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technologyeducation · 2019
School Board of Skellefteå Municipality
IMY fined a Swedish municipality for using facial recognition to monitor student attendance without a valid legal basis and without satisfying necessity and proportionality requirements for biometric processing under GDPR Articles 5, 6, 9 and 35.
Fine Imposed€200,000.0
Regulation
Key Takeaways
- Biometric attendance systems in schools face an exceptionally high necessity threshold.