Leahy on RFID: Leahy Urges Privacy Protection in New Patient Microchip

From U.S. SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY, Vermont ...

... "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an exciting technology that promises incredible opportunities and enhancements in fields as diverse as health care and retailing to law enforcement and agriculture. The RFID technology employed by VeriChip raises unique concerns because of its tiny size, its likely ubiquity and its potential for surreptitious scanning. The possibilities of vast networks of databases containing Americans' medical records prompts serious questions about how much of that information will be stored and shared, about who will have access to that information, and about the conditions that will govern access to those records. " ...