CASPIAN is cautioning consumers in all 120 countries where Benetton products are sold to avoid purchasing Benetton clothing until the company publicly renounces its involvement with RFID tracking technology.
Albrecht said, "We would rather go naked than wear clothing tagged with spy chips."
CASPIAN
Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (CASPIAN) is a grass-roots consumer group fighting retail surveillance schemes since 1999. With thousands of members around the world and in all 50 U.S. states, CASPIAN seeks to educate consumers about marketing strategies that invade their privacy and encourage privacy-conscious shopping habits across the retail spectrum.
For more information, visit CASPIAN's website at http://www.nocards.org
For additional information, please see:
Phillips/Benetton press release:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030311/115697_1.htm
and/or
Benetton selects Philips to introduce smart labels across 5,000 worldwide stores
Philips And LAB ID To Bring RFID Embedded Technology To The Sisley Brand
March 11, 2003
http://www.newscenter.philips.com/InformationCenter/NewsCenter/FList.asp?lNodeId=602
Forbes article illustrating remote inventorying of shoppers' clothing
(As reproduced on Alien Technology's website):
http://www.alientechnology.com/news/The_Internet_of_Things.htm
CASPIAN overview of privacy concerns associated with RFID technology:
http://www.nocards.org/AutoID/overview.shtml
Albrecht said, "We would rather go naked than wear clothing tagged with spy chips."
CASPIAN
Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (CASPIAN) is a grass-roots consumer group fighting retail surveillance schemes since 1999. With thousands of members around the world and in all 50 U.S. states, CASPIAN seeks to educate consumers about marketing strategies that invade their privacy and encourage privacy-conscious shopping habits across the retail spectrum.
For more information, visit CASPIAN's website at http://www.nocards.org
For additional information, please see:
Phillips/Benetton press release:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030311/115697_1.htm
and/or
Benetton selects Philips to introduce smart labels across 5,000 worldwide stores
Philips And LAB ID To Bring RFID Embedded Technology To The Sisley Brand
March 11, 2003
http://www.newscenter.philips.com/InformationCenter/NewsCenter/FList.asp?lNodeId=602
Forbes article illustrating remote inventorying of shoppers' clothing
(As reproduced on Alien Technology's website):
http://www.alientechnology.com/news/The_Internet_of_Things.htm
CASPIAN overview of privacy concerns associated with RFID technology:
http://www.nocards.org/AutoID/overview.shtml