1. RFID Tags: The Costs – Price and Privacy Bobbie Studwell Professor and Law Library Director UNLV, Wiener-Rogers Law Library September 25, 2006

2. The Price Tags  Use and actual cost  Privacy costs of loss of control

3. Costs in Libraries  Tags  Equipment  Add-ons  Staff resources

4. ROI and Cost  What is the break even point?

5. Tag Compatibility  Vendor Protocols Actual uses Potential future uses and problems presented

6. What are the Privacy Concerns?  Imagined concerns  Real concerns

7. Power and Privacy  Law of unintended consequences

8. Current Events and Privacy  Who should we worry about in terms of responsibility and power relationships?  Information control

9. Consent and Control of Information  Privacy controls Consumer control Governmental control

10. Information Flow  Harm in privacy laws Restrict convenience Discourage lower prices Inhibit consumer benefits

11. RFID Tags and Privacy  Cost will prohibit widespread RFID use – at least for now  Create RFID protocols that reduce privacy breaches  It’s too hard to predict and too new to know how they can cause harm

12. QUESTIONS?