Smart Meters in Europe: Privacy by Design at its Best

Citation
Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner (Canada), Smart Meters in Europe: Privacy by Design at its Best (Apr. 2012) (full-text).

Overview
This paper focuses on the aspect of the Smart Grid that will have most immediate impact on individuals &mdash; the smart meter. It looks at the privacy issues related to the smart meter from European and North American perspectives, and present a means of building privacy into this technology from the design stage.