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Members of the press can contact us as follows:
Dr. Katherine Albrecht
Co-author of Spychips:
How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with
RFID
Founder and Director, CASPIAN Consumer Advocacy
(Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering)
telephone |
877-287-5854 |
| e-mail |
kma(at/@)spychips.com |
Liz McIntyre
Co-author of Spychips:
How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with
RFID
Communications Director, CASPIAN Consumer Advocacy
telephone |
877-287-5854 |
| e-mail |
liz(at/@)spychips.com |
Notable coverage highlights >>
CASPIAN RFID Press Releases
March 9, 2007
AMERICAN
EXPRESS ADDRESSES RFID PEOPLE TRACKING PLANS
Promises Full Patent Review, Tracking Notice, and Chip-Free Option
February 12, 2007
OOPS!
DID VERICHIP HAVE A "SENIOR MOMENT?"
Human Chipping Company Omits Salient Risks from IPO Disclosure
December 6, 2006
SENATE
BANKING COMMITTEE MEMBER DENOUNCES "NO-SWIPE" CREDIT CARDS
"It's About Time," says CASPIAN
November 16, 2006
TOMMY
THOMPSON: THE "CHIPPER" PRESIDENT?
Election
Bid Raises Specter of RFID Implant Threat
October 23, 2006
CONSUMER WATCHDOGS DEMAND RECALL OF SPYCHIPPED CREDIT CARDS
CASPIAN
Advises Consumers to Immediately Remove Cards from Wallets
September 28, 2006
"SPYCHIPS" PAPERBACK RELEASED BY PENGUIN/ PLUME THIS WEEK
Authors
Predict Public Backlash as RFID Plans Reach Consumers En Masse
August 14, 2006
TSA
CONCEPT VIDEO SHOWS FUTURE RFID-ENABLED AIRPORT
Spychips
in Passports May be Just the Start, Warn Privacy Advocates
August 9, 2006
AMERICAN
EAGLE OUTFITTERS DENIES RFID USE
Crisis
PR Firm Disavows Incriminating Video on Eve of Major Conference
Media coverage:
U.N.
Observer | August 10, 2006
4-Year-Old
RFID Demo Comes Back To Haunt American Eagle Outfitters
Storefront Backtalk | by Evan Schuman | August
10, 2006
June 12, 2006
SPYCHIPS
CO-AUTHOR ADDS HER VOICE TO "NO NATIONAL ID" MOVEMENT
Dr.
Katherine Albrecht to address Christian rally
6/6/06
Spanish-Speaking
Countries Warned About RFID
"Spychips"
Translation Released Today
5/31/06
WISCONSIN
BANS FORCED HUMAN RFID CHIPPING
Groundbreaking
Law Spotlights Opposition to VeriChip
5/18/06
VERICHIP
INJECTS ITSELF INTO IMMIGRATION DEBATE
Company
Pushes RFID Implants for Immigrants, Guest Workers
>> click
here for a transcript of the Fox interview with Scott Silverman
Media coverage:
Putting
Implants In Immigrants
Information Week | May 18, 2006
The
Sierra Times | May 18, 2006
CMP
TechSearch | Laurie Sullivan | May 18, 2006
4/27/06
SPYCHIPPED
LEVI'S BRAND JEANS HIT THE U.S.
Levi
Strauss Confirms RFID Test, Refuses to Disclose Location
Media coverage:
Privacy
Group Slams Levi's for Radio ID Tags
AdAge.com | April 28, 2006
Free
Market News Network | April 28, 2006
Levi
ships RFID-tagged Jeans, Dockers
ITNews.com.au | May 1, 2006
CHECK
THOSE NEW LEVIS FOR TAGS!
Free Market News Network | May 1, 2006
CASPIAN opposes Levi’s RFID chips in clothing
Fibre2Fashion | May 1, 2006
Levis
RFID-Tagging Jeans
Portals Mag | May 01, 2006
Levi’s
to ‘spychip’ jeans
Minority Report-style tagging causes uproar
Personal Computer World | May 5, 2006
4/18/06
"SPYCHIPS"
AUTHORS WIN LYSANDER SPOONER AWARD
Named
the Year's "Best Book on Liberty"
Media coverage:
Free
Market News Network | April 19, 2006
3/15/06
RFID
VULNERABLE TO VIRUS ATTACKS COULD WREAK HAVOC
Wake
up and Put a Hold on Reckless Deployment, Say Privacy Activists
Media coverage:
RFID
Vulnerable to Virus Attacks
NewsWithViews.com | March 17, 2006
More
About RFID Tags - Dangerous Or Not?
