Europe to update privacy
The European Commission has revealed plans to update European personal data protection legislation, including measures to encourage companies to design privacy protection into new technologies, states ZDNet.
European Union information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding says privacy rules must be brought up to date with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and airport security technologies such as full-body scanners.
The commission says the new laws should encourage companies to take privacy issues into account from the beginning of a technology's development cycle.
Tech giants combat fraud
SAP, Nokia, and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), have created an anti-counterfeiting joint venture called Original1, reports ComputerWeekly.
Original1 has rolled out supply chain management, mobile authentication, and RFID technology so that goods can be tracked and authenticated from anywhere in the world.
It's estimated that the cost of counterfeit products trafficked globally, is valued at $200 billion.
RFID to monitor traffic
The Metro Manila Development Authority in the Philippines has signed an agreement with the World Bank to implement a project using RFID to ease traffic congestion and reduce pollution, says Inquirer.net.
The authority will use RFID technology to manage traffic and each registered public bus will be equipped with an electronic tag; which will serve as the bus's identification.
The technology will be able to detect unregistered buses using the route they are not supposed to take. The RFID tags will also be able to detect traffic violations.
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