Campus ID News
Card, mobile credential, payment and security
FEATURED
PARTNERS

Aspen deciding on biometrics in schools

CampusIDNews Staff   ||   Feb 04, 2009  ||   ,

The Aspen, Colo. School District is holding meetings to determine whether or not they want to implement a fingerprint-recognition system for students in lunch programs in their schools, according to an Aspen Times article. The district has already purchased the hardware and run a successful pilot test of the program.

The system will not be required of all students and school district officials expect most parents will not opt out of the program as it allows them to more efficiently track their child’s lunch account information. Even if a parent decides to opt out of the biometric system, however, the new program will still enable those parents to view their child’s purchases and replenish their accounts online.

Three meetings have been scheduled to educate parents on biometrics and the program specifics in hopes of assuaging privacy concerns that have been seen surrounding other such systems in other areas of the country. Further easing parents worries are the words of Michael Trader, president of the provider of the systems M2SYS, who says that rather than using fingerprint images, the systems utilize a few random points on the finger converted into binary data keeping any stolen data from being usable.

The school district is hopeful that the new system will both be well accepted by the community as well as ease lunch lines and worries about losing payment cards.

Read the full story here

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter

RECENT POSTS

May 26, 23 / ,

Penn State adds mobile ordering to campus app

Penn State has added a mobile ordering feature to its comprehensive campus mobile app, Penn State Go. The Penn State Eats Mobile function is available for use by students on the flagship University Park campus, as well as across the university's Commonwealth Campuses.
May 26, 23 / ,

NAU leverages delivery robots to support late-night dining

Northern Arizona is leveraging Starship delivery robots and the mobile ordering app in a clever way to prop up late night dining, and putting a twist on the ghost kitchen concept. The university has launched its Hole in the Wall dining window that now serves either pickup or robot delivery for students by offering a number of dining concepts all from a single, concession-style window.
May 25, 23 / ,

HID's Technology Partner Program helps companies develop mobile solutions

Trusted identity solutions provider, HID Global, has announced its HID Origo Technology Partner Program, the company’s first program dedicated to partners with a focus on mobile technologies. The Origo Technology Partner Program is designed to help technology partners by providing the ideal platform for organizations to design, test, and market products that integrate with HID Origo via APIs and SDKs.
CIDN logo reversed
The only publication dedicated to the use of campus cards, mobile credentials, identity and security technology in the education market. CampusIDNews – formerly CR80News – has served more than 6,500 subscribers for more than two decades.
Twitter

Join us, @NACCUorg, and @TouchNet to explore how campus card programs can successfully navigate the sales and procurement process. Join the webinar on June 6, 2 pm EDT. https://go.touchnet.com/l/652093/2022-05-18/lsndq

Webinar: Learn how the University of Arizona uses campus cards, mobile ordering, kiosks, lockers, and robots to revolutionize campus dining. April 7, 2-2:30 EDT. Register Now at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7821245544009488910?source=campus-id

Load More...
Contact
CampusIDNews is published by AVISIAN Publishing
315 E. Georgia St.
Tallahassee, FL 32301
www.AVISIAN.com[email protected]
Use our contact form to submit tips, corrections, or questions to our team.
©2023 CampusIDNews. All rights reserved.