RFID Privacy Recommendations ...

From The Committee on Energy and Commerce ...

... "Recommendations: Legislation should protect consumers from improper use and sharing of data in both the public and the private sector. The legislation would address all forms of RFID-based services, from travel security to employee monitoring, child tracking and amusement park patron management. Congress should rule on legislation specifically targeting the use of RFID in the retail sector and require clear labeling and easy removal of item-level RFID tagging on individual consumer products. Clear labeling and easy removal of tags will ensure that consumers receive proper notice of RFID systems and are able to confidently exercise their choice whether or not to go home with live RFID tags in the products they own. Notice and choice are in fact two key components of the Fair Information Practices and elements that consumers value, as shown in many opinion polls. Consumers without high levels of technical capability have no way of knowing if a killed tag is merely disabled, physically destroyed, or in fact still fully functional. Tag removal, on the other hand, is transparent and 100 percent effective. " ...