As for privacy concerns about storing biometric data, Mr. Siedlarz said: "In a biometric template there is no personal data.
He stressed no personal data had been compromised and the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks were not hacks.
"Although this did result in service problems, we would like to reassure customers that no personal data or devices have been compromised," he said.
Parents of these students can hope that Summit Basecamp will keep its word and that no personal data will ever leave the company.
In 2011, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said: "It is my intention that no personal data will be shared with any third party as part of this initiative".
It first revealed that Street View cars were collecting wireless data in April, but said that no personal data was involved.
Carole Thompson, founder of the TAG! scheme, adds: "There's no barcode on the cards, so no one can make money as there's no personal data collected about individual customers".
Eckersley said: "The council knew the building had housed a department that dealt with confidential information and should have had a proper procedure in place to check no personal data was left in the building.
There is almost no personal data which does not relate to some inherited characteristic.
To make sure the participants remained anonymous, no personal data other than demographics were collected.
