Utah Digital Choice Act

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Enacted by 2025 H.B. 418, it makes social media data portable (including the user's social graph) through the UCPA copy right and requires interoperability interfaces with user consent. 2026 H.B. 408 amendments take effect July 1, 2027, adding a five-business-day deadline and a public open-protocol disclosure.

Where: Utah
Citation: Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 81 (13-81-101 to 13-81-401)
Status: In force
In force since: 2026-07-01
Enforced by: Utah Division of Consumer Protection
People can sue: No
Penalties: Administrative fine and court civil penalty up to $2,500 per violation; $5,000 for violating an order (13-81-302).
Applies to: Social media companies operating a social media service with users located in Utah; excludes entities owned or operated by a property-tax-exempt religious organization (13-81-101(4)-(6), 13-81-202(8))

What a privacy notice must say

Safeguard personal data obtained through the interoperability interface in accordance with the company's or third party's privacy notice (interpretive notice duty).Utah Code 13-81-202(4) ((5) from 2027-07-01)
Provide an accessible, prominent, and persistent method for users to consent to sharing through the interoperability interface; sharing requires consent.Utah Code 13-81-202(5)-(6)
Publicly disclose the open protocol the company intends to use.Utah Code 13-81-202(4) · From 2027-07-01

Rights it gives people

On a UCPA copy request, provide the user's personal data including the social graph in a portable, usable, transmissible format (within five business days from July 1, 2027).Utah Code 13-81-201

Practices it requires

Provide interoperability interfaces using an open protocol on nondiscriminatory terms, with documentation and security.Utah Code 13-81-202(1)-(3)
Obtain consent before a user's data is shared as part of another user's social graph, and implement consent decisions within five business days.Utah Code 13-81-202(6)-(7) · From 2027-07-01

Sources

Checked against these sources on 2026-09-23 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.

Unverified: Whether any legal challenge has been filed. | Division rules on open protocols were not reviewed. | last_amended is null: the H.B. 408 amendments are enacted but not effective until 2027-07-01. 13-81-301 took effect 2025-05-07.

Research reference, not legal advice.