Proposal seeks to create oversight of government surveillance and tech in Utah

As rapidly evolving technologies and cozy government contracts have raised alarms over privacy issues, or at least made some Utahns uncomfortable, a local think tank is touting a solution.The Libertarian-leaning, Lehi-based Libertas Institute released a proposal Thursday morning that it’s calling the “Privacy Protection Act.” The proposal would direct the Legislature to create a state privacy officer within the Auditor’s Office as well as a personal privacy oversight comm