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
EFF: Victory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity SMART METER . . . 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 with narrow exceptions
Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in . . . 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 t
Sacramento Electricity Surveillance Program Ends – Victory! The program targeted potential cannabis cultivation without requiring evidence of wrongdoing 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
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