Cybersecurity Policy Report, Utah Governor Signs Bill to Strengthen Anti-Spam Law, (Mar 15, 2024)
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R.) this week signed into law a bill to modify the Utah Commercial Email Act. The new law takes effect May 1.
SB 123, among other things, revises the definition of “unsolicited commercial email” to mean a commercial e-mail sent by an advertiser to a recipient that “results in delivery of an email to a server in Utah.”
The new law also removes the word “knowingly” as it relates to an advertiser that initiates a commercial e-mail. According to the bill, an advertiser may not initiate or advertise in a commercial e-mail sent from this state or sent to a Utah e-mail address if (1) the commercial e-mail contains or is accompanied by a third party's domain name without the permission of the third party; (2) the e-mail contains or is accompanied by false, misrepresented, or forged header information; or (3) the commercial e-mail has a subject line that is likely to mislead a recipient “about a material fact regarding the identity of the advertiser, the contents, or the subject matter of the commercial email.”
The bill was sponsored by Sen. Kirk Cullimore (R.).
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