63A-19-102. State data privacy policy.
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Effective 3/27/2025
63A-19-102. State data privacy policy.
It is the policy of Utah that:
(1)an individual has a fundamental interest in and inherent expectation of privacy regarding the individual's personal data that the individual provides to a governmental entity;
(2)a governmental entity shall process personal data in a manner that is consistent with the interests and expectations described in Subsection (1);
(3)the state shall encourage innovation to enhance the ability of a governmental entity to:
(a)protect the privacy of an individual's personal data;
(b)provide clear notice to an individual regarding the governmental entity's processing of the individual's personal data;
(c)process personal data only for specified, lawful purposes and only process the minimum amount of an individual's personal data necessary to achieve those purposes;
(d)implement appropriate consent mechanisms regarding the uses of an individual's personal data;
(e)provide an individual with the ability to access, control, and request corrections to the individual's personal data held by a governmental entity;
(f)maintain appropriate safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal data;
(g)account for compliance with privacy related laws, rules, and regulations that are specific to a particular governmental entity, program, or personal data; and
(h)meet a governmental entity's and an individual's business and service needs;
(4)the state shall promote training and education programs for employees of governmental entities focused on:
(a)data privacy best practices, obligations, and responsibilities; and
(b)the overlapping relationship with privacy, records management, and security; and
(5)the state shall promote consistent terminology in data privacy requirements across governmental entities.
Amended by Chapter 475 , 2025 General Session