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Smart Meters in Europe: Privacy by Design at its Best |
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Smart meters, and the Smart Grid, are an excellent case study for the application of Privacy by Design to a networked technology. They are at a nascent stage, allowing privacy to be built into new technologies, but are being integrated into a legacy system that may require an appeal to Privacy by ReDesign. This network has a wide variety of players, spanning multiple industries and jurisdictions. As such, regulation and technical measures associated with this system cannot be defined or enacted by any single provider or jurisdiction – a collaborative effort is required. There are clear privacy implications for individuals, who may have sensitive lifestyle information divulged or inferred without their knowledge. Finally, there is also a very clear need for, and benefits associated with, this advance, providing a strong driving force for deployment that can, as has been seen, be derailed by improper, or lacking, considerations for individual privacy. “Getting it right” will thus be important not just to ensure the future success of the Smart Grid, but also to provide a strong template for the ever-increasingly networked world in which we live. |
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Smart Grid, Privacy by Design, Privacy by ReDesign, PbRD, PbD, building privacy into design, privacy protection |
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Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D.
Information & Privacy Commissioner,
Ontario, Canada
Foreword by Alexander Dix, LL.
Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Berlin, Germany
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Apr 13, 2012 |
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