GermanyMetering Point Operation Act, Anonymization and Pseudonymization of Smart Metering Data
Messstellenbetriebsgesetz (MsbG), § 52 Abs. 3
In force since .
A de-identification rule binding public and private bodies.
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a body entitled to process smart metering data under the Act, anonymize or pseudonymize personal data as far as the processing purpose allows (MsbG Section 52, paragraph 3, sentence 1).
- Pseudonymize load profiles and meter-reading series on transmission under Section 60, paragraph 3 for final consumers with annual electricity consumption of up to 6,000 kilowatt hours behind whose grid connection no controllable consumption device and no generation plant under the renewable energy or combined heat and power acts is operated (Section 52, paragraph 3, sentence 3, number 1).
- Resolve a pseudonym only within Sections 66 to 69, in favor of the party entitled and only for compelling reasons, where determinations of the Federal Network Agency so provide (Section 52, paragraph 3, sentence 4).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
The provisions state no duty to create, keep or produce a log or record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Personal data in smart metering must be anonymized or pseudonymized as far as the processing purpose allows. Under the conditions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), anonymization can take place by aggregating the data of at least five connection users, and pseudonymization by alphanumeric designations of the place of measurement, withdrawal or feed-in of energy.
Pseudonymizing load profiles or meter-reading series is mandatory on transmission under section 60 paragraph 3 for final consumers with annual electricity consumption of up to 6,000 kilowatt hours behind whose grid connection no controllable consumption device and no generation plant under the renewable energy or combined heat and power acts is operated.
A pseudonym may be resolved only within sections 66 to 69, in favor of the party entitled and only for compelling reasons, where determinations of the Federal Network Agency so provide.
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