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Schwartz Questions Child ID Proposal; ACLU Also Raises Privacy Concerns
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The Washington Post
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August 16, 2001
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A key member of the D.C. Council said yesterday that her committee
would hold a hearing about a proposed high-tech identification
program, as some officials and civil libertarians criticized the
plans to take digital photographs and fingerprints of schoolchildren
this fall.
Carol Schwartz (R-At Large), chairman of the Committee on Public
Works and the Environment, said the proposal raises privacy concerns.
She also objected to the fact that a council resolution introduced
July 6 to allow the program would take effect automatically in
November, unless the council votes against it.
"Although I do believe it's probably well-intentioned, I do have
privacy concerns," Schwartz said, adding that ...