Facial recognition needs some handcuffs
Facial recognition is an exciting technology in a commercial or research context, but becomes scarier when in the hands of law enforcement. More problematic is the fact that Utah officials have been using this technology without...
HB 362: Protecting Medical Privacy
This bill would require the state to purge identifying information about an individual in the drug database after 24 months.
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.
The Utah Legislature said NO to REAL ID—So Why is the State Now Fully Compliant?
Starting this year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is threatening that the TSA will begin rejecting driver’s licenses from states that refused to comply with the federal REAL ID guidelines. This now sets the stage...
Parents and public left out of the education policy loop
The following op-ed was published this weekend in the Salt Lake Tribune. It is a condensed version of a letter sent to members of the Administrative Rules Review Committee last week. Utah law affirms that “the state’s role is...