[LINK] Privacy-Friendly Tags for Retail Items

[Geoffrey Ramadan]

Adam Todd wrote:
>
> I don't understand why the tag itself can't be totally removed by the 
> cashier as the item is cleared at the checkout.
>
> A tag that can be "torn" off by the consumer can just as easily be 
> torn off by a their who intends walking out the entry just as easily.
>
> Am I missing the point of the tag? Is it stock management and theft 
> protection or is there another motive?
I assume they would be concerned by people removing tags before it 
reaches the cashier (or left active). The tag could then potentially be 
re-applied to other products.

Question:
Whats the difference between a genuine branded product (eg. Niki) to a 
counterfeit.
Answer:
Nothing, except one has payed a license fee and the other hasn't.

Vendors see RFID as potential way to ensure authenticity of their 
product. (same issue applied to pharmaceutical drugs) and not just as a 
stock management.

Reg
Geoffrey Ramadan


>
>
> At 05:24 PM 15/11/2006, Geoff Ramadan wrote:
>> From press release:
>> http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/2803/1/1/
>>
>> Marnlen Makes Privacy-Friendly Tags for Retail Items
>>
>> The label maker is using IBM's Clipped Tag design, allowing consumers 
>> to tear off most of a passive RFID tag's antenna on items they have 
>> purchased.
>> By Claire Swedberg
>>
>> Nov. 8, 2006—Marnlen RFID, a division of label maker Marnlen 
>> Management, has licensed IBM's Clipped Tag, a design allowing 
>> consumers to tear off most of a passive RFID tag's antenna on 
>> purchased items. Hangtags based on the Clipped Tag design are 
>> production-ready, says Andris Lauris, Marnlen's vice president of 
>> business development, and sample tags have been shipped to several of 
>> IBM's 10 Centers of Excellence for demonstration to prospective 
>> customers. In addition, Lauris says, Marnlen is working with unnamed 
>> potential customers, such as garment retailers and the pharmaceutical 
>> industry, to pilot the tags.
>>
>>
>>
>> This should help alleviate some of the privacy concerns.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Geoffrey Ramadan, B.E.(Elec)
>> Chairman, Automatic Data Capture Australia (www.adca.com.au)
>> and
>> Managing Director, Unique Micro Design (www.umd.com.au)
>>
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