Varstvo osebnih podatkov v Zakonu o oskrbi z električno energijo

slovenian

2022

volume 48, issue 6/7

Electricity Supply Act   personal data protection   processing of personal data   smart metering systems   transposition of a directive

Lexpera d. o. o.
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

In the legal order of the European Union, the right to protection of personal data is a fundamental human right, guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and operationalised by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Directive on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (Directive) sets forth the obligation to install smart metering systems that measure the consumption of electricity in households. Some data collected by these systems contain (highly sensitive) personal data, as it is possible to obtain information about the behaviour of the members of the households through their analysis (for example, when someone returns home from work, when a specific household appliance is turned on, etc.). For this reason, the Directive also contains provisions on the protection of personal data gathered by smart metering systems that closely rely on the provisions of the GDPR. There are, however, some inconsistencies between the data protection regimes set forth by the two acts. The relevant provisions of the Directive are transposed to the Slovenian legal order by the Electricity Supply Act, which contains provisions on the installation of smart metering systems and their technical specifications, as well as the protection of personal data collected by them in Section 2 of Chapter II.

22.06.2023