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- Victory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program . . .
A California judge ordered the end of a dragnet law enforcement program that surveilled the electrical smart meter data of thousands of Sacramento residents The Sacramento County Superior Court ruled that the surveillance program run by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and police violated a state privacy statute, which bars the disclosure of residents’ electrical usage data
- California Court Ends Smart Meter Dragnet Surveillance Program
According to the EFF, the Sacramento County Superior Court has determined that a surveillance program run by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and the police is illegal
- Judge rules police cant use electricity data to hunt pot . . .
“This was the surveillance program that we haven’t seen anywhere else in the country or anywhere else in California, so it was pretty broad,” Trujillo continued He says SMUD searched its entire data base of 650,000 smart meter customers for electricity usage and turned over 33,000 tips of high electricity usage to police
- Sacramento Electricity Surveillance Program Ends – Victory!
What: A court-ordered end to a surveillance program using smart meter data Where: Sacramento County, California When: Ruling issued November 14, 2024, ending a program active for over a decade Why it matters: Protects resident privacy and sets a precedent for utility data disclosure
- Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento
A California judge has shut down a decade-long surveillance program in which Sacramento's utility provider shared granular smart-meter data on 650,000 residents with police to hunt for cannabis grows The EFF reports: The Sacramento County Superior Court ruled that the surveillance program run by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and police violated a state privacy statute
- California Court Rules SMUD Illegally Shared Customer Utility . . .
A Landmark Decision Against Mass Surveillance Through Smart Meters Sacramento, CA — In a significant victory for digital privacy rights, a California court has ruled that Sacramento's public utility broke the law by conducting a decade-long mass surveillance operation, handing over smart meter data from more than 33,000 homes to
- Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento
A California judge has shut down a decade-long surveillance program in which Sacramento's utility provider shared granular smart-meter data on 650,000 residents with police to hunt for cannabis grows The EFF reports: The Sacramento County Superior Court ruled that the surveillance…
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