Friday, March 5, 2010

George Don Arthur: The Consumer Owns the Data - Others are Custodians

From a consumer point-of-view, a justification for a SmartGrid is to develop a more informed consumer and energy-conscious consumer. The Data belongs to the consumer. The other actors are custodians of that data, and must be required to comply with HIPAA-like privacy requirements and implement SOX-like controls for accountability, confidentiality and integrity.

Portability should also be considered. With respect to data retention, the minimums should be dictated by the current policy, and the maximums should be at the discretion of the consumer (at an additional cost to offset data storage administrative costs)

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