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Subject: California school demands pupils wear tracking chips

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Betty

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Date Posted: 08:55:39 02/13/05 Sun
In reply to: Betty-repost 's message, "PCs infested with 30 pieces of spyware" on 11:05:02 04/16/04 Fri

A California school has sparked controversy by demanding that students wear radio frequency identification badges so their movements can be tracked.

Students at Brittan Elementary School, in Sutter, must wear the tags with their name, picture and grade on school property.

Antennas above classroom doors track their movements and beam their 15-digit identification numbers to faculty members' handheld computers.

The system, called InClass, was developed by two teachers in Sutter who founded a company called InCom that markets it.

InCom plans to market the product next week at the American Association of School Administrators conference in Texas.

Some students, parents and civil liberties groups have complained about the system, saying it wasn't introduced with parental consultation and expressing concern about who has access to collected data.

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