There an important question worth asking, and that is, is Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, declaring war on our privacy. The giant retailer has announced it will begin placing item-level RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tracking tags on clothing sold in its stores.

THIS IS HUGE NEWS. It is the first step to the planned roll-out of the Internet of Things, where global corporations like IBM, Procter & Gamble, and Wal-Mart's technology partner NCR plan to equip every product with a tracking device and use a network of RFID readers to monitor and observe YOU everywhere you go. It is the frightening world detailed in a book called "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID," and it has finally come to pass.

Click here to read the Wall Street Journal article.

As you know, RFID is a powerful tracking technology that raises unprecedented privacy concerns. Wal-Mart's plan does more than just threaten our privacy -- it is poised to become a direct threat to our freedom and civil liberties.

Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision
By TODD LEWAN
The Associated Press
Saturday, January 26, 2008

MICROCHIP-CANCER REPORT

Microchip-Induced Tumors in Laboratory Rodents and Dogs: A Review of the Literature 1990–2006
by Katherine Albrecht, Ed.D.
Released November 19, 2007

>> Associated Press article spotlights VeriChip controversy...

Human-Chipping Protest and Prayer Vigil | May 12, 2007
>> click here to view slide show

4/29/07
EAS/RFID: Urgent development affecting RFID and consumer privacy...

AMERICAN EXPRESS ADDRESSES RFID PEOPLE TRACKING PLANS

Promises Full Patent Review, Tracking Notice, and Chip-Free Option

>> press release...

OOPS! DID VERICHIP HAVE A "SENIOR MOMENT?"

Human Chipping Company Omits Salient Risks from IPO Disclosure


>> click here to read the press release

SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE MEMBER DENOUNCES "NO-SWIPE" CREDIT CARDS
"It's About Time," says CASPIAN

>> press release...

Advertisers Try New Ways to Get Into Your Head | December 16, 2006
"If your HMO had a record of your nutritional health profile, they could use that info to raise your rates…" —Katherine Albrecht

>> click here for the complete ABC TV news interview…

December 11, 2006
Attorney Heidi Boghosian interviewed Liz McIntyre for a half-hour segment on WBAI's Law and Disorder…

>> click here to listen (.mp3 format)

December 15, 2006
Liz McIntyre was featured in an INN World Report segment | >> video...

Internet News | December 1, 2006 | by Erin Joyce
"RFID sort of lends itself to a surreptitious tracking model, simply because of the way the tech operates, silently and through radio waves. If people have an interest in surreptitious tracking, RFID is a natural candidate."

>> click here to read Katherine Albrecht's in-depth interview

No matter where patients go, chip lets hospital know
Surveillance draws praise and worry
"When you get down to it, it's Big Brother," McIntyre said, alluding to George Orwell's book 1984 about absolute government control. "I don't know how many people want to be monitored 24/7."

>> click here to read the article

City tests digital limits in SKorea
The Associated Press | November 22, 2006 | by Anthony Deutsch
"Songdo City's anonymous tracking infrastructure could quickly be turned to new purposes, and its people could become virtual prisoners of their own technological creations…" —Liz McIntyre

>> click here to read the article

TOMMY THOMPSON: THE "CHIPPER" PRESIDENT?
Election Bid Raises Specter of RFID Implant Threat

click here to read the press release...

CONSUMER WATCHDOGS DEMAND RECALL OF SPYCHIPPED CREDIT CARDS
CASPIAN Advises Consumers to Immediately Remove Cards from Wallets

>> press release...

Security researchers find RFID-equipped cards vulnerable...

"SPYCHIPS" PAPERBACK RELEASED BY PENGUIN/ PLUME
Authors Predict Public Backlash as RFID Plans Reach Consumers En Masse
>> click here to read the press release

TSA CONCEPT VIDEO SHOWS FUTURE RFID-ENABLED AIRPORT Spychips in Passports May be Just the Start, Warn Privacy Advocates

>> click here to read the press release

Orwellian RFID Tracking Video; Press Banned from Conference

On the eve of a major RFID apparel and footwear conference, privacy activists are asking questions about an Orwellian industry video presentation depicting the use of Radio Frequency Identification at an American Eagle Outfitters store...

>> press release | >> RFID demo video

WISCONSIN BANS FORCED HUMAN RFID CHIPPING Groundbreaking Law Spotlights Opposition to VeriChip

Wisconsin's new law was introduced as Assembly Bill 290 by Representative Marlin D. Schneider (D) and was passed unanimously by both houses of the Wisconsin State Legislature. The law makes it illegal to require an individual to have a microchip implant and subjects a violator to a fine of up to $10,000 per day...

>> click here to read the press release

CASPIAN also supports anti-chipping legislation like the law passed in Wisconsin...
>> Contact your elected representatives to request their sponsorship.
>> Forward Assembly Bill 290 [PDF] to legislators in your state.

>> Similar legislation has now been introduced in Ohio, Colorado, North Dakota, and Oklahoma (with both House and Senate bills)

Chips Espias! A Spanish-language version of the award-winning book "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID" is now available in Latin American countries including Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and Chile... >> click here to read the press release | >> ChipsEspias.com

VERICHIP INJECTS ITSELF INTO IMMIGRATION DEBATE
Company Pushes RFID Implants for Immigrants, Guest Workers
Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has alarmed civil libertarians by promoting the company's subcutaneous human tracking device as a way to identify immigrants and guest workers...

>> read the press release | >> VeriChip photos...
>> transcript of the Fox interview with Scott Silverman
>> French-translated version of the press release...

Worldwide reaction to Levi's RFID spychipping initiative...
Privacy advocates across the globe are sounding-off on spychipping of clothing.