Privacy News

This section includes articles about RFID's potential impact on privacy and efforts to protect consumers from abuses.

• European Commission Issues Framework for Measuring and Mitigating RFID's Privacy Impact
• Adasa Plans Launch of Encryption System for EPC Tags
• Registration Now Open for RFID Journal LIVE! 2011
• Northern Arizona University to Use Existing RFID Student Cards for Attendance Tracking
• New NXP RFID Chips Bring Multiple Functions to Item-Level Tagging
• Impinj Launches New High-Performance RFID Chips
• N.H. Reps Pass RFID Privacy Bill
• RFID Journal LIVE! to Feature Groundbreaking RFID Business Intelligence System
• Rhode Island Governor Vetoes Restrictions on RFID

Privacy Features

RFID Journal LIVE! Europe—UK Report

At RFID Journal's first event in London, presenters explained how businesses can employ radio frequency identification technologies for a variety of applications in retail, manufacturing, supply chain and marketing. View the presentations from the event.

Tags: Automotive, Chemical, Defense, Aerospace, Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Packaging, Labeling, Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Transport, Logistics, Apparel, Supply Chain, IT/Infrastructure, Asset Tracking, Security and Access Control, Payment Systems, RFID Standards, Privacy, Innovation, Operations, Environment, Inventory / Warehouse Management, RFID Channel, EPC Technology, Sensors

• RFID Journal LIVE! Europe—Scandinavia Report
• Europe Is Rolling Out RFID
• RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 Report, Part 2
• RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 Report, Part 1

Privacy Editor's Notes

• The Year That Was
• Learning From the RFID Learned
• Latin America Gets Serious About RFID
• Where the RFID Industry Has Failed

Privacy Expert Views

European Privacy and Security Standards

Compliance with regulatory requirements will help, not hinder, RFID adoption.

Tags: RFID Standards, Privacy, Security

• NFC Mobile Phones and the Future of Privacy
• The Need for Collaborative Threat Modeling
• Don't Shoot the Messenger
• Authentication and Security

Privacy Videos

• Security and Privacy in RFID
  RFID systems and applications consistently gain in maturity, becoming increasingly automated and continually enabling new heights of process sophistication. The result is an improved and more convenie...
  Tags: LIVE 2012 Breakout Sessions, Privacy, Security and Access Control, Vendor Videos
• Real-World Solutions for RFID Security and Privacy
  This webinar will discuss the ever-changing landscape of security vulnerabilities, in the light of specific applications to identify a number of real-world solutions currently available on the market....
  Tags: Privacy, Security and Access Control, Webinars

Privacy White Papers

• Mobile Near Field Communication (NFC) Tap 'n Go: Keep it Secure and Private
  Published December 2011
  Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., the information and privacy commissioner of Ontario, Canada, explores Near Field Communication (NFC), a short-range wireless technology that allows mobile devices to actively interact with passive physical objects and other active mobile devices, thereby connecting the physical world to mobile services. This paper discusses NFC and its capabilities to potential users and the public, the potential privacy and security risks, how some risks are presently being met, and considerations for engineers and developers of NFC applications to embed additional security and privacy measures into the design of applications that utilize NFC capabilities. (22 pages)
  Tags: Privacy
• License to Kill: RFID and Privacy
  Published October 2011
  Researchers have found that Apple's smartphones and tablets record and store customers' movements for up to a year. With that in mind, Nordic ID discusses RFID's implications for privacy, in terms of "sniffing," eavesdropping and security. (3 pages)
  Tags: Privacy