/
Freeman, E. (2003). Biometrics, evidence, and personal privacy. Information Systems Security, 12(3), 4-8.
Illinois SB1702 (2007). Retrieved April 9, 2007, from Illinois General Assembly web site, http://www.ilga.gov/
Iowa Senate File 2086 (2006). Retrieved April 9, 2007, from Iowa General Assembly Bill Book, http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/
Kiernan, V. (2005, December 2). Show your hand, not your ID. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 52(15), A28-A30. Retrieved April 4, 2007, from http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i15/15a02801.htm
South Carolina Code of Laws (2006). Family privacy protection act. Retrieved April 9, 2007, from South Carolina Legislature web site, http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t30c002.htm
Woodward, J. D. (1998). Biometrics: Identifying law and policy concerns. Chapter 19 in R. Bolle & S. Pankanti, Biometrics, Personal Identification in Networked Society, A. K. Jain (Ed.). Kluwer Academic Publishers. Retrieved April 9, 2007, from http://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse891/Sect601/textbook/19.pdf
Wright State University, Computing and Telecomm Services (2006). Data security compliance. Retrieved April 9, 2007, from http://www.wright.edu/security/datacomp/
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About the author: Patricia Deubel has a Ph.D. in computing technology in education, and is currently an adjunct faculty member in the graduate School of Education at Capella University and an education consultant. She is also the developer of Computing Technology for Math Excellence at http://www.ct4me.net.
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