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  • (1) "Affiliate" means a person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with:
    • (a) a commercial entity; and
    • (b)
      • (i) directly; or
      • (ii) indirectly through one or more intermediaries.
  • (2)
    • (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), "commercial entity" means a person that:
      • (i) has an office or other place of business located in the state; and
      • (ii) in the ordinary course of business transacts a consumer transaction in this state.
    • (b) "Commercial entity" does not include:
      • (i) a governmental entity; or
      • (ii) an entity providing services on behalf of a governmental entity.
  • (3) "Compensation" means anything of economic value that is paid or transferred to a commercial entity for or in direct consideration of the disclosure of nonpublic personal information.
  • (4)
    • (a) "Consumer transaction" means:
      • (i) a sale, lease, assignment, award by chance, or other written or oral transfer or disposition:
        • (A) that is initiated or completed in this state; and
        • (B) of:
          • (I) goods;
          • (II) services; or
          • (III) other tangible or intangible property, except securities and insurance or services related thereto; or
      • (ii) a transaction:
        • (A) that is initiated or completed in this state; and
        • (B) that constitutes credit offered or extended by a commercial entity to a person primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
    • (b) "Consumer transaction" includes:
      • (i) the use of nonpublic personal information in relation to a transaction with a person if the transaction is for primarily personal, family, or household purposes; and
      • (ii) with respect to any transaction described in Subsection (4)(a):
        • (A) an offer or solicitation;
        • (B) an agreement;
        • (C) the performance of an agreement; or
        • (D) a charitable solicitation as defined in Section 13-11-3.
    • (c) "Consumer transaction" does not include a transaction related to real property.
  • (5)
    • (a) "Nonpublic personal information" means information that:
      • (i) is not public information; and
      • (ii) either alone or in conjunction with public information, identifies a person in distinction from other persons.
    • (b) "Nonpublic personal information" includes:
      • (i) a person's Social Security number;
      • (ii) information used to determine a person's credit worthiness including a person's:
        • (A) income; or
        • (B) employment history;
      • (iii) the purchasing patterns of a person; or
      • (iv) the personal preferences of a person.
  • (6) "Public information" means a person's:
    • (a) name;
    • (b) telephone number; or
    • (c) street address.
  • (7)
    • (a) Subject to Subsection (7)(b), "third party" means a person other than the commercial entity that obtains nonpublic personal information.
    • (b) "Third party" does not include an affiliate or agent of the commercial entity that obtains nonpublic personal information.




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