Victory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program . . . A California judge ordered the end of a dragnet law enforcement program that surveilled the electrical smart meter data of thousands of Sacramento residents The Sacramento County Superior Court ruled that the surveillance program run by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and police violated a state privacy statute, which bars the disclosure of residents’ electrical usage data
Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in . . . A California judge has shut down a decade-long surveillance program in which Sacramento's utility provider shared granular smart-meter data on 650,000 residents with police to hunt for cannabis grows
California Court Slams Sacramento’s Racialized Surveillance . . . The Electronic Frontier Foundation in July joined the Asian American Liberation Network to ask the Sacramento County Superior Court to end the local utility district’s illegal dragnet surveillance program
Sacramento Electricity Surveillance Program Ruled Illegal . . . A recent court decision has struck down a concerning surveillance program in Sacramento, California, where the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) was sharing granular electricity usage data with law enforcement
Sacramento Electricity Surveillance Program Ends – Victory! A Sacramento County Superior Court ruling on November 14, 2024, halted a decade-long program where the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) shared granular smart meter data with law enforcement, violating California privacy laws
Judge Rules Police Cant Use Electricity Data to Hunt Pot . . . End Red Light Camera and Speed Camera Abuse A California judge ordered Sacramento’s municipal utility (SMUD) to stop its mass surveillance program of sharing customer electricity data with police