The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in California is capturing people's private utility data and handing it over to local law enforcement without a warrant or even the suspicion [.]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary homes.But a lawsuit filed by a da
Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary
A data privacy watchdog's lawsuit says a Northern California utility routinely fed customers’ power use information to police so they could target illicit.