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With respect to the decision regarding the phasing out of nuclear energy that is to be made tomorrow, the Lower House of the German Parliament also plans to approve data protection regulations that will permit extensive capture via so called “smart meters” of information on energy use and feed-in by consumers. During initial discussions, and together with other German data protection authorities, the Independent Center for Data Protection in Schleswig Holstein (ULD) had criticized these planned regulations.

The Upper House of the German Parliament took up these criticisms and requested that the data protection regulations be examined during the ongoing legislative process as to whether they are sufficient to protect the personal privacy of affected parties against investigations of user behavior patterns. As additional measures, the Upper House recommended legal requirements. “The use of remote measuring services must be known to customers” and “a review of the ban against linking cheaper rates with the disclosure of energy usage patterns.” (BT-Drs.  17/6248, Stellungnahme des Bundesrates Nr. 10)  The statement issued by the German government ignored these recommendations. (BT-Drs. 17/6248, Counter-Statement of the German government)

Thilo Weichert, the director of the Independent Center for Data Protection in Schleswig Holstein comments that “those who seek to regulate energy saving and energy feed-in measures in an unprofessional manner should not be surprised that the goals aimed for and the acceptance of affected parties cannot be achieved. However appropriate the rapidity of decision-making to phase out nuclear energy, it is counterproductive to not pay attention to legitimate criticism. In the event that the Upper House does not change course tomorrow, there is no escaping amendment. The planned standards create the basis for a see-through consumer. Energy savings and decentralized energy production can proceed without developing detailed consumer profiles. The current dangerous, and in part senseless regulations must be modified.” 

Independent Center for Data Protection statement (in German)

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