Assessing the European Approach to Privacy and Data Protection in Smart Grids. Lessons for Emerging TechnologiesaaWe would like to thank Irina Baraliuc, Monika Kokštaitė, Lucas Melgaço, Kjetil Rommetveit and Tomas Wyns for an exchange of ideas. This paper is based on research projects: (1) EPINET (Integrated Assessment of Societal Impacts of Emerging Science and Technology from within Epistemic Networks; 2012-2015; http://epinet.no), co-funded by the European Union under its 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, and (2) “A risk to a right? Exploring a new notion in data protection law”, co-funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) (2015-2017). The contents are the sole responsibility of the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of any of these funding agencies.