Michigan, New York, Vermont and Washington have already begun embedding drivers licenses with the tiny transceivers, and linking them to a national database – complete with head shots – controlled by the Department of Homeland Security. Radio-frequency identification devices already are a daily part of the electronic age - found in passports, library and payment cards, school identification cards and eventually are expected to replace bar-code labels on consumer goods. Unfortunately, Ohio recently passed its own law to become the latest. No personally identifiable information is contained in those RFID chips - yet. The same tools used to read these drivers' licenses at borders are also. The chips will be able to broadcast the holder's identity to special chip-reading devices. Department of Homeland Security - will introduce radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in drivers' licenses. The states of Arizona, Michigan, Vermont and Washington have announced that they - in conjunction with the U.S. When you get an enhanced drivers license. No personally identifiable information is stored on the card's RFID chip or can be transmitted electronically by the. The news comes on the heels of New York becoming the second state to offer identification that can be shown at the border in lieu of a U.S. The State of New York has started offering driver's licenses embedded with RFID chips, or enhanced driver's licenses (EDLs). Had the measure passed, it would have transformed the Golden State's standard form of ID into one of the most sophisticated identification documents in the country, mirroring the four other states that have embraced the spy-friendly technology. The legislation, was put on hold by the state Assembly Appropriations Committee, despite it having been approved by the California Senate, where it likely will be re-introduced in the coming months. Following complaints from privacy groups, California lawmakers on Friday suspended legislation to embed radio-frequency identification chips, or RFIDs, in its driver's licenses and state identification cards.

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