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2025 Utah Code
Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 71 - Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act
Part 2 - General Requirements
Section 202 - Requirements for Utah minor account holders.
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UT Code § 13-71-202 (2025)
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Effective 10/1/2024
13-71-202. Requirements for Utah minor account holders.
A social media company shall, for Utah minor account holders on the social media service:
Enacted by Chapter 206, 2024 General Session
13-71-202. Requirements for Utah minor account holders.
A social media company shall, for Utah minor account holders on the social media service:
- (1)set default privacy settings to prioritize maximum privacy, including settings that:
- (a)restrict the visibility of a Utah minor account holder's account to only connected accounts;
- (b)limit the Utah minor account holder's ability to share content to only connected accounts;
- (c)restrict any data collection and sale of data from a Utah minor account holder's account that is not required for core functioning of the social media service;
- (d)disable search engine indexing of Utah minor account holder profiles;
- (e)restrict a Utah minor account holder's direct messaging capabilities to only allow direct messaging to connected accounts; and
- (f)allow a Utah minor account holder to download a file with all information associated with the Utah minor account holder's account;
- (2)implement and maintain reasonable security measures, including data encryption, to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information collected from a Utah minor account holder;
- (3)provide an easily accessible and understandable notice that:
- (a)describes any information the social media company collects from a Utah minor account holder; and
- (b)explains how the information may be used or disclosed;
- (4)upon request of a Utah minor account holder:
- (a)delete the personal information of the Utah minor account holder, unless the information is required to be retained under Section 13-61-203, or a different provision of state or federal law; and
- (b)remove any information or material the Utah minor account holder made publicly available through the social media service; and
- (5)disable the following features that prolong user engagement:
- (a)autoplay functions that continuously play content without user interaction;
- (b)scroll or pagination that loads additional content as long as the user continues scrolling; and
- (c)push notifications prompting repeated user engagement.
Enacted by Chapter 206, 2024 General Session
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