Entries tagged with: Smart Grid
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California Protects the Privacy of Smart Meter Data
The California Public Utility Commission has established new rules to protect information about consumer use of "smart meter" electrical services. The California decision, the first in the country, establishes fair information practice requirements, including a consumer right of access and...
Consumer Groups Recommend Privacy Safeguards on "Smart Meter" Services
The Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD), a coalition of consumer groups in Europe and North America, adopted a report on privacy and electrical services at the 12th Annual TACD meeting held recently in Brussels. The Smart Meter White Paper warns the...
NIST Publishes Smart Grid Privacy Guidelines
Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security: Privacy and the Smart Grid is now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The NIST Smart Grid Guidelines address privacy concerns that arise from the "many new data collection, communication, and...
EPIC Testifies in Congress on Smart Grid Privacy
EPIC Associate Director Lillie Coney testified before the House Committee on Science and Technology regarding Smart Grid Architecture and Standards: Assessing Coordination and Progress. In her prepared statement, Ms. Coney told Congress that the "basic architecture of the Smart Grid...
EPIC Recommends Consumer Privacy Protections for California Smart Grid
In formal comments to the California Public Utility Commission, EPIC said that utility customers should control the use of personal information generated by Smart Grid services. EPIC warned that companies will otherwise use the data for purposes not related to...
FCC Release National Broadband Plan, Privacy Strategy Unclear
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its National Broadband Plan today. The FCC notes that “many users are increasingly concerned about their lack of control over sensitive personal data" and warns that "Innovation will suffer if a lack of trust...
EPIC Recommends Privacy Safeguards for Smart Grid Services
In formal comments, EPIC urged the California Public Utility Commission to adopt privacy safeguards for Smart Grid systems to protect consumer electricity usage information from unauthorized collection, use, and disclosure. Smart Grid networks uniquely identify individual electrical appliances, and create...
EPIC, Coalition and Experts Champion Privacy Safeguards for Smart Grid Data
EPIC, members of the Privacy Coalition, and privacy and security experts urged a federal agency to establish safeguards for Smart Grid systems that protect consumer electricity usage information from unauthorized collection, use, disclosure, or sale. Smart Grid networks, which uniquely...
EPIC Urges Government to Protect Privacy in the Smart Grid
Today, EPIC filed comments with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), urging it to implement robust privacy protections in the Smart Grid. The Smart Grid refers to a host of technologies that will allow unprecedented communication between American...
The Smart Grid and Privacy
Concerning Privacy and Smart Grid Technology Latest News | Introduction | Smart Grids and Privacy | News | Related Resources | Research Latest News : () NIST Seeks Public Comments on Smart Grid Standards. The National Institute for Standards...
Lillie Coney
Lillie Coney is Associate Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC. She has testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Privacy and Cybercrime Enforcement and the House Committee on Homeland Security on the topic of watch...
