Utah § 78B-3-1002 Liability for publishers and distributors -- Age verification -- Retention of data -- Exceptions.

Utah Statutes

§ 78B-3-1002 — Liability for publishers and distributors -- Age verification -- Retention of data -- Exceptions.

Utah § 78B-3-1002

Title 78BJudicial Code

Ch. 78B-3Civil Actions

Part 78B-3-10Liability for Publishers and Distributors of Material Harmful to Minors

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Bluebook

Utah Code Ann. § 78B-3-1002 (2026).

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(1)A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the Internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall be held liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification methods to verify the age of an individual attempting to access the material.

(2)A commercial entity or third party that performs the required age verification shall not retain any identifying information of the individual after access has been granted to the material.

(3)A commercial entity that is found to have violated this section shall be liable to an individual for damages resulting from a minor's accessing the material, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees as ordered by the court.

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(1) A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the Internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall be held liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification methods to verify the age of an individual attempting to access the material.
(2) A commercial entity or third party that performs the required age verification shall not retain any identifying information of the individual after access has been granted to the material.
(3) A commercial entity that is found to have violated this section shall be liable to an individual for damages resulting from a minor's accessing the material, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees as ordered by the court.
(4) A commercial entity that is found to have knowingly retained identifying information of the individual after access has been granted to the individual shall be liable to the individual for damages resulting from retaining the identifying information, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees as ordered by the court.
(5) This section shall not apply to any bona fide news or public interest broadcast, website video, report, or event and shall not be construed to affect the rights of a news-gathering organization.
(6) No Internet service provider, affiliate or subsidiary of an Internet service provider, search engine, or cloud service provider shall be held to have violated the provisions of this section solely for providing access or connection to or from a website or other information or content on the Internet, or a facility, system, or network not under that provider's control, including transmission, downloading, storing, or providing access, to the extent that such provider is not responsible for the creation of the content of the communication that constitutes material harmful to minors.