Playfuls.com | March 16th 2006
Experts:
Don't panic over RFID viruses - yet
silicon.com | March 16, 2006
2/21/06
HOMELAND
SECURITY RFI HEIGHTENS PUBLIC CONCERNS OVER RFID
DHS Wants to Track Spychips in Moving Cars
Going 55 MPH
Media coverage:
Homeland
Security Looking at RFID Technology to Track Individuals
Consumer Affairs | February 22, 2006
US
HOMELAND SECURITY RFI HEIGHTENS PUBLIC CONCERNS OVER RFID UN Observer
| February 23, 2006
2/09/06
TWO
U.S. EMPLOYEES INJECTED WITH RFID MICROCHIPS AT COMPANY REQUEST
Government Contractor Adopts Controversial
VeriChip Implant in Workplace
1/27/06
VERICHIP
RFID IMPLANT HACKED!
Will Security Problems Quash IPO Plans
for Controversial Company?
Media coverage:
LIFE
WITH BIG BROTHER
World Net Daily | March 8, 2006
CHIPPING
WORKERS POSES HUGE SECURITY RISK
Free Market News Network | February 15, 2006
12/7/05
RFID
IMPLANTS: FINE FOR THEE, BUT NOT FOR ME
Ex-HHS
Head Puts Off Being Chipped Despite July Promise
Media coverage of our Thompson story (over 40 total)
LIFE
WITH BIG BROTHER - Hold off on that chip, says Thompson WorldNetDaily.com
| December 12, 2005
All
Eyes On You - How Spy Chips Are Quietly Reshaping Privacy ConsumerAffairs.Com
| December 15, 2005
Business
& Technology - Chip talk
The Seattle Times | Monday, December 12, 2005
Doug
Moe: Tracking Tommy's Chip Plans
Madison.com | December 13, 2005
11/14/05
RFID
INDUSTRY SUMMONS LAP DOGS TO SQUELCH SPYCHIPS EXPOSE
Panicked
Proponents Resort to Half Truths, Outright Lies
11/9/05
WAL-MART
PICKETED FOR RFID "SPYCHIPS" AT NEW HAMPSHIRE STORE
Beleagered
Retailer Faces Criticism for Item-level Tracking Agenda
10/26/05
RFID
PROMOTER SHAMED INTO REMOVING MISLEADING CLAIM FROM WEBSITE
Medical
Products Company PDC Slammed by Revelations in "Spychips"
9/22/05
BIG
BROTHER LOOKS ON AS MOTORISTS FUME ON HOUSTON ROADWAYS
Critics
Ask Why Money was Spent on Surveillance Instead of Preparedness
1/31/05
CASPIAN Uncovers U.S. Government RFID Promotion Scheme
Heads
of federal agencies encouraged to "advance the industry"
1/26/05
CASPIAN Announces Worldwide Tesco Boycott on BBC Television
Consumers
react to UK retailer's planned expansion of item-level RFID
Media coverage: See the Boycott
Tesco press page
11/29/04
VeriChip RFID Implants in Mexican Attorney General's Office Overstated
Dozens
of news outlets unwittingly repeated overblown figure, says CASPIAN
Media coverage:
Here's
lookin' at you:
A
Delray company implanting people with microchips looks to the bright
Orwellian future New Times (Florida) -
November 25, 2004
10/19/04
FDA Letter Raises Questions about VeriChip Safety, Data Security
Implantable
RFID device "poses potential risks to health"
Media coverage of VeriChip's health and data risks:
Digital
Angel exiting Applied Digital? Did company fail to publicize VeriChip
risks? Investor's Business Daily - October
21, 2004
FDA
approves technology but also warns of possible downsides
WorldNetDaily - October 20, 2004
Group
Says VeriChips May be a Risk to Health, Safety and Data
Sierra Times - October 20, 2004
Spy
chip health hazards
p2pnet - October 22, 2004
Implantable
RFID chip decision draws criticism
In Pharma - October 20, 2004
Implantable
RFID chip decision draws criticism
Drug Researcher - October 20, 2004
9/30/04
CENSORSHIP: RFID Industry Attempts to Suppress Damaging Photos
Advanstar
threatens CASPIAN founder: Pull or else
Media coverage of photo coverup attempt:
Are
nappies and baby formula next to be RFID chipped?
Silicon.com - September 29, 2004
RFID
promoter can't stand being tracked
The Register UK - September 30, 2004
Who
tracks the trackers?
