State data privacy policy.

Utah Code § 63A-19-102, under Part 63A-19-1: General Provisions -- State Data Privacy Policy.

Utah Code § 63A-19-102

63A-19-102. State data privacy policy.

It is the policy of Utah that:

(1) an individual has a fundamental interest in and inherent expectation of privacy regarding the individual's personal data that the individual provides to a governmental entity;

(2) a governmental entity shall process personal data in a manner that is consistent with the interests and expectations described in Subsection (1);

(3) the state shall encourage innovation to enhance the ability of a governmental entity to: protect the privacy of an individual's personal data; provide clear notice to an individual regarding the governmental entity's processing of the individual's personal data; process personal data only for specified, lawful purposes and only process the minimum amount of an individual's personal data necessary to achieve those purposes; implement appropriate consent mechanisms regarding the uses of an individual's personal data; provide an individual with the ability to access, control, and request corrections to the individual's personal data held by a governmental entity; maintain appropriate safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal data; account for compliance with privacy related laws, rules, and regulations that are specific to a particular governmental entity, program, or personal data; and meet a governmental entity's and an individual's business and service needs;

(4) the state shall promote training and education programs for employees of governmental entities focused on: data privacy best practices, obligations, and responsibilities; and the overlapping relationship with privacy, records management, and security; and

(5) the state shall promote consistent terminology in data privacy requirements across governmental entities.