Presentation on Privacy and the Smart Grid presented Jan. 2010 for Santa Clara University Computer and High Technology Law Journal Clean Technology Symposium
Whereas historically a consumer’s consumption data may have been collected once a month or less frequently from a traditional meter fixed to the side of a house, in the Smart Grid, sophisticated new demand response systems will collect a record of 750 to 3,000 data points a month, revealing variations in consumption that can reflect specific household activities such as sleep, work, and travel habits. - CDT Comments Before the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology available at http://www.cdt.org/files/pdfs/CDT%20Comment%20NISTIR%207628%20Draft%2012-02-09%20FINAL%20-%20updated.pdf
Hourly and daily energy activity When you are home When you are cooking When you are cleaning When you are watching TV When you are sleeping When you are showering What appliances you have Sensitive information – medical devices "Privacy Concerns in Upcoming Demand-Response Systems," Mikhail Lisovich, Deirdre K. Mulligan, and Stephen B. Wicker, available at http://wislsrv.ece.cornell.edu/~mikhail/Copy%20of%20Source%20Material/lisovich2007pci_v3.pdf.
Mark F. Foley, Data Privacy and Security Issues for Advanced Metering Systems (Part 2), available at http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/industry/Data_Privacy_and_Security_Issues_for _Advanced_Metering_Systems_Part_2.html(“Wireless sensor networks, for example, are subject to the general security problems of computer networks, ordinary wireless networks, and ad-hoc networks) "Smart Grid Privacy Concerns" Rebecca Herold available at http://www.privacyguidance.com/files/SmartGridPrivacyConcernsTableHeroldSept_2009.pdf
"Taking the 'long view' on the Fourth Amendment: Stored Records and the Sanctity of the Home" Deirdre K. Mulligan and Jack Lerner Stanford. Technology Law Review 2007 Symposium and Articles. 2008 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 3. at 3.
However, the only information that a customer may restrict the release of consists of the customer’s telephone number and their historical billing data.
COMMENTS OF THE ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER to THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY “NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Release 1.0 (Draft)” November 9, 2009 EISA § 1305.
“ Comment Sought on the Implementation of Smart Grid Technology,” FCC, Sept. 4, 2009, available at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2017A1.pdf.
Investigation of Privacy Issues Associated with the Deployment of Smart Grid Technologies, Docket No. 09I-593EG, (CPUC, Aug. 12, 2009), available at http://www.dora.state.co.us/puc/DocketsDecisions/HighprofileDockets/09I-593EG.htm.
“ Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements,” NIST, September 2009, available at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/nistir-7628/draft-nistir-7628.pdf.