HB 243: A Transparent Approach to Protecting Personal Privacy
This bill requires law enforcement to proactively seek public input on surveillance technologies they wish to use.
Michigan Brings Digital Privacy Into the 21st Century
Michigan is the latest state to join the effort to bring digital privacy protections in the 21st Century.
Big Brother Comes to Utah over COVID-19
Technology has played a vital role in our response effort to the coronavirus. However government can leverage that technology to abuse our rights.
SB 218: Restrictions on Government Use of Facial Recognition
This bill restricts the ability of government to use facial recognition technology for law enforcement purposes.
Utah steps forward to protect digital privacy
The “third party doctrine” might have made some sense before the digital era, but our inherent reliance on numerous third parties to facilitate any digital interaction makes it clear that the case law needs a major overhaul.
HB 120: Overreaction in the Name of School Safety
This bill proposes to spend $100 million on school safety efforts (which aren't defined in law), and sets up a central database with students' information that law enforcement can access.
HJR 9: A Constitutional Amendment to Protect Digital Privacy
This bill amends Utah's Constitution to make clear that electronic data is afforded the same presumption of privacy as paper-based data.
‘Twas the Night Before a No-Knock Raid
Like Santa, SWAT's making a list… and, hopefully, checking it twice before they invade someone's home.
SCOTUS Hearing Cell Phone Surveillance Case
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case where the government accessed the past location information of a person without a warrant.
Utah needs a constitutional amendment to protect electronic data
The following op-ed, written by our research intern Molly Davis, was published today in the Salt Lake Tribune. In the digital era, our private lives are often stored within our mobile devices. In a surveillance state, law...