CNIL’s notice on collection of smart meters data shows likely approach of DPAs post-GDPR

The French data protection authority (‘CNIL’) announced, on 27 March 2018, that it had issued a formal notice to DIRECT ENERGIE, Société Anonyme, for failing to obtain consent for the collection of customer usage data from its Linky smart meters, and ordered it to collect valid consent for the processing, including from those whose data has already been processed, within three months of receiving of the notice.

Source: France: CNIL notice to DIRECT ENERGIE on collection of smart meters data “indication of likely approach of DPAs post-GDPR”