RFID Round-Up

November 20, 2003 - Privacy News

Both the Department of Defense (DoD) and Wal-Mart have set 2005 deadlines for suppliers to use RFIDs on pallets, and in the case of the DoD, cases, and parts.

IBM is building a testing facility so that companies can test the accuracy of equipment that uses RFIDs before they are shipped out.

A call for a moratorium on deployment of RFIDs has been endorsed by 30 civil liberties, consumer, and privacy organizations. The moratorium should be in effect until a technology assessment has been done.

More information is available at <http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=8542; http://news.com.com/2100-1006-5109472.html; http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20031118S0004>.

Last updated November 22, 2003