2016 Utah Code
Title 35A - Utah Workforce Services Code
Chapter 4 - Employment Security Act
Part 3 - Contributions
Section 312.5 - Suspected misuse of personal identifying information.

35A-4-312.5. Suspected misuse of personal identifying information.

• (1) As used in this section:
  • (a) "Child identity protection plan" is a program operated by the attorney general that uses IRIS and allows the attorney general to enter into an agreement with a third party to transmit verified personal information of a person younger than 18 years of age through secured means to enable the protection of the person's Social Security number from misuse.
  • (b) "IRIS" means the Identity Theft Reporting Information System operated by the attorney general.
  • (c) "Personal identifying information" has the same meaning as defined in Section 76-6-1102.
  • (d) "Suspected misuse of personal identifying information" includes:
    • (i) a Social Security number under which wages are being reported by two or more individuals; or
    • (ii) a Social Security number of an individual under the age of 18 with reported wages exceeding $1,000 for a single reporting quarter.

• (2) Notwithstanding Section 35A-4-312, if the department records disclose a suspected misuse of personal identifying information by an individual other than the purported owner of the information, or if a parent, guardian, or individual under the age of 18 is enrolling or has enrolled in the child identity protection plan, the department may:
  • (a) inform the purported owner of the information or, if the purported owner is a minor, the minor's parent or guardian, of the suspected misuse; and
  • (b) provide information of the suspected misuse to an appropriate law enforcement agency responsible for investigating an identity fraud violation.

Amended by Chapter 57, 2011 General Session