13-71-202. Requirements for Utah minor account holders.
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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:
(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