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EU to control RFID

Information society commissioner, Vivien Redding, stated that a stakeholder group with industry, consumers, and data protection groups would be formed at first to give recommendations to the Commission in order to handle data security and privacy. The group will report back in 2008 with all the information needed regarding EU laws that are necessary.

Redding also told reporters, “We should stimulate the use of RFID technology in Europe while safeguarding personal data and privacy.” Also that the Commission would not tie up the use of RFID in the in regulations, Redding quoted, “We must not over regulate RFID, but we must provide the industry with legal certainty.”

With RFID technology implemented in a wide range of uses such as on transportation and tracking cattle, the regulations on the technology become a necessity for the privacy and date security of consumers