Many schools in South Africa may have considered biometric access control as a means of combating truancy and ensuring learner safety and security.
In the UK, an estimated 30% of all schools are using biometric access control. Although concerns have been raised over privacy and the collection of fingerprints into national data sets, the Data Protection Act (1998) of that country allows schools to record fingerprint biometrics without the consent of the parents.
In South Africa, however, the almost to be promulgated Protection of Personal Information (POPI) bill prevents the collection of personal information without the written consent of the individual, or that of a legal guardian in the case of minors. (See section 25 – Prohibition on processing of special personal information)
This would imply that, even if a school’s governing body agrees to the implementation of biometric access control at a school, the individual learners would still be able to reject this notion through the refusal by the parent/legal guardian to record the learner’s biometric information.
It is thus imperative that schools, and governing bodies in particular, manage the decision-making process around biometric access control in such a way that the potential legal stumbling blocks are taken care of as early as possible.
Accsys, a national supplier of management solutions within HR, payroll administration, time & attendance and access control, has become a certified Ideco Biometric Security Solutions software integration partner. This partnership authorises Accsys to supply its software with integrated Morpho solutions, a trusted and established range of biometric security solutions supplied through Ideco to the market.
Accsys has demonstrated strength within remote business management and biometric-based access control technology by integrating its software into Suprema’s portable biometric time and attendance hardware solution called SupreMOBILE.
The company has partnered with neaMetrics, developer of the hardware and local distributor of the Suprema™ product range, to provide an off-the-shelf time and attendance offering to the market.
Accsys, a national supplier of payroll, HR, Time & Attendance and Access Control solutions, has demonstrated its strength within remote business management and biometric-based access control technology by integrating its software into Suprema’s portable biometric time and attendance hardware solution called SupreMOBILE.
Biometric technology is fast emerging as one of the more affordable, more compact and useful technologies available to consumers. This is the view of Teryl Schroenn, Chief Executive Officer at Accsys, a national supplier of payroll, HR, Time & Attendance and Access Control solutions.
Accsys, a national supplier of payroll, HR, Time & Attendance and Access Control solutions, has partnered with local software solution developers, neaMetrics (Pty) Ltd., to integrate Accsys PeopleWare Enterprise with Suprema™ range of hardware and distribute a total solution to the market.
The issue of security remains an area of concern for most companies and institutions - irrespective of size or core focus. Factors like access control as well as time & attendance have developed into a great deal more than mere operational considerations and technology is consistently regarded as imperative to any credible solution.
The fact is that physical security has emerged as a complex responsibility for decision makers. It is one that involves numerous dynamics from human behaviour right through to daily practical operation of systems, processes and procedures.
