"Katherine Albrecht" is the founder of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (CASPIAN), a national consumer organization created in 1999 to educate consumer-citizens about shopper surveillance. She is a consumer privacy advocate and spokesperson against radio-frequency identification (RFID). Albrecht devised the term "spychip/spy chips" to describe RFID tags such as those embedded in passport cards and certain enhanced Driver's license in the United States/United States driver's licenses. Katherine Albrecht holds a Doctor of Education degree from Harvard University. She is a resident of Nashua, New Hampshire.

Albrecht was interviewed about RFID chips in Aaron Russo's 2006 documentary America: From Freedom to Fascism.

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That's where Pfizer is crossing the line here a little bit.

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While we do see the benefits of RFID to managing inventory for retailers, we think the item-level tagging poses a serious issue for consumer privacy.

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I think CVS is trying to defuse this by saying there was no financial risk, but I think there was a very serious medical privacy concern.

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When I see the move of RFID into universities, it concerns me, ... It is sending a message that not only do we not have to worry about privacy but you can profit from it by a career perspective.

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This is kind of a wake-up call to help people understand what's out there. I think consumers are increasingly aware of how vulnerable their data is in these databases.

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It's wrong to link a person's paycheck with getting an implant.

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Do whatever you want in the back room of pharmacies, but keep it away from consumers.

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