Data Sharing Amendments

Added Section 13-81-102 to the list of Utah Code sections being amended.

Added a new section stating legislative findings regarding consumer rights and market competition.

Added a requirement for companies to publicly disclose the open protocol they intend to use by March 1, 2027.

Changed the effective date for data portability requirements from July 1, 2026, to August 1, 2026.

Added a specific deadline of July 1, 2027, for social media companies to implement interoperability interfaces.

Added a provision clarifying that companies are not required to receive data through interoperability interfaces.

The effective date for the law was delayed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2027.

The bill now allows users to choose which specific parts of their data to transfer rather than requiring a full export.

Requirements were added to ensure user consent before comments or interactions are included in data transfers.

Social media companies are now required to share user data in real-time when a user moves to a different platform.

New definitions were added for 'social graph' and 'open protocol' to clarify what data can be shared.

All mandates requiring social media companies to share user data, use open protocols, and allow real-time interoperability were removed.

Legal definitions for 'open protocol', 'personal data', 'social graph', and 'social media company' related to data sharing were removed.

The implementation deadlines for data portability and interoperability features were removed.

A repealer section was added to explicitly cancel the Utah Digital Choice Act and its associated code sections.