California Legislature Thinking About Restricting RFID

There's a bill currently being considered in California that would restrict the use of RFID tags because of privacy concerns. The Identity Information Protection Act of 2005 would prohibit the issuance of RFID tags designed to transmit personal information or allow this type of data to be scanned. If passed, RFID would only be used in places/applications including prisons, hospitals, public health facilities, or toll gates.

Since Wal-Mart is a major proponent of this technology, it'll be interesting to see if they lobby the state legislature to either water down or completely quash this bill.

reBlogged from The Wireless Weblog

emily | 8:20 AM | Barcode Technologies / RFID Tags / NFC |
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