Communication

Human rights militants are worried that the RFID tags are ways of spying on motorists. Congresswoman Liza Maza warns that the RFID tags could be used to violate the right to privacy of individuals. She also fears that military and possibly police spooks—like those sicced on National Artist for Literature Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera and novelist, visual artist, and UP professor Dr. Jun Cruz Reyes—would use the data from the tags against citizens opposed to anti-poor government policies and critical of the wrongdoings of the Arroyo administration.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – An organization of motor vehicle assemblers and distributors is asking the Land Transportation Office to hold consultations with industry stakeholders before implementing its planned radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging scheme next month.  read more »

A MILITANT lawmaker yesterday opposed the plan of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to tag vehicles with microchips using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology which she claimed could violate the people’s right to privacy.  read more »

Car owners will be forced to shell out P350 for each vehicle when they renew their vehicle registration to allow the government to monitor their movement under a proposal of the Land Transportation Office (LTO).  read more »

A MILITANT legislator warned on Wednesday that the plan of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to tag vehicles with microchips using radio frequency identification (Rfid) technology may violate the right to privacy.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - A party-list representative on Wednesday warned that the plan of the Land Transportation Office to tag vehicles with microchips could be used as " spy chips’’ to snoop on private citizens.  read more »