Utah is the model for a new age of digital privacy

Over the past several years, online DNA testing has exploded as millions of Americans seek to learn more about their origins or locate relatives. My sister sure appreciated receiving one of these kits as a Christmas gift last year. In submitting samples to companies like Ancestry.com, 23andMe, and FamilyTreeDNA, they open themselves up to unearthing family secrets.

But should they also unwittingly forfeit their constitutional protection against unreasonable searches? My home state of Utah says no.