And in a health context, a Scottish Government report in 2014 “explored the ethical, legal, human rights and social issues surrounding the existence, continued storage, and future uses of the new-born screening collection held in Scotland (known as the Guthrie Card collection)".ivIndependent Advisory Group on the Use of Biometric Data in Scotland report (22 March 2018), Paragraph 2.48: https://www.gov.scot/publications/report-independent-advisory-group-use-biometric-data-scotland/
As early as 2010, the Scottish Government issued guidancevBiometric identification systems in schools: Guidance for education authorities, learning establishments and schools https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/330618/0107254.pdf designed to assist schools with the use of biometrics for student access to various services and facilities such as automated...