Group Asks 7th Circuit To Weigh 4th Amendment Issues Of Smart Electric Meters

(September 27, 2017, 10:34 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A citizens group from Naperville, Ill., tells the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Sept. 8 reply brief that smart electric meters installed by the city violate residents’ privacy rights under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution due to the frequency and detail of data collected (Naperville Smart Meter Awareness v. City of Naperville, No. 16-3766, 7th Cir.)....