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Wal-Mart is trying to keep better track of its inventory by adding smart tags, or RFID (radio frequency identification) tags, to individual items in its stores. But privacy experts and consumers are worried that store merchandise won't be the only thing it tracks.Starting next month the tags, which the retailing giant previously used on pallets carrying products, will be embedded in the items you buy at the store. Equipped with a handheld reader, store workers will be able to quickly check the stock of an item on a shelf by scanning the tag. In addition to managing inventory, Walmart hopes that the tags will help curb employee theft by allowing the store to track the clothing throughout the store. Privacy experts are concerned, however, that the tracking may occur beyond the store.
Katherine Albrecht, the director of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering, told USA Today that her organization is concerned that Wal-Mart could read personal information off of a RFID-equipped driver's license and then pair that information with that person's purchases to gain a better idea of the items they are buying.
Wal-Mart spokesman Lorenzo Lopez told WalletPop last week that the smart tags, which are also called electronic product codes or EPCs, are simply the next generation of barcodes and can only be read within a few feet of a scanner.
Consumers who responded to WalletPop's request for comment on Facebook are split on the issue of Wal-Mart's use of RFID tags on products.
"It's the same as having lowjack [sic] on your car, and tracking it when it's stolen," wrote Erica Ariel. But that was little consolation for some of WalletPop's Facebook friends."Are you seriously 'okay' with selling your liberty/privacy for $19.95 to a retailer? I hope not! For sure- there is NOTHING I could buy in Walmart, or anywhere else, that would equal in value to my privacy, liberty, or dignity. NOTHING!!,' wrote Catherine Moody on WalletPop's Facebook page.








