Volume: 9 Issue: 6
(June 2012)
Keywords:
smart
meters
analysing
privacy
perils
europes
smart
meter
plans
8
june
2012
european
data
protection
supervisor
(edps)
independent
data
protection
Jurisdictions:
Europe
On 8 June 2012, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), the independent data protection and privacy supervisory authority, adopted its Opinion on the Commission Recommendation on preparations for the roll-out of smart metering systems a document which sets out guidance to Member States in preparation for the rollout of smart metering systems in Europe. Ian Stevens, Partner, and Odette Orlans, Lawyer at CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, analyse the privacy and data protection considerations raised in the process.