Baltimore Sun
They say system to pay for lunches is violation of privacy
Instead of paying for their lunches with crumpled dollar bills and loose
change, students in Carroll County schools are having their palms
scanned in a new check-out system — raising concerns from some parents
that their children's privacy is being violated.
The county is one of the first localities in Maryland to use the
PalmSecure system, in which children from kindergarten to 12th grade
place their hands above an infrared scanner. It identifies unique palm
and vein patterns, and converts the image into an encrypted numeric
algorithm that records a sale.
Though the school system does
not store those images, some parents have complained about the
implications of having their children's hands scanned. About 20 percent
of parents have declined to participate in the program, said supervisor
of food services Karen Sarno.-[Full Article]