Network World Fusion - October 1, 2004
Have
you been riffed lately?
P2Pnet - October 2, 2004
9/23/04
Mystery Clothing Company Plans Item-Level Rollout
CASPIAN
obtains photos of Checkpoint's prototype clothing tags
Media coverage of RFID clothing labels:
Retailer
to put RFID chips in all clothing - but who is it?
Silicon.com - September 24, 2004
7/19/04
Mexican Government Promotes Myth of RFID Security
Chip
implants won't help crime wracked country, could make things worse
Media coverage of CASPIAN's opposition to chip implants:
Idea
of implanting ID tags raises Orwellian fears
CNET - August 23, 2004
5/11/04
Wal-Mart Tries New PR Spin to Accompany Item-level RFID Tagging
"Selling
the technology with partial truths is unethical," says CASPIAN
Media Coverage of Wal-Mart's Tagging Trial and CASPIAN's
Opposition:
Wal-Mart
attracts more RFID flak
The Register UK - May 12, 2004
Wal-Mart
tests radio-frequency identification tags
The Dallas Morning News (reprinted in the Twin
Falls Times-News) - April 20, 2004
2/27/04
Scandal Forces METRO to Drop RFID Loyalty Card
"This
is the power of the free market at work," says CASPIAN
2/26/04
German Consumers Rebel over RFID Tracking at METRO Future Store
Protest
calls for an end to RFID trials
2/5/04
German RFID Scandal: Hidden Devices, Unkillable Tags Found in Metro Future
Store Germans
say, "Nein! We wont be your versuchskaninchen"
1/29/04
CASPIAN RFID Privacy Activist Heads to Germany and England
Metro
Store of the Future, Britain's Marks & Spencer among stops
Media Coverage of Albrecht's European tour:
Hundreds
of articles on the METRO scandal appeared in the German and European press
1/12/04
Grocery Manufacturers of America Issues Apology to RFID Privacy Activist
Character
assassination not condoned, says GMA CEO
1/7/04
Errant Email Suggests Industry Attempt to Smear RFID Activist Katherine
Albrecht
Grocery Manufacturers
of America and Gillette CEO asked to explain and See our open
letter to the GMA requesting an explanation
Media Coverage of GMA incident:
Errant
E-Mail Shames RFID Backer
"The companies and organizations behind radio-frequency
identification tags are scrambling to improve their image by promising
to protect the privacy rights of consumers, after they were caught trying
to dig up dirt about one of their most effective critics."... Wired
News - Jan 12, 2004
Digital
blunder exposes 'dirty tricks' in RFID war
Silicon.com - Jan 12, 2004
Grocery
manufacturers apologise to anti-RFID activist over slur
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jan 13,
2004
Anti-RFID
campaigner claims she is under personal attack
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jan 8, 2004
12/22/03
RFID Tags Confirmed in Australian Mach3 Razor Packages
Angry
Aussies may be next to protest spy chips?
Media Coverage of RFID-laced Gillette Mach3 razor
packages in Australia:
A
free big brother in every pack
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Dec 20,
2003
12/20/03
Santa’s Reindeer Tracked with Radio Frequency Devices
“Once
they’ve secretly tracked heads of state, everything’s game”
Media Coverage of hidden RFID devices in identification
badges of world leaders:
Bug
devices track officials at summit
Washington Times, DC - Dec 13, 2003
Summit
group confirms use of ID chip
Washington Times, DC - Dec 18, 2003
11/10/03
Scandal: Wal-Mart, P&G Involved in Secret RFID Testing
American
consumers used as guinea pigs for controversial technology
Media Coverage of Wal-Mart, P&G Secret RFID
Experiments:
Chipping
Away at Your Privacy
The Chicago Sun Times reveals that Procter
& Gamble and Wal-Mart were involved in secret item-level RFID testing
of Lipfinity lipsticks.
Chicago Sun Times - Nov 9, 2003
Wal-Mart
turns customers into RFID lab rats
The Register, UK - Nov 13, 2003
Smart-shelf
test triggers fresh round of criticism
CNET News.com - Nov 14, 2003
High-tech
devices monitor product from manufacturer's ...
