Caprio Appointed to European Commission Working Group for Implementing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Recommendation
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP is pleased to announce that Managing Director Daniel Caprio, Jr. has been appointed by the European Commission to participate as an industry stakeholder and expert in the implementation of European Commission RFID recommendations.
On May 11, 2009 the European Commission adopted a recommendation on the implementation of privacy and data protection principles in applications supported by RFID. For more information on the European Commission recommendation on RFID usage, click here http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/rfid/documents/recommendationonrfid2009.pdf.
Caprio will begin his work with the EU at its kick-off meeting on July 8, 2009. In the upcoming months, the group will examine the following topics:
- Development of a Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessment (PIA) framework – this will be the priority for achieving the set deadline of May 2010;
- Identification of those RFID applications that might raise information security threats with implications for the general public;
- Identification of good practices and/or the definition of concise guidelines regarding information and transparency on RFID, with special emphasis on the use of European sign(s);
- Deactivation of tags in retail trade, including a review of existing technical options and a reflection on the feasibility and opportunity of "consumer empowerment" as a novel approach enabling the consumer to stay in control of the deactivation and/or reactivation of RFID tags.
