It's hard to say. You could use this to blackball kids. Raymond Vasvari, legal director of the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, agreed that the system raises concerns. He said once data that are kept locally are combined into a statewide system, it's easier to abuse. One of the first steps toward the erosion of privacy is collecting data into large databases in which you can use common identifiers to sort people out.
Advocates say several other states have similar databases.
The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.