Cortexo

Data Privacy

Posted by Terry Paddy on 14 October 2010 | 0 Comments

Tags: data, privacy, security, HBR

The issue around data privacy is a big one for Smart Grid players. Who owns that data? If its my hot water your monitoring, surely I own the data?

Its definitely private to me because you can infer things about my behaviour when you look at how I use energy, for example can someone tell if I am at home now?

Cortexo believes the data belongs to the individual and if we want to do Demand Side Control then the end user (home owner) should opt in to that. These aren't new questions and they aren't easily solved as this interesting HBR article on Smart Grid security shows