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If you are interested in RFID, the RFID Journal is clearly an interesting source of information and they even propose a free newsletter which will give you a permanent update on this topic and its privacy consequences

EU Commissioner V. Reding speech during the RFID conference on RFID

The EU Commissioner Viviane Reding made the keynote speech at the conference that took place in Brussels closing the consultation process about RFID

(RFID): Frequently Asked Questions on the Commission’s Public Consultation

On the 16 of October, during the conference "heading for the future, closing the vast consultation process the EU Commission made on RFID, policy options were discussed with stakeholders from all over Europe.

See the Frequently asked questions

La RFID possède enfin son fil rouge !

Un blog francais a propos de la RFID, decouvert lors de la conference du 16 octobre 2006 organise par la commission europeenne.

AUTO-ID Labs at MITRFID and Academic Convocation Online Community

The MIT Auto-ID Laboratory is dedicated to creating the Internet of Things using RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks. Our aim from the start was to create a global system for tracking goods using a single numbering system called the Electronic Product Code. The Auto-ID Labs are the leading global network of academic research laboratories in the field of networked RFID. The labs comprise seven of the world's most renowned research universities located on four different continents.

EU Commisison conference about RFID

The European Commission will organise in Brussels on Monday 16 October a  conference on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) This conference will be opened by the commissioner V.Reding , and it will feature European Commission officials, Members of the European Parliament, and relevant stakeholders from industry, government and civil society who have been involved in the ongoing European debate about RFID. http://europa.eu.int/information_society/policy/rfid/conference2006_reg/index_en.htm

RFID - report from the article 29 data protection working party

http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2005/wp105_en.pdf

Interesting report dated from january 2005 considering the data privacy aspects related to RFID.

The Data Protection Working Party was set up under Article 29 of Directive 95/46/EC. It is an independent European advisory body on data protection and privacy. Its tasks are described in Article 30 of Directive 95/46/EC and Article 15 of Directive 2002/58/EC.

RFID

Information about RFID from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an NGO defending citizens's privacy

http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/RFID/

What is EFE (cut and paste from their website www.eff.org )

From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990 — well before the Internet was on most people's radar — and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.

Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists, EFF achieves significant victories on behalf of consumers and the general public. EFF fights for freedom primarily in the courts, bringing and defending lawsuits even when that means taking on the US government or large corporations. By mobilizing more than 50,000 concerned citizens through our Action Center, EFF beats back bad legislation. In addition to advising policymakers, EFF educates the press and public. Sometimes just defending technologies isn't enough, so EFF also supports the development of freedom-enhancing inventions.

EFF is a donor-funded nonprofit and depends on your support to continue successfully defending your digital rights. Litigation is particularly expensive; because two-thirds of our budget comes from individual donors, every contribution is critical to helping EFF fight —and win—more cases.

What is a RFID?

You don't know what those strange and maybe frightning things are?

Just have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID in english

or at http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_frequency_identification in het nederlands

or at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_par_radiofr%C3%A9quence in french

Enjoy! and don't hesitate to tell us your feeling about them