The impact of smart meters on data protection law

Diana Camões

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the impact of smart meters in regards to data protection law. Having in mind that goal, the investigation takes into account the main goals of energy law, which were reinforced by the Directive 2019/944 (the fourth package). Nowadays, information is power. Being smart meters an important mechanism to promote the necessary energetic transaction, as well as to give more power to consumers, we can't ignore the dangers that might come from its use, namely in regards to data protection law. Thus, we analyze not only how may the data collected go beyond the smart meters' goals, as well as who are, on this context, the controllers and processors. On the other hand, this investigation also has in consideration the difficulty that might exist in the legal basis for processing, as well as which conflicts emerge from the application of the Fourth Package and the General Data Protection Regulation. Having in mind the economic importance of the energy sector, its transition can't be indifferent to the problematics related with personal data, in an era where this is the new oil.
Translated title of the contributionO impacto dos contadores inteligentes no direito da proteção de dados
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-116
Number of pages28
JournalRevista Electrónica de Direito
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2023

Keywords

  • 944
  • Smart meters
  • Directive 2019
  • Energetic transaction
  • Energy law
  • General data protection regulation
  • Personal data

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