fingerprinting

www.citywatcher.com attracted little notice - until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms.

Children in Britain are having their fingerprints taken at what some parents believe is an alarming rate.

Over the past four years, more than 700,000 schoolchildren aged three to 11 have been fingerprinted and photographed as part of the Junior Librarian scheme.