Sacramento County Resident Joins EFF Lawsuit After Illegal Sharing of His Electricity Usage Data Makes Him a Target of Law Enforcement

The Sacramento County Utility District (SMUD) and the Sacramento Police Department are running an illegal data sharing scheme, with the police making bulk requests for customers’ energy usage data to enforce a cannabis grow ordinance, according to a new EFF lawsuit.

The secret data sharing arrangement violates SMUD customers’ privacy rights under state law and the California Constitution, while disproportionately subjecting Asian and Asian American communities to police scrutiny.

Alfonso Nguyen knows all too well the harms that resulted …

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