And in Ohio, a private video surveillance company called CityWatcher has embedded radio transmitter ID chips into two of its employees. It is believed to be the first time U.S. workers have been electronically tagged for identification purposes. Privacy activist Liz McIntyre said “There are very serious privacy and civil liberty issues of having people permanently numbered.” The company has planted the electronic chip into the upper right arms of two employees. The implants ensure that only those two employees have access to a room where the company holds security video footage for government agencies and the police. The “radio frequency identification tags” are made by the U.S. company VeriChip. The technology allows a company or government to permanently track anyone embedded with an ID chip.