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Commissioner Cavoukian partners with major utilities to announce the Gold Standard for building privacy into the Smart Grid

Summary  TORONTO – Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, today launched a publication to guide utilities in how to ensure that consumers’ personal information is protected as the electrical grid becomes “smarter.” The Commissioner partnered with Hydro One and Toronto Hydro to develop the new guidance document titled Privacy by Design: Achieving the Gold Standard in Data Protection for the Smart Grid. The publication outlines best practices for embedding privacy within Smart Grid systems, right from the outset, based on Ontario’s own emerging Smart Grid.


Published Date  Jun 16, 2010


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