[funsec] Swedish court to rule on school lunch fingerprinting

[Juha-Matti Laurio]

"Hungry students at a school in Västerbotten in northern Sweden must give a fingerprint in order to eat in the school’s cafeteria,
 a practice which bothers data privacy officials seeking to ban the measure.

At the Lilja school in Vännäs, students must give a fingerprint accompanied by a four-digit code in order to receive a plate and enter the school's cafeteria.

The system helps the school prevent unauthorized people from eating in the canteen, and also helps officials plan food purchases and the monthly budget."
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More at
http://www.thelocal.se/15068/20081020/

Is the privacy mailing list gone forever, BTW?

Juha-Matti