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  Fingerprinting school kids 'is wrong'
Updated 23 July 2002, 11.39
Fingerprinting is being done in school without parent's permission
Schools have been rapped over the knuckles for taking kids' fingerprints.

Thousands of pupils in schools across the UK are having their fingerprints taken so they can borrow books from the library.

And it's all without their parent's permission.

  Is fingerprinting kids a good idea? Has it happened at your school? Click here and tell us!

Fingerprinting is supposed to replace the old library card system
The fingerprinting system is supposed to cut costs and stop kids having to carry library cards around.

Each child has their thumb scanned, which is stored in a computer and used to prove their identity every time they borrow a book.

'Should be banned'

But Human Rights group, Privacy International, says this is illegal and wrong.

It thinks fingerprinting should be banned in all schools.

Around 200,000 school children have been fingerprinted for this new system in the UK.

But it's thought there might be legal challenges to stop the fingerprinting happening.

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Should kids get finger
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opening quoteWow, this must be the most ridiculous thing, ever. What is the world coming to?!closing quote
Aiya, 12, London
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