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[Simon]

Proposed retail uses of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags have generated privacy concerns, which, in turn, have spurred legislative proposals to limit their use in six states. Such concerns center around uses of RFID tags where an individual does not know that he or she has been associated with the tag or who may be reading the data gathered and for what purpose.

Although such 'noncooperative' uses of RFID technology have yet to be deployed, let alone understood, cooperative uses of RFID are widespread in workplace access cards, credit cards, and toll tags. What can we learn from that experience that is applicable to the current debate?

RAND Corporation researchers sought to answer this question by undertaking a replicated case study of six private-sector companies with 1,500 employees or more to understand their policies for collecting, retaining, and using records obtained by sensing RFID-based access cards.

Read Full Research Brief:
Privacy in the Workplace - Case Studies on the Use of Radio Frequency Identification in Access Cards

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Simon