British companies want to implant microchips on workers

This may be a convenient solution for security, but it raises concerns regarding privacy.

Chip implantation on employees is a security solution, but it raises concerns about privacy.(Photos: Chips and Dip).

BioTeq - a British technology startup - is now being hired by other businesses to implant RFID (microchips) onto employees to access buildings and access databases. According to The Guardian, BioTeq is just one of many businesses that offer similar solutions. Steven Northam, the founder of BioTeq, told The Guardian, that most of their customers are individuals who want to use chips to access buildings and cars, but the company has also helped many businesses. Financial and RFID implantation technology on the hands of workers.

In addition, BioTeq's solution has also appeared in many other countries such as Spain, France, Germany, Japan and China. Another Swedish company, Biohax, may soon offer such a service in the UK.

UK workers' advocacy groups are currently voicing their concerns, saying that the trend of microchip implants can provide a powerful tool for employers to monitor employees more closely and privacy threat. Frances O'Grady - Secretary General of the Representative Council of the British and Welsh Unions (TUC) - told The Guardian, that this would undoubtedly be potentially risky, but workers often could not denied or forced to do so.