Fingerprint scanning at nursery

[GraceAbounds]

Fingerprint scanning at nursery

The nursery said the measures enhanced security

A fingerprint scanning system is being introduced at a nursery in Bath to allow only parents and staff access. The biometric controls are being introduced at the First Steps nursery to "enhance existing security arrangements".
The company behind the system, UK Biometrics, said no fingerprints were actually stored and no human rights were infringed.
Manager Lysha Goode said: "Security is a prime concern for parents and staff."
"With our new biometric system we know only registered people can gain access to the nursery so parents have peace of mind," she said.
Sally Glover, of UK Biometrics, added: "The nursery has specified the only key which cannot be lost, stolen, forged or hacked - the human fingerprint.
"The system is ideal for high traffic sites where security is paramount."

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Somerset | Fingerprint scanning at nursery

 

[dt3]

The company behind the system, UK Biometrics, said no fingerprints were actually stored

There's no way it can work without storing them :confused

 

[Sneakiecat]

We have that where I work.

 

[GraceAbounds]

How can the fingerprint not be stored? It would have to be stored to have something for the computer to match the image to, would it not?

 

[sundvlfn88]

I think it is a good idea, but they need to step up and find a way to store them somehow.

 

[Sneakiecat]

They have to store the print. They would be no other way it would work.

 

[GraceAbounds]

But the company behind the system, UK Biometrics, said no fingerprints were actually stored. It doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Dodge_Sniper]

But the company behind the system, UK Biometrics, said no fingerprints were actually stored. It doesn't make sense to me.

Well that company must be blind to the fact that fingerprint scanners can't do that. The fingerprints HAVE to be stored, so that the scanner can recognize the fingerprint, and allow access. That way, if it sees a fingerprint not stored, it trips the alarm.

 

[GraceAbounds]

That is my thinking as well, but the company says no. Look at the article. Makes no sense to me.

 

[Sneakiecat]

Well that company must be blind to the fact that fingerprint scanners can't do that. The fingerprints HAVE to be stored, so that the scanner can recognize the fingerprint, and allow access. That way, if it sees a fingerprint not stored, it trips the alarm.

Ours is stored in a computer system. If your fingerprint isn't in the system, the door doesn't open.

 

[GraceAbounds]

Amber how can this company in the article state that they are not storing fingerprints?

 

[Sneakiecat]

I'm not sure. I don't understand how it would be possible for them not to store prints.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

How can the fingerprint not be stored? It would have to be stored to have something for the computer to match the image to, would it not?

It doesn't need to store a 'physical image' of a fingerprint in and of itself, it only needs the initial scan of the print. From there on out when you put your finger on the scanner, it'll scan and match points on your finger against that database.

 

[Sneakiecat]

But what I gathered from the article, it doesn't store even a scan of the print.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

It's not a scan of the print. It's points on the finger print of the fingerprint that it saves.

 

[GraceAbounds]

Ah! That makes sense. Thanks James.