POLICY :: RFID :: What is at Stake :: Governance
Governance
Beyond classic policy issues such as standards, protection of intellectual property and associated licensing regimes, RFID raises numerous questions as to its worldwide organisation.
- Who will manage the storage of collected data? How will it be organised?
- Who will have access to the databases which will register the unique digital code of each RFID-tag or tagged object? Who will be the owner of the databases?
- What will the rules be for data-handling? Will third parties be able to use them?
Proper RFID governance is essential if RFID is to initiate a new wave of development of the Internet: the so-called “Internet of Things”. Eventually, billions of smart devices and sophisticated sensor technologies could become interconnected into a global networked communication infrastructure.