HB 19: Processing DNA Before Charges Are Filed
This bill would allow DNA samples collected from suspects after a felony arrest to be processed into a database before a charging decision is made.
The New State Privacy Officer Is Appointed — Now What?
As new State Privacy Officer Whitney Phillips moves forward with her review, four problems should be prioritized.
Utah’s Department of Health survey shows institutional failures
Why did the Utah Department of Health require new parents to fill out an eight-page form with more than 100 questions to get their infant’s birth certificate?
Utah Affirms Privacy Rights in Banking Data
The resolution argues that forcing banking institutions to make such a choice breaks down trust between consumers and financial institutions.
Apple’s Privacy Blunder Highlights the Need for Legal Protections
This entire situation does highlight the need for consumers to be aware of the risks they run with their data before deciding to entrust it to a third party as well as the need for robust guardrails for government agencies that...
Facial Recognition Is Terrifying, Even (Especially) When It Works
The only thing worse than an arbitrary, incompetent government violating its citizens’ liberties is an arbitrary, competent one.
Utah Leads on Protecting Individual Privacy Rights
The State Auditor's office has released its statement on the appointments for Utah's newly-created Personal Privacy Oversight Commission.
Apparently, USPS Is a Spy Agency
Leaks to Yahoo! News revealed a wide-ranging domestic surveillance campaign, run by the United States Postal Service’s covert division, to monitor Americans’ social media activities to prevent “dangerous activities” like violent...
Montana Brings Privacy Into the 21st Century
Montana’s Frontier Institute proved instrumental in ushering both of these bills through their state legislature. As a result of Frontier’s hard work, Montana joins a handful of other states extending privacy protections to...
New Audit of Banjo Highlights Privacy Issues in Utah
Banjo was merely a side-effect of a much larger problem.