Maine district’s biometrics contract did not prioritize student data safety: ACLU

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has shed more light on what led to the cancellation of a contract between a Maine school district and the biometrics firm identiMetrics, according to a report in The County, which covers the district in northern Maine.

This week the ACLU made public over 200 pages of documents from the negotiation and its fallout, accusing both parties of failing to adequately consider the safety of students’ biometric data in their plan to implement …

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