- (1) "Cross-context correlation" means the ability of a person to link, associate, or infer that the presentation of a state-endorsed digital identity originating with the same or another person relates to the same individual.
- (2) "Data privacy ombudsperson" means the data privacy ombudsperson created in Section 63A-19-501.
(3)
- (a) "Digital guardian" means a person authorized to act in the best interest and on behalf of another individual.
(b) "Digital guardian" includes a:
- (i) representative designated by the individual as described in the rules made by the department;
- (ii) custodial parent of an unemancipated minor;
- (iii) legal guardian of a minor appointed under Section 75-5-202; or
- (iv) legal guardian of an incapacitated individual appointed under Section 75-5-301.
(4)
(a) "Digital identity" means an electronic record that:
- (i) an individual may use to assert an individual's identity or identity attributes; and
- (ii) can be mathematically verified.
- (b) "Digital identity" does not include an electronic record that only relies on shared authentication information to verify an individual's identity, including a username, password, personal identification number, or one-time code.
- (5) "Digital wallet" means an application, hardware device, software, or service that securely stores, organizes, and manages a state digital identity.
- (6) "Digital wallet provider" means a person that creates, develops, maintains, supports, and makes available a digital wallet for a state digital identity.
- (7) "Governmental entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-19-101.
- (8) "Health care provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-403.
(9) "Holder" means:
- (a) an individual whose identity attributes are contained in the state digital identity; or
- (b) a digital guardian who manages and presents a state digital identity on behalf of the individual.
- (10) "Identity" means the qualities, features, or characteristics that identify or distinguish an individual.
- (11) "Identity attribute" means a specific quality, characteristic, fact, or information related to an individual's identity.
- (12) "Identity proofing" means the process of collecting, validating, and verifying information about an individual to establish confidence in the individual's claimed identity.
- (13) "Identity proofing entity" means an entity authorized by the department to conduct identity proofing for the purpose of issuing a state-endorsed digital identity.
- (14) "Individual" means a human being.
- (15) "Minor" means an individual who is under 18 years old.
- (16) "Offline presentation" means a presentation that does not involve the internet.
- (17) "Online presentation" means a presentation that utilizes the internet or other computer network.
- (18) "Parent" means an individual who has established a parent-child relationship with a child as described in Section 81-5-201.
- (19) "Person" means an individual, corporation, organization, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.
(20) "Personal digital identifier" means an identifier that is:
- (a) unique;
- (b) created by or at the direction of an individual;
- (c) mathematically provable to be under a holder's control; and
- (d) transportable to technical infrastructure of the holder's choosing.
(21) "Physical identity" means a physical record that an individual may use to assert the individual's identity issued by:
- (a) a governmental entity;
- (b) the equivalent of a governmental entity in another state;
- (c) the federal government; or
- (d) another country.
- (22) "Presentation" means the disclosure of an individual's identity attributes from the individual's state digital identity to a verifier or relying party.
- (23) "Process" means any operation or set of operations performed on an individual's identity attributes.
- (24) "Program" means the state-endorsed digital identity program described in Section 63A-20-202.
- (25) "Program manager" means the individual appointed under Section 63A-20-203.
- (26) "Relying party" means a person that relies on a verifier's assertion of an individual's identity or identity attribute that a state digital identity provides.
- (27) "Secure electronic device" means a device capable of securely storing, presenting, or displaying a state-endorsed digital identity, including physical tokens and accessible devices.
(28) "State digital identity" means:
- (a) a state-endorsed digital identity; or
- (b) an electronic license certificate or identification card issued in accordance with Section 53-3-235.
(29) "State-endorsed digital identity" means an individual's digital identity that:
- (a) includes a personal digital identifier; and
- (b) the department has issued.
- (30) "Verifier" means a person that mathematically verifies a state digital identity to evaluate the state digital identity's authenticity and integrity.
Enacted by Chapter 436, 2026 General Session