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Smack in the US for the implementation of identification chips in workers • Reviews by assuming a "full -scaleinvasion of privacy ' • Proponents claim the voluntary nature of the implant WASHIGNTON.- The increasing use of identification microchips implanted in the human body, serve both to control employees to access the medical history of their carriers, he has created controversy in the United States. The empresaCitywatcher was the first to implement this controversial 'security measure' in their employees. Several associations of civil rights have protested against what they see as a new step in the invasion of privacy of workers, while their manufacturers insist that it is an advanced, multipurpose, technology correspondent reports EFE US Enrique Rubio.Citywatcher, a company video surveillance, is the first that has started using the chips to control employee access to security restricted areas of company. its president, Sean Darks, he explained how two of its employees who volunteered, and he himself, have implanted a chip about the size of a grain of rice, is placed into the skin and works as a card access to protected areas. with government permission These microchips are the work of the company VeriChip, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions of Palm Beach (Florida), which in October 2004 received the consent of the Food and . drug (FDA) to market the product John Procter, a spokesman for VeriChip, said the company works primarily on two applications of this technology: for identification, as in the case of Citywatcher, and for use in hospitals. . .. tHE EXECUTIVE oF GOOGLE THAT PUSHES tHE IDENTIFICATION CHIP ingestible "is a very useful device in patients with difficulty communicating, such as alzheimer's patients. Using a scanner you can access your medical history , "Procter said. The capsule, which is inserted under the skin of the arm or hand with a syringe, containing a 16 - digit number that allows access to themedical history of the carrier. Partisans and detractors addition to these uses, Procter recalled that the Mexican Ministry of Justice already use this technology to identify their employees. The chip also has other less altruistic uses and, for example, a nightclub in Barcelona using these capsules with their VIP customers. But this futuristic technology increasingly detractors. Among them is "Professional technology for social responsibility", a group based in Palo Alto (California), protesting what they consider "a bad initiative." Lisa Smith, a member of the association, said that "the thought to bring something implanted in the body, which can not be shut down, it is a total invasion of privacy ". "There are other less invasive forms of identification are also suitable, however this is voluntary , " Smith said. Both VeriChip as Citywatcher cling to the voluntary nature of the implants to reject any accusation.