June 30, 2004
Ontario Government Publishes RFID Privacy Guidelines
As RFID technology becomes more prevalent, there has been an increasing push to regulate its use, especially in regards to privacy controls. The Ontario Privacy Commissioner has published guidelines for the Canadian province's libraries which are to employ the technology.
From out-law.com:
"In Ontario some public libraries are looking to implement RFID systems in order to improve stock checking and efficiency levels, and this month Ann Cavoukian, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, published Guidelines setting out the standards that should be followed.
Following on from the Ontario Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) the Guidelines approach RFID from the viewpoint of its privacy implications – in particular how and when information held by a library on its users can be linked in with RFID tags on individual books." Read more
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