RFID tracking and privacy workshop

Executive Summary

Emerging uses of radiofrequency identification technology and implications for consumer protection is the subject of a Sept. 23 workshop being convened by Federal Trade Commission staff. The session will bring together industry, government and consumer representatives from Europe and the U.S. to discuss security and privacy concerns associated with RFID. The technology is seen by some drug makers as having the potential to increase security of the pharmaceutical supply chain, and the growing utilization of item-level tagging in the retail sector is on the agenda (1"The Pink Sheet," June 16, 2008, p. 16)