After a school in Seattle incorporated facial-recognition technology to streamline security, concerns over its use and the associated privacy concerns ensued, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. While in operation at a private elementary school, the technology affords parents and guardians the option to include their face in a database that will allow that individual, if recognized, to automatically open the school door. About 300 parents have enlisted in the database, but, for some, the inclusion of such technology raises concerns. "There's a general habituation of people to be tolerant of this kind of tracking of their face," Electronic Frontier Foundation Senior Staff Attorney Adam Schwartz said. "This is especially troubling when it comes to schoolchildren. It's getting them used to it." Editor's Note: Amanda O'Keefe, CIPP/US, CIPM, wrote about ed-tech privacy in this article for Privacy Perspectives. 
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