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RFID Leaders Talk Privacy

Posted by michael on from the talk-is-cheap dept.

An anonymous reader writes "RFID News has released a set of interviews with EPIC, VeriSign, CASPIAN, HP and EPCGlobal on RFID and privacy. From CASPIAN founder Katherine Albrecht: 'In most cases, asking how a company exploring item-level RFID tagging can protect their customers' privacy is like asking a fox how he can best ensure the safety of your chickens.'"

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  1. Re:It's great, but... by ashkar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Your legal guarantees to privacy are not spelled out in the Constitution. They were only legally recognized when the Supreme Court said we had a resonable expectation to a certain amount of privacy. I believe this was actually relativly recently, say the 60's or so. Anybody have any more info?

  2. Re:It's great, but... by corsican · · Score: 4, Informative
    While the word "privacy" does not appear in the US Constitution, the US Supreme Court has interpreted a right to privacy to exist for individuals under the following amendments:

    1st: guarantees freedom of communication and expression of ideas.

    2nd: guarantees freedom of association and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure.

    5th: freedom from self-incrimination and right to due process.

    9th: recognizes that rights not specified in the Constitution are vested with the people.

    14th: due process and equal protection with regard to the states.

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