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[Simon]

CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering) has launched a worldwide boycott of Tesco in response to the retailer's escalating use of RFID on consumer products.

The UK consumer association made the announcement yesterday on the BBC's Newsnight programme. Tesco is the world's third largest retailer, with over 2,300 stores across Europe and Asia.

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a technology that hooks miniature antennas up to tiny computer chips smaller than a grain of sand to track items at a distance. For CASPIAN, the technology raises privacy concerns because RFID tagged items can be monitored invisibly right through items consumers normally consider private, like clothing, purses, backpacks and wallets.

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Simon