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2021 Utah Code
Title 53 - Public Safety Code
Chapter 18 - Protection of Personal Information of Law Enforcement Officers
Section 102 - Definitions.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 53-18-102 (2021)
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Effective 5/14/2019
53-18-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
  • (1) "Access software provider" means a provider of software, including client or server software, or enabling tools that do any one or more of the following:
    • (a) filter, screen, allow, or disallow content;
    • (b) pick, choose, analyze, or digest content; or
    • (c) transmit, receive, display, forward, cache, search, subset, organize, reorganize, or translate content.
  • (2) "Immediate family member" means a law enforcement officer's spouse, child, parent, or grandparent who resides with the officer.
  • (3) "Interactive computer service" means the same as that term is defined in Subsection 47 U.S.C. 230(f).
  • (4) "Law enforcement officer" or "officer":
    • (a) means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-13-103;
    • (b) includes "correctional officers" as defined in Section 53-13-104; and
    • (c) refers only to officers who are currently employed by, retired from, or were killed in the line of duty while in the employ of a state or local governmental law enforcement agency.
  • (5) "Personal information":
    • (a) means a law enforcement officer's or law enforcement officer's immediate family member's home address, home telephone number, personal mobile telephone number, personal pager number, personal email address, personal photograph, directions to locate the law enforcement officer's home, or photographs of the law enforcement officer's or the officer's immediate family member's home or vehicle; and
    • (b) includes a record or a part of a record that:
      • (i) a law enforcement officer requests to be classified as private under Subsection 63G-2-302(1)(h); and
      • (ii) is classified as private under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
  • (6) "Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make available to the general public.


Amended by Chapter 402, 2019 General Session
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