RFID use in West Cheshire College after student location system ceased February 2013.
Pippa King made this Freedom of Information request to West Cheshire College This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear West Cheshire College,
Under the Freedom of Information Act please could you supply the following information within 20 working days.
I am aware your system to use location tracking for students has now ceased however:
1) Please advise if the college has ceased all use of RFID or is West Cheshire College still using RFID to track assets, as detailed in your response 7th December the RFID was used to track "movement of physical assets i.e. ipads, laptops and camera equipment".
2) If yes to question 1, please advise if RFID tags are active or passive.
3) As per your response of 4th February http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/in... there are "55 CCTV cameras at Chester Campus and 84 at Ellesmere Port Campus". Please advise the company that supplies/supplied the CCTV.
4) Please advise if the CCTV cameras at West Cheshire College campuses have the capability to interact with the RFID used, either with the physical asset tracking system used now, or previously, or with the student RFID locator systems recently aborted.
If you need further clarification, please contact me by email. My preferred format to receive the information is electronically, but I can accept hard copies.
Some parts of this request may be easier to answer than others, and in such case please could you release available data as soon as possible rather than delay the entire request.
If the costs of processing this request exceed the limit in the Act, please advise on what information you are able to supply within the cost limit.
Thank you for your information to date about the college's use of RFID. Your time in this matter is appreciated.
Yours faithfully,
Pippa King
Dear Ms King
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information under the Freedom of Information act.
In line with our procedures we will respond to your request within 20 working days.
Kind regards
Ann-Marie Arrowsmith
Section Leader, Quality
Tel: 01244 656449
Email: [email address]
Dear Mrs King
Freedom of Information request: 4th March 2013
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 4th March 2013. We have considered the content of your request and have provided a response to your questions as below.
If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal, please write to:
Ann-Marie Arrowsmith, Freedom of information Internal Reviews, West Cheshire College, Off Sutton Way, Ellesmere Port CH65 7BF and your complaint will be dealt with.
If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
They can be contacted at:
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Kind Regards
Ann-Marie Arrowsmith.
1) Please advise if the college has ceased all use of RFID or is West Cheshire College still using RFID to track assets, as detailed in your response 7th December the RFID was used to track "movement of physical assets i.e. ipads, laptops and camera equipment".
THE COLLEGE IS CURRENTLY USING ACTIVE RFID TO TRACK THE MOVEMENT AND LOCATION OF PHYSICAL ASSETS (E.G. LAPTOPS, CAMERA EQUIPMENT and PHYSICAL RESOURCES)
2) If yes to question 1, please advise if RFID tags are active or
passive.
THE RFID TAGS ARE ACTIVE DEVICES WHEN IN OPERATION.
3) As per your response of 4th February http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/in... there are "55 CCTV cameras at Chester Campus and 84 at Ellesmere Port Campus". Please advise the company that supplies/supplied the CCTV.
THE CCTV SYSTEM WAS SUPPLIED BY BAM AS PART OF THE NEW BUILD PROGRAMME.
4) Please advise if the CCTV cameras at West Cheshire College campuses have the capability to interact with the RFID used, either with the physical asset tracking system used now, or previously, or with the student RFID locator systems recently aborted.
CCTV CAMERAS ARE USED IN ISOLATION. THERE IS NO CAPABILITY TO DIRECTLY LINK TO RFID.
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