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Law Review article on RFID

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

David J. Warner, A Call to Action: The Fourth Amendment, the Future of Radio Frequency Identification and Society, 40 Loy. (L.A.) L. Rev. 853 (2007). SSRN Abstract: Nuclear materials. Barcelona club-goers. Mexican diplomats. Japanese schoolchildren. Your next pair of underwear. What do all these things have in common? All of these items either current contain, or could soon contain, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag inside them. In this Note, David Warner looks at the future of RFID technology and addresses the growing privacy concerns with the technology. While the Fourth Amendment protects individuals from government intrusion, most RFID privacy concerns will come from the private sector. In addition, once private information is given to a third party (e...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on December 18, 2009 (boomark / email).