California RFID ban shelved, awaiting next round in the New Year
By Marisa Torrieri
Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications
Those waiting for the ‘California Gold Rush’ to RFID and contactless-enabled ID cards will have to cross their fingers and sit tight. Come January 1, a new bill barring wireless identification technology in government-issued IDs, authored by California Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) will hit the state’s legislative floor. Should the bill pass, it would place a three-year moratorium on the use of RFID (and related technologies such as contactless smart cards) in driver licenses, K-12 ID cards, library cards, and health cards. Additionally, it would require costly and according to some, less-than-necessary, security additions to all cards.
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