e-Passports or RFID passports are passports embedded with RFID tags. The first issuing country was Malaysia in 1998. The Malaysian passport records the travel history (time, date, and place) of entries and exits from the country.
On October 25, 2005, the U.S. government announced that all U.S. passports would be implanted with RFID tags starting in October 2006.
How can you tell if your passport contains a RFID tag? Look for the Electronic Passport logo on the front cover (shown on the left). The tag is capable of transmitting your name, nationality, sex, date of birth, place of birth and digitized photograph. Additional digitized data such as “fingerprints or iris scans” may also be included.