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Interesting article - perhaps CILIP should be proposing similar protection
for UK Library users?

RFID in California libraries - legislative update
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2007/01/rfid_legislatio.html
RFID and California libraries: Identity Information Protection of 2007

"Senator Simitian reintroduced an RFID bill last month that would require
government issued identification documents to meet certain security
requirements.  It specifically includes "Library cards issued by any public
library." It would also make it a crime to knowingly disclose keys that
allow someone to remotely read a patron's identity document using radio
waves without the patron's consent. Further, it would direct the California
Research Bureau to submit a report to the Legislature on security and
privacy for government issued, remotely readable identification documents."

"Minow take: I've never been a fan of legislation that aims at a specific
technology.  This one gets amazingly prescriptive in its security
requirements. That said, I don't see anything better on the horizon. I'd
like to see a more comprehensive privacy bill that could be applied to all
current and future technology. Our political climate is nowhere near right
for a comprehensive European-style approach, however. In the absence of
better legislation, I do want government to be careful with our identifying
information, and I want it to be a crime for those who skim it off. 

How would this apply to libraries?  Although many libraries now have or are
moving toward RFID, I am not aware of any that make personally identifying
information readable by radio wave.  If readers know of any, please chime
in.

The bill grandfathers in systems that began implementation before January 1,
2007, or for which a state, county, or municipal government request for
proposal has been publicly issued before September 30, 2006, or executed a
contract before September 30, 2006.

The libraries that should read the bill most closely are those that would
miss these cut-off dates.   

Also, does anyone know if other states have RFID bills that impact
libraries?

Note: last session a very similar version of this bill passed the Senate and
Assembly and was vetoed by the Governator."

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