Document:	Privacy by Design: Achieving the Gold Standard in Data Protection for the Smart Grid
	
Summary:	This report purports to be a “best practices document” to “assist utilities … to understand how Fair Information Practices (FIPs) and Privacy by Design can be incorporated into the design and architecture of Smart Grid systems.  

 	

Type	Category	Report’s Recommendations	
Principle	Policy	Proactive, not Reactive.  Smart Grid systems should feature privacy principles in their overall project governance framework and proactively embed privacy requirements into their designs, in order to prevent privacy-invasive events from occurring. 	
Principle	Policy	Privacy as the Default.  Smart Grid systems must ensure that privacy is the default – the “no actions required” mode of protecting one’s privacy – its presence is ensured.	
Principle	Policy	Privacy embedded into design.  Smart Grid systems must make privacy a core functionality in the design and architecture of Smart Grid systems and practices – an essential design feature.	
Principle	Policy	Positive Sum, not Zero-Sum.  Smart Grid systems must avoid any unnecessary trade-offs between privacy and legitimate objectives of Smart Grid projects;	
Principle	Policy	End-to-End Lifecycle Protection.  Smart Grid system must build in privacy end-to-end, throughout the entire life cycle of any personal information collected;	
Principle	Transparency	 Visibility and Transparency.  Smart Grid system must be visible and transparent to consumers – engaging in accountable business practices – to ensure that new Smart Grid systems operate according to stated objectives;	
Principle	Transparency	Respect for User Privacy.  Smart Grid systems must be designed with respect for consumer privacy, as a core foundational requirement, by offering such measures as strong privacy defaults, appropriate notice, and empowering user-friendly options.