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Relax, Don't Do It: Why RFID Privacy Concerns Are Exaggerated and Legislation Is Premature

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• rfid,
• privacy,
• consumers,
• forces

Overview RFID holds great potential to revolutionize not just the logistics business, but many other industries as well. Successful implementation would mean increased convenience and lower prices for consumers. But this will only happen if technological hurdles can be overcome, and if a business case can in fact be made for widespread use of RFID. Although new technologies commonly elicit exaggerated privacy concerns, informed concerns should be taken seriously. However, until those fears are proven sound, legislators and regulators should resist constraining the use of RFID technology. Otherwise, they risk distorting or aborting what could be a very beneficial development. Existing law and, more importantly, consumer attitudes and the market forces they spawn will restrain undesirable use of RFID.

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