RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
Libraries, schools, the government, and private sector businesses are adopting radio frequency identification tags, or RFIDs — a technology that can be used to pinpoint the physical location of whatever item the tags are embedded in. While RFIDs are a convenient way to track items, they are also a convenient way to do something far less benign: track people and their activities through their belongings. EFF is working to prevent the embrace of this technology from eroding privacy and freedom.
Identity Information Protection Act
The Identity Information Protection Act is a California bill that seeks to protect your privacy from covert scanning. The bill has been re-introduced as SB 30 [PDF] (previously SB 768) -- read
SB 30 Fact Sheet, SB 30 Myths & Facts for more.
Take Action: Keep RFIDs Out of California IDs!
Other Resources
- Identity Information Protection Act (SB 30): Setting the Record Straight
- Fact Sheet: The Identity Information Protection Act of 2007
- Active and Passive RFID [PDF]. Auto-ID Center White Paper[autoid.org]
- DoD Announces Radio Frequency Identification Policy - United States Department of Defense News Releases[defenselink.mil]
- Vendors to Offer Global Tracking, RFID Journal[rfidjournal.com]
- Jean V. Murphy, Get Ready! Wal-Mart Mandate Puts RFID, Smart Tags On Fast Track, Sup[glscs.com]
- Wal-Mart Details RFID Requirement, RFID Journal[rfidjournal.com]
Related Issues
- Real IDThreatening Your Privacy Through an Unfunded Government Mandate
Documents and Files
Table Of Contents
- RFID in Schools and Libraries
- RFID in Identification
- RFID in Consumer Products
- California Bill SB30 (formerly SB768)
RFID in Schools and Libraries
- February 4, 2005 Privacy and Security in Library RFID Issues, Practices, and Architectures[PDF, 199.24 KB]
- July 16, 2004 Letter from EFF to San Francisco Board of Supervisors re: RFID deployment at the SF Public Library[PDF, 159.91 KB]
- July 1, 2004 Letter from EFF to San Francisco Board of Supervisors re: RFID deployment at the SF Public Library[PDF, 402.66 KB]
- June 30, 2004 Letter from the ACLU to San Francisco Board of Supervisors re: RFID deployment at the SF Public Library[PDF, 13.91 KB]
- June 23, 2004 Letter from EFF to San Francisco Board of Supervisors re: RFID deployment at the SF Public Library[PDF, 286.59 KB]
- October 1, 2003 EFF Comments to San Francisco Public Library[PDF, 116.69 KB]
RFID in Identification
- April 4, 2005 EFF's letter to the State Department regarding RFIDs in passports[PDF, 283.41 KB]
- March 20, 2004
Open Letter to the ICAO[PDF, 118.44 KB] Privacy International, the EFF and the ACLU drafted this response to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)'s plan to embed RFID and biometric info in passports.
RFID in Consumer Products
- March 24, 2007 RFID Policy One-Sheet: What Does Congress Need to Know?[PDF, 63.34 KB]
- November 14, 2005 Position Statement on the Use of RFID on Consumer Products[PDF, 126.28 KB]
- February 4, 2005 RFID PowerPoint Presentation[PPT, 203 KB]
California Bill SB30 (formerly SB768)
- December 4, 2006 SB30 Bill[PDF, 184.17 KB]


