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California Considers Restrictions on RFID

Filed in archive RFID by jeff goldman on April 25, 2007

California Considers Restrictions on RFID

InformationWeek's K.C. Jones reports that the California Senate has passed two bills that "place a three-year moratorium on the use of RFID technology in driver's licenses and school ID cards."

"State Sen. Joe Simitian, a Democrat from Palo Alto, announced Tuesday that S.B. 28 [PDF] and S.B. 29 [PDF] are headed to the California Assembly," Jones writes. "The first bill would prohibit the California Department of Motor Vehicles from issuing driver's licenses that use RFID to transmit personal information. The second bill would prohibit public schoolslinks, public school districts, and county education offices from using RFID to track, monitor, or record students' presence on school grounds."

Both bills had broad bipartisan support. "RFID technology is not in and of itself the issue," Simitian said in a prepared statement. "RFID is a minor miracle, with all sorts of good uses. The issue is whether and under what circumstances the government should be allowed to compel its residents -- adults or children -- to carry technology that broadcasts their most personal information."

More here from InfoWorld ... and more here from public CIO.



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