It seems scarcely a day goes by without more proposed 'RFID-protection' legislation emerging. This time, it's come out of the US state of Washington.
Picking up on the issue reported by my colleague Toby Stevens in his privacy blog, it seems this isn't the first try that US Representative Morris has made to introduce RFID legislation.
I like this summary by the RFID Law Blog that suggests it is far better to regulate the behaviour of those that would abuse a product than regulating the product, per se. That would seem to be eminently sensible.
You can read the press release about the proposed new law here
We are in danger of seeing a free-for-all in terms of RFID legislation/regulation, akin to the opening up of a Pandora's Box. Some of it may be well-meaning and intended to protect consumers. Hopefully, the useful and balanced legislation that emerges from some individual US states will become a standard once it has been peer-reviewed. And the more unworkable ones - and they may be the ones that shout the loudest from the rooftops - will be quietly ignored.
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