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State Leaders Briefing: The Right to Digital Integrity and a Non-Digital Life

with Rep. Bud Hulsey and Tim Caban

“For ordinary people, there is much more at stake in the digitisation of life than privacy…. [T]he right to digital integrity emphasis[es] protection against the abusive processing of data related to a person’s digital life, the right to digital security, the right to an offline life and the right to be forgotten.”

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State Leaders Briefing: The Right to Digital Integrity and a Non-Digital Life with Rep. Bud Hulsey and Tim Caban

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Solari’s monthly online Financial Transaction Freedom briefings are designed to support state legislators, other elected officials, and engaged citizens who are working to preserve American freedoms.

The briefing, “The Right to Digital Integrity and a Non-Digital Life,” took place on September 24, 2026. Attorneys David Liechty and Carolyn Betts led the briefing and were joined by special guests Tennessee Rep. Bud Hulsey and financial planner Tim Caban. Solari State Legislative Leader Elizabeth Murphy moderated and Catherine Austin Fitts joined the discussion.

As more of our daily lives move into digital systems, we believe it is increasingly important to establish protections for those who choose, or need, to live and transact without relying exclusively on digital technology. During this briefing, we introduced Solari’s new model legislation, “Right to Digital Integrity and a Non-Digital Life,” and discussed why states should begin putting protections in place now to preserve access to essential services, transactions, and participation in society without requiring a smartphone, digital ID, digital payment system, or other digital technology.

Note: Solari’s subscriber-only Wrap Up report, Programmable Money: The Time for Guardrails Is Now, provides excellent background reading that can help you understand the risks of an all-digital financial system.

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