Dan Caprio Testifies Before the European Commission RFID Expert Group
Dan Caprio, Chair of the RFID Industry Consortium, testified last week before the European Commission RFID Expert Group. As has been reported on this blogsite, the EU is considering regulations on RFID related to data privacy and security - regulations that would affect everyone in the industry:
Dan reiterated the benefits of RFID technology in many areas (including food safety/recall, genuine products (plane parts), preventing counterfeit drugs, sustainable consumption, transport, security, logistics and stock control) while noting the "unintended consequences from well intentioned, but poorly crafted" regulation.
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Dan reiterated the benefits of RFID technology in many areas (including food safety/recall, genuine products (plane parts), preventing counterfeit drugs, sustainable consumption, transport, security, logistics and stock control) while noting the "unintended consequences from well intentioned, but poorly crafted" regulation.