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Installing Facial Recognition Systems in Secondary Schools: Is It Protection or Infringement?
Subtitle: The school charges an annual fee of 100 yuan, which leads to a dispute over third-party fees
Introduction:
In recent years, with the rapid development of science and technology, face recognition technology has gradually entered all aspects of life, and even in middle school campuses has been widely used.
However, is the installation of facial recognition systems in secondary schools just to protect students' safety, or has it evolved into a means of violating personal privacy? Recently, a news story about a face recognition system that a middle school charges an annual fee of 100 yuan sparked controversy. What is even more surprising is that third-party institutions have also taken advantage of the opportunity to launch fee-based services related to the system. This article will introduce and analyze in detail from multiple perspectives such as school safety, privacy protection, and fee issues.
1. Maintain campus safety and student supervision
The facial recognition system is installed in key locations such as the entrance of the secondary school and the entrance of the teaching building, and the main purpose is to maintain campus security and effectively monitor the entry and exit of students.
By recognizing students' facial features, the system records students' entry time, departure time and other information, which provides an important data basis for the school. In this way, schools and parents can better understand the learning status of students, detect problems and intervene in time, and promote students' all-round development.
2. Privacy protection issues for face recognition systems
However, whether the application of the facial recognition system violated students' privacy rights has become a focus of controversy. It has been argued that such a system, which records students' facial features in a database, carries a risk of misuse; The other party said that the system can only identify the identity of the student and cannot obtain other personal information, so there is no need to worry too much about privacy leakage. In this regard, the school stressed that it has strengthened data management and protection in strict accordance with legal requirements to ensure that student information is not leaked.
3. Third-party institutions solicit customers and charge fees
In the face of the business opportunities brought by the face recognition system, many third-party institutions have launched fee-related services related to the system, which has caused many controversies.
Some accuse these institutions of profiteering from school security issues, and say schools should improve their technical capabilities rather than rely on third-party fees. On the other hand, there are schools that cannot afford large-scale system upgrades and maintenance costs because of limited technical capacity and financial support, so they must rely on third-party institutions. In this regard, the school stressed that it must ensure that third-party institutions have legal qualifications, reasonable prices, and work with the school to maintain student privacy and campus security.
4. Potential problems and solutions
Although facial recognition systems bring many benefits in campus safety, there are still some potential problems, such as high false positive rates and frequent failures. To this end, schools should strengthen technical improvements to improve system stability and accuracy to ensure the normal operation of the system. At the same time, it is also necessary to improve demand research, formulate clear rules and regulations, and strengthen the publicity of teachers and students, so that all relevant personnel fully understand the working principle of the face recognition system and how to operate it correctly.
5. School response and countermeasures
The school said it will fully respect students' personal privacy and ensure that the face recognition system is only used for school safety management and not for other purposes. For the fees charged by third-party organizations, the school will actively communicate with them to strive for reasonable prices and service quality. At the same time, the school also said that it will invest more resources to improve its own technical capabilities and reduce its dependence on third-party institutions.
Epilogue:
Striking a balance between technology and privacy is a daunting task. Facial recognition systems are installed in secondary schools to ensure student safety and supervision, but also to protect students' privacy. Governing and regulating the application of face recognition systems and cooperation with third-party institutions are issues that secondary schools should pay attention to and solve. Only on the basis of ensuring the safety and privacy of students can the benign development of the face recognition system be truly realized.
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