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Utah Code § 13-67-105

Fraud ban notification

Enacted by Chapter 31, 2023 General Session

(1) An online dating service provider shall provide to a Utah member a fraud ban notification if the Utah member has received and responded to a message from a banned member.

(2) A fraud ban notification under Subsection (1) shall include:

(a) to the extent permitted by law, the banned member's username, identification number, or other profile identifier;

(b) a statement that the banned member may have been using a false identity or attempting to defraud members;

(c) a statement that a member should not send money or personal financial information to another member; and

(d) an online link to information regarding ways to avoid online fraud or being defrauded by a member of an online dating service.

(3) A fraud ban notification under Subsection (1) shall be:

(a) clear and conspicuous;

(b) sent by email, text message, or other appropriate means of communication consented to by the Utah member; and

(c)

(i) except as provided in Subsection (3)(c)(ii), sent within 24 hours after a fraud ban is initiated against a banned member; or

(ii) sent within three days after the day on which a fraud ban is initiated against a banned member if, in the judgment of the online dating service provider, the circumstances require the fraud ban notification be sent after the 24-hour period.

(4) Except as provided in Section 13-67-106, an online dating service provider or an online dating service provider's employees and agents who are acting in good faith and in compliance with this section are not liable to a person based on:

(a) the means of communication used to issue a fraud ban notification to a Utah member under this section;

(b) the timing of a fraud ban notification sent to a Utah member under this section; or

(c) the disