California all set to introduce RFID bills!

Shall we prefer a technology if it is influenced by regulation rather than market driven forces? This is what happening with the RFID technology in recent years.

Despite the varied advantages, the technology is widely criticized because of privacy factors. Therefore, the consumer protection groups always debate for strong rules and regulation for this technology.

For instance, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California who at once rejected the Information Protection Act 2006 on the ground that it could be excessively preventive to state agencies, will decide upon the the five bills, which have reference on the use of RFID technology.

Not surprisingly, the bills would be introduced by none other than Sen Joe Simitan, who earlier tabled the Information Protection Act 2006. The mandates of the five bills are more or less similar to that of Information Protection Act 2006.

The commonality of these bills is to regulate use of RFID technology in government documents.

According to the bills, the state would impose a three-year restriction on the use of RFID technology in California driver’s licenses and school IDs and set safeguards for existing RFID-enabled government IDs. The bill will also impose restrictions on the companies who compel their employees to bear RFID tags.

If the bills were approved by the senate, then there would be a proper code of conduct for the controversial RFID technology.