Volume: 7 Issue: 10
(October 2010)
Keywords:
rfid
rfid
technology
european
framework
contactless
data
transmission
technologies
particular
radio
frequency
identification
devices
longer
seen
new
development
information
society
Contactless data transmission technologies and, in particular, radio frequency identification devices, can no longer be seen as a 'new development' in the information society. Valerie Surgenor, Senior Associate at MacRoberts, examines the emergence of the technology, the privacy and security concerns associated with it, and the recent efforts of the European Union to address those concerns.