RFID: The next serious threat to privacy

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 221-231

  Lockton, Vance ^a   Rosenberg, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Item level tagging; Passports; Privacy; Radio Frequency Identification; RFID; Tags; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC READERS; IDENTIFICATION NUMBER; INVENTORY TRACKING; ITEM-LEVEL; PASSPORTS; PRIVACY PROTECTION; TAGS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION;

DATA PRIVACY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 33744461535     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-006-0014-2     Document Type: Article

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