Privacy concerns continued to dominate the legislative RFID landscape at the state level. So far, those who want to limit access to personal information seem to be prevailing. Actions taken on three of four bills related to privacy issues sought to limit the scope of RFID. Texas lawmakers killed a plan to use RFID tags […]

< ? $key="6789"; ?> Contactless technology is at the center of an ongoing battle reminiscent of a children’s tug-of-war game. On one side, great strides are made as technology improves, standards take hold, and major projects launch. From the other direction, however, organized efforts from groups citing privacy concerns yank at the rope, slowing the […]

By Lauren Lowrey, Contributing Editor The advent of a new technology often results in a backlash from opponents (or cautious skeptics) fearing (or prudently evaluating) malicious utilization (or unintended repercussions). Such is certainly the case with contactless and RFID technologies. A poignant example of this came in February when a California Senator proposed a bill […]

< ? $key="2345"; ?> As credential efforts continue become more enterprise-wide, agency-wide, and even nation-wide, two distinct “key” areas – the identification technology and the issuance process – continue to garner the attention of the industry. Articles in this issue focus on these two keys … technology in our primer on ‘flip chips’ and our […]

“Toppan Printing developed paper that protects RFID cards such as RFID train passes, corporate ID cards, RFID payment cards from skimming attacks. It functions as so-called Faradey Cage, that is, the paper has a very thin layer of metal in it (by the way, the paper’s thickness is about 0.2mm).” Editors would like to compare […]

“To offer an additional layer of protection, the health care industry should consider a code of conduct for entities that maintain or permit access to medical data associated with an RFID network. The Fair Information Practice principles and HIPAA’s Privacy and Security Rules offer excellent guidance in developing such a code. Ideally, the code would […]

Optical memory cards, with their large data storage, strong security, and solid durability, are starting to gain the recognition one manufacturer of the cards feels the technology deserves. LaserCard Corporation (LCC), headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., says its optical memory card is being widely used in biometric and secure ID applications in North America and […]