HK Privacy Commissioner on Fingerprinting in Schools

First published: November 2006

The Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Roderick Woo, has ordered a school in the Kowloon District to remove a fingerprint system. The system was installed in 2005 but the Commissioner found that it was excessive, and there was a less privacy–invasive method that could be used.

The case attracted international attention after controversy over similar cases in the United Kingdom.