As we approached the half-way point in 2006, the Federal and Ontario Privacy Commissioners were in the news.
On June 19, privacy guidelines (Guidelines) for radio frequency identification (RFID) were issued in Ontario. According to the Ontario Privacy Commissioner, Dr Ann Cavoukian, the Guidelines are based on three principles:
- any privacy implications involve RFID information systems, as opposed to the underlying technology itself,
- users of RFID technology should address privacy and security issues early in the design stage and should emphasize data minimization, and
- use of RFID information systems should be as open and transparent to users as possible.