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Associated Press: Utility company’s proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police raises privacy concerns

August 7, 2024

The nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center believes such a regulatory rule would be unconstitutional because the electric utility would be allowed to provide private information about consumers with “no probable cause, no warrant, no judicial review,” Alan Butler, the group’s executive director, told The Associated Press.

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