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In this March 14, 2017, photo file, Jowan Osterlund from Biohax Sweden, holds a small microchip implant, similar to those implanted at the Epicenter's digital innovation business center during a party at the co-working space in central Stockholm.
British companies are planning to microchip their employees in order to boost security and stop working from sensitive areas of business, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.
Biohax, a Swedish tech firm, has published a report to the United Kingdom on the subject of medical devices. One prospective client, which the company said it could not be named, is a global auditing firm with "hundreds of thousands of employees".
"These companies have sensitive documents they are dealing with," said Jowan Osterlund, the founder of Biohax and a professional body piercer. "[The chips] would allow them to set restrictions for whoever. "
The chips, about the size of a grain of rice, cost each other. As well as access to controlled areas, microchips could be used to buy food from the canteen, enter the building or access printers.
"There's no losing it, there's no dropping it, there's no forgetting it. There's always going to be an ultimate backup, "said Mr Osterlund. The microchips use near field communication – the same technology found in contactless bank cards.
In Sweden, around 4,000 people are chipped, including 85 of the 500 employees at Tui.
Mr Osterlund said he was aware not everyone would be keen on getting an implant at first.
"It's a learning curve," he said. "If this came from a government, I'd be like you, you know what, that's not going to happen. We're a private actor, we're doing this with our community, for our community. "
Last year, Hampshire-based entrepreneur Steven Northam became the first person in the UK to be fitted with a microchip.
Like Biohax, he is offering the service to businesses and individuals through his company, BioTeq.
"It can have a huge impact on society and business," he said. "In the future, we're all likely to have one."
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