WorldNetDaily - Nov 15, 2003
The
Real Scandal
RFID Journal - Nov 15, 2003
10/15/03
CASPIAN Comments on Marks & Spencer RFID Trial
Marks
& Spencer Sets Dangerous Precedent in RFID Clothing Trial
Media Coverage of M&S Trial:
UK
Retailer Tests Smart Tags on Clothing
InternetNews.com - Oct 16, 2003
UK
retailer tests radio ID tags
ZDNet.com - Oct 16, 2003
Marks
& Spencer starts tracking tag trials
Silicon.com - Oct 16, 2003
Consumer-Friendly
RFID
Line 56 News - Oct 15, 2003
9/10/03
CASPIAN Protests EPC Symposium at Chicago's McCormick Place
CASPIAN
Protests World Launch of RFID Spy Chip Network
Media Coverage of CASPIAN's McCormick Place Protest:
Consumer
Group Plans Protest During Gillette Speech
The Sierra Times, September 14, 2003
ACLU
Sues Chicago Convention Center
The Washington Times, September 12, 2003
ACLU
Asks Court to Defend Free Speech Rights at McCormick Place for Group
Opposed to Consumer Surveillance Technology
U.S. Newswire, September 12, 2003
LIFE
WITH BIG BROTHER
Group to protest 'spy chips', Inventory technology
also can be used to track consumers - WorldNet Daily, September 11,
2003
8/19/03
Gillette reverses RFID position at Mach 3 speed
Gillette
does an abrupt about-face just days after Boycott Gillette campaign launched.
August 19, 2003
8/11/03
CASPIAN launches Gillette boycott
Gillette
faces consequences for spying on consumers. August 11, 2003
Media Coverage of Gillette's "Spy Shelf" and consumer
backlash:
M&S
faces righteous wrath over 'spy in a suit'
The London Times profiles CASPIAN's extraordinary
consumer victories, including Gillette's backdown August 26, 2003
Privacy
fears over RFID must come before profit
Silicon.com, August 26 , 2003
Gillette
pulls RFID tags in UK amid protests
Slashdot, August 22, 2003
Retailers
rethink tagging plans
CRM Daily, August 15, 2003
Boycott
of Gillette urged over tracking of customers
Sydney Morning Herald, August 12, 2003
Boycott
against Gillette launched
WorldnetDaily, August 12, 2003
Tesco
tests spy chip technology
The Guardian UK, July 19, 2003
The
card up their sleeve
Guardian UK Weekend Magazine, July 19, 2003
RFID
tags on Mach 3 razors snap your photo
Slashdot "Think RFID tags are harmless? Look
at how they are being used in the UK"
Shaving
shoppers to be saved from surveillance?
Silicon.com, 7/21/03
"Big Brother technology now trained on razor buyers..."
Close
shaves in the security sector
Silicon.com, 7/21/03
"If retailers think consumers will put up with this...they are mistaken"
Technology
automatically IDs consumers
WorldNet Daily, July 19, 2003
Shopping
to go high-tech?
WorldNet Daily, July 19, 2003
7/7/03
RFID Site Security Gaffe Uncovered by Consumer Group
CASPIAN
asks "How can we trust these people with our personal data?"
Media coverage (there were scores of articles on
this one!):
Tracking
tag firm exposes confidential data online
Silicon.com, July 8, 2003
RFID
spy-chippers leak confidential data on the Web | The Register
The Register, July 10, 2003
Slashdot
| RFID Industry Confidential Memos
Slashdot, March 8, 2004
Do
the Right Thing
RFID Journal, July 7, 2003
RFID
Privacy Dustup
Line 56, July 7, 2003
Posted
PR documents prompt complaints on smart tags
Associated Press (vid Detroit News), July 10,
2003
RFID:
la diffusion accidentelle de documents confidentiels relance la polémique
Journal du Net, July 11, 2003
Strategy
to 'neutralize opposition' to smart tags leaked
Softpedia, July, 2003
L’étiquette
qui colle à la peau
Terra Economica, July 18, 2003
6/11/03
Consumer
Group Unveils RFID Labeling Legislation
Proposed "RFID Right to Know Act of 2003" mandates disclosures on products
with RFID chips
Media coverage/response:
Group
proposes RFID privacy law
RFID Journal, June 18, 2003
Utah
passes pioneering RFID privacy bill
Infomatics, March 3, 2004
Privacy
fears may slow RFID progress
Information Week, March 8, 2004
Lawmakers
Begin to Address Need for RFID Labeling
Wired, February 26, 2004
3/12/03
Consumer Group Calls for Immediate Worldwide Boycott of Benetton
...following
disclosures that the company plans to use RFID in its clothing products
Media coverage: Hundreds of articles have
been written on the Boycott Benetton campaign since this press release
launched the RFID privacy debate.
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