13-44-201 - Protection of personal information. - Utah Statutes

13-44-201. Protection of personal information.
(1) Any person who conducts business in the state and maintains personal informationshall implement and maintain reasonable procedures to:
(a) prevent unlawful use or disclosure of personal information collected or maintained inthe regular course of business; and
(b) destroy, or arrange for the destruction of, records containing personal informationthat are not to be retained by the person.
(2) The destruction of records under Subsection (1)(b) shall be by:
(a) shredding;
(b) erasing; or
(c) otherwise modifying the personal information to make the informationindecipherable.
(3) This section does not apply to a financial institution as defined by 15 U.S.C. Section6809.

Enacted by Chapter 343, 2006 General Session