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Originally Posted by Stephen
Smart meters literally cannot get your personal data, nor store it or leak it. It's literally a box in your home to monitor your energy usage and report the usage to the energy suppliers. It's got no more information than a traditional 'dumb' meter. 
The motivation is to make life simpler. That's usually why new technology is invented. |
Err yes it does, it has the data broken down into 30min bins which encodes your daily habits. A traditional meter reading once a money cannot do that.
This is transmitted to the company and stored in a database which is next* to your home address.
*Not literally "next to" but clearly in the system.