Residential utility customers have a legitimate expectation to preserve individual and behavioral privacy with regard to energy-related or water consumption data collected by the utility. Credible government reports and security experts have explained that there are privacy concerns that the granular data collected by smart meters will reveal the activities of people inside of a home by measuring their usage frequently over time. Furthermore, there is deep concern that inadequate cyber security measures surrounding the digital transmission of smart meter data will expose such data to misuse by authorized and unauthorized users of the data. Residential utility customers have currently only surrendered a privacy interest to the extent necessary to account for monthly billing by the utility, unless otherwise explicitly granted. Normally, only one energy or water usage measurement per month is necessary for the billing process.
That’s so cute. Here is a list of 3rd party scripts that load when I pay my bill:
adroll.com
appdynamics.com
cookielaw.org
decibelinsights.net
demdex.net
facebook.net
go-impulse.net
googletagmanager.com
licdn.com
medallia.com
onetrust.com
optimized.com
pages04.net
tealiumiq.com
tiqcdn.com
seg.js
I may expect and want privacy, but I’m under no illusion I have it.