December 12, 2006

Homeland Security Privacy Committee to Release Report on RFID Use in IDs

A revised version of a report from the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, a subcommittee of the Privacy Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was cleared for publication at a Dec. 6 meeting of the committee in Miami Beach, Fla. The report, titled "The Use of RFID for Human Identification," will now be sent to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, as well as the DHS's chief privacy officer.

DHS Privacy Committee Finalizes Report on RFID IDs, RFID Journal, December 12, 2006.