Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementSo what's behind Germany's sluggish smart meter rollout – and is it starting to gain pace? Historic weaponising of personal data in Germany has left citizens especially wary of data sharing, and this has bled into sentiment about smart meters. "There was lots of media noise about how smart meters would be used to spy on you." A non-binding EU recommendation on smart meter privacy has been replaced by a binding legal framework. "In Germany, if you don't have a smart meter, you just wouldn't be able to do that."