Implementing Privacy by Design: The smart meter case

Abstract

The principles of Privacy by Design are gaining increasing support by policymakers and regulators and have been put forth as guidelines for smart meter deployments both in Europe and North America. For concrete implementations, however, it can be daunting as to what an electricity network operator should do to design privacy principles into their system. In the following paper, we outline the case of smart meter implementations, and propose aggregation protocols and cryptographic technologies that can be used to concretely implement Privacy by Design at the level of meter data, leading to not only privacy protection but at the same time, achieving a positive business impact.