Smart Packaging, Smarter Cards

Smart Packaging, Smarter Cards

Swedish startup Cypak offers RFID technology that tamper-proofs mail, increases the security of smart cards and helps people take their medicine.

Checkpoint Backs Goliath

Checkpoint Backs Goliath

Labeling and security systems provider Checkpoint invests in Goliath Solutions and its plan to use RFID to track retail displays.

Bill Aims At RFID Privacy

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 1, 2004—California state Sen. Debra Bowen introduced a bill last week seeking to regulate radio-frequency identification technology’s use in retail stores.Read the article at InformationWeek

Target Pushes RFID Adoption

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 1, 2004—Target is joining the ranks of Wal-Mart, Metro Group, and the Department of Defense in requiring suppliers to use RFID tags on cases and pallets shipped to them. The retailer wants top suppliers to use...

German retail giant withdraws RFID customer tags

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 1, 2004—Germany’s retail giant Metro Group is to withdraw its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) customer loyalty cards following protests who said they cards could track customers as they shop.Read...

RFID: Overcoming the challenges

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 1, 2004—For many industries, RFID promises nothing short of a fundamental transformation of the cost structure associated with tracking items. But such great promise carries challenges. First, and foremost, is...

Metro Store bows to pressure from anti-RFID activists

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 1, 2004—Consumer uneasiness about the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) chips has prompted yet another large retailer to scale back its ambitious plans for deploying the smart tag technology.Read...

Jamming Tags Block RFID Scanners

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 1, 2004—RSA Security has developed a countermeasure to block scanning of radio-frequency ID tags, responding to privacy concerns about the tiny devices that would allow retailers and manufacturers to track the...