California bill would ban tracking chips in IDs
posted by:Jennifer Manning // 10:50 AM // April 29, 2005 // Surveillance and social sorting
A bill that would put strict limits on California's use of such devices in all state-issued identity documents is making its way through the state's legislature and was approved this week in a 6-to-1 vote by a senate judiciary committee. It's the first bill of its kind in the nation, said its author, state Sen. Joe Simitian.
Supporters of the bill, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Freedom Foundation, say unchecked use of the technology, known as radio frequency identification, or RFID, could trample people's privacy and aid identity thieves.
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