RFID: Radio Frequency Identification OR Real Frailty in Data Protection?

Synonymous with the obvious euphoria and panegyric extolment surrounding the exponential advances in modern science, there is a growing body of weighty privacy concerns uttered over the extent to which the potential ramifications that the commercialisation of certain technological innovations may have. One technology presently inflaming privacy advocates " is radio frequency identification (hereafter RFID), and whether Europe " s omnibus data protection regime is up to the mark of adequately protecting individual privacy. Taking some of the more salient aspects of the European legislation, this paper will endeavour to examine whether such concerns are justified, and what if anything, can be done to ameliorate such concerns.