California RFID Law Proposed
California State Senator Joe Simitian, a well known privacy advocate, has a proposed an anti RFID law called the "Identity Information Protection Act of 2005" (Senate Bill 682).
The bill would make it illegal for any unauthorized person to use an electronic device to obtain information from an RFID chip without the knowledge of the person carrying the chip. This has long been a concern of privacy advocates.
It would also limit the use of RFID technology in by the state, for example, driver's licenses, student ID cards, medical cards and state employee cards. This was partly in response to the well-publicized incident recently in which students in a California elementary school were required to wear badges with RFID chips at all times. The project has been dropped, as a result of bad publicity and complaints by parents.
On Tuesday, April 26, the bill passed out of the state Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 6 to 1.
The bill would make it illegal for any unauthorized person to use an electronic device to obtain information from an RFID chip without the knowledge of the person carrying the chip. This has long been a concern of privacy advocates.
It would also limit the use of RFID technology in by the state, for example, driver's licenses, student ID cards, medical cards and state employee cards. This was partly in response to the well-publicized incident recently in which students in a California elementary school were required to wear badges with RFID chips at all times. The project has been dropped, as a result of bad publicity and complaints by parents.
On Tuesday, April 26, the bill passed out of the state Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 6 to 1.
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