surveillance

Technology has played a vital role in our response effort to the coronavirus. However government can leverage that technology to abuse our rights.
This bill restricts the ability of government to use facial recognition technology for law enforcement purposes.
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.
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.
This bill amends Utah's Constitution to make clear that electronic data is afforded the same presumption of privacy as paper-based data.
Like Santa, SWAT's making a list… and, hopefully, checking it twice before they invade someone's home.

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