New York Times Cites Balough’s Smart Meter Privacy Article

A Sunday New York Times article cited Cheryl Dancey Balough’s recent law review article concerning privacy issues associated with smart electric meters.

The Times article published on May 29, 2011, “Promise and Peril in Utilities Smart Grid,” by David Greising, discussed the fact that smart electric meters can collect information concerning a household’s individual activities. To whom the information is distributed and how it is used raise significant privacy issues, he wrote.

In his article, Mr. Greising quoted from Ms. Balough’s Chicago-Kent Law Review article that explored  privacy implications and the law concerning the use of this information.  Her article can be accessed by clicking here.