Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox signed three privacy-related bills into law. The bills are focused on, respectively, protection of motor vehicle consumer data, regulations on social media companies with respect to minors, and access to protected health information by third parties. The Utah legislature appears to be focused on data-related legislation this session, as Governor Cox signed two other bills related to AI into law last week as well.
The Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 215, the Motor Vehicle Consumer Data Protection Act, on March 13, 2024, into law. SB 215 becomes effective on May 1, 2024. SB 215 provides requirements for, and restrictions on, vendor management for connected, or “smart,” vehicles. These include parameters for contracts related to protected data.
