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Utah Code § 63A-19-102: State data privacy policy.

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  1. Title 63A Utah Government Operations Code
  2. Chapter 63A-19 Government Data Privacy Act
  3. Part 63A-19-1 General Provisions -- 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:

(a) protect the privacy of an individual's personal data;

(b) provide clear notice to an individual regarding the governmental entity's processing of the individual's personal data;

(c) 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;

(d) implement appropriate consent mechanisms regarding the uses of an individual's personal data;

(e) provide an individual with the ability to access, control, and request corrections to the individual's personal data held by a governmental entity;

(f) maintain appropriate safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal data;

(g) account for compliance with privacy related laws, rules, and regulations that are specific to a particular governmental entity, program, or personal data; and

(h) 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:

(a) data privacy best practices, obligations, and responsibilities; and

(b) the overlapping relationship with privacy, records management, and security; and

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

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