Surveillance in Schools Across Europe: A New Phenomenon in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Cases of Greece and France

Abstract

<p style="text-align: justify;">Surveillance technology is more and more used in educational environments, which results in mass privacy violations of kids and, thus, the processing of huge amount of children’s data in the name of safety. Methodology used is doctrinal, since the focus of this research was given in the implementation of the legal doctrine of data protection law in the educational environments. More than that, the cases of Greece and France regarding the use of surveillance technologies in schools are carefully studied in this article. Privacy risks that both children and educators are exposed to are underlined. In these terms, this research paper focuses on the proper implementation of the European data protection framework and the role of Data Protection Authorities as control mechanisms, so that human rights risks from the perspective of privacy and data protection to be revealed, and the purposes of the use of such technologies to be evaluated. This study is limited in the legal examination of the European General Data Protection Regulation, and its implementation in the legal orders of Greece and France, and practice pertaining to the case studies of Greece and France respectively.</p>

IoT-Based Biometric Recognition Systems in Education for Identity Verification Services: Quality Assessment Approach

“…Using biometric technology in identity verification systems has several advantages over traditional identity verification. Access control using fingerprint recognition to check out [13] and face recognition to grant access [14], healthcare [15], citizen identification [16], [17], security systems [18], finance [19], airport [20], canteen management system [21], visitor management systems [22] and parking management systems [23][24][25] have addressed the advantages of implementing biometric technology. Biometric technology is one of the practical and useful alternatives for verifying exam takers.…”