Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Consumer Privacy
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Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has helped many organizations to reduce cost. Nevertheless, there are challenges and issues associated with RFID adoption. The most common internal challenge for many organizations is justifying the investment and modification of processes. However, there are external issues such as privacy and security that companies need to deal with. The focus of this study is to show the business value of RFID technology and the related issues, especially consumer privacy issue that organizations need to be concerned about.
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