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Press
Contact Information
Boycott Tesco is a project of CASPIAN, Consumers
Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering, online at http://www.spychips.com.
Katherine
Albrecht
CASPIAN Founder and Director
(877) 287-5854
Liz McIntyre
CASPIAN Communications Director:
(877) 287-5854
press @ nocards.org
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TESCO Boycott Launched
CASPIAN Announces Worldwide Tesco Boycott on BBC Television
CASPIAN Press Release, January 26, 2005
Privacy
activists demand Tesco boycott over RFID
Tesco's plan to increase the use of radio barcode technology is
under fire from campaigners who claim it is a privacy nightmare
ZDNet, Jan 26, 2005
Big
Brother at the Supermarket Till?
Just a harmless extension of the well-known barcode, or a sinister
tracking device designed to monitor the movements and habits of
consumers?
BBC News, Jan 27, 2005
RFID
plans trigger Tesco boycott call
"People will be taking home items containing spy chips...";
Silicon.com, Jan 27, 2005
Consumer
group vows to boycott Tesco
CASPIAN has launched a worldwide boycott of Tesco in response to
the retailer's escalating use of RFI D on consumer products
Food Production Daily, Jan 26, 2005
Tesco
'spychips' anger consumers
A US consumer privacy group has called for a global boycott of Tesco
stores over the company's trial of Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) chips.
BBC News, Jan 26, 2005.
Group
hits Tesco plan for item-level RFID tagging
FMI Daily Lead, Jan 27, 2005
Consumer
group calls for Tesco boycott over use of RFID; Progressive
Grocer, Jan 27, 2005
Boycott
Tesco over RFID, says consumer group
Out-Law.com IT and E-commerce, Jan 27, 2005
Consumer
group vows to boycott Tesco
Food Navigator, Jan 26, 2005
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TESCO
RFID Activities
Tesco
to expand item-level RFID trial
RFID Journal, Jan 17, 2005
U.K.
Retailer Goes On RFID Shopping Spree
Information Week, Jan 17, 2005
ADT
announces Tesco to purchase RFID readers
ADT Press Release, Jan 11, 2005
European
retailers accelerate RFID plans
Information Week, Jan 24, 2005
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TESCO RFID Spy Shelf Abuse
Tesco
tests spy chip technology
Tags in packs of razor blades used to track buyers
By Alok Jha, Guardian Science Correspondent
July 19, 2003
The
card up their sleeve
Examines loyalty cards, retail surveillance, and RFID-based
customer tracking plans
By Rachel Shabi, July 19, 2003
RFID
tags on Mach 3 razors snap your photo
"Think RFID tags are harmless? Look at how they are being used
in the UK "
Shaving shoppers to be saved from surveillance?
Big Brother technology now trained on razor buyers 7/21/03
Close shaves in the security sector
"If retailers think consumers will put up with this...they
are mistaken" 7/21/03
Technology
automatically IDs consumers
'Smart shelf' innovation tracks customers as well as product sales
By Jon Dougherty, July 19, 2003
Shopping
to go high-tech?
Radio tracking of merchandise has privacy advocates steaming , By
Jon Dougherty, July 19, 2003
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