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Senior Policy Analyst ,

ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

March 30, 2026

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The Utah state legislature recently passed new enabling legislation for the state’s “State Endorsed Digital Identity” (SEDI), which, while lacking in some respects, includes many important privacy protections and represents the best effort we have yet seen in a state to square privacy protections with the looming dangers to civil liberties that flow from digital identities.

This past November I wrote about Utah’s laudable drive to build the state’s digital identity program with privacy protections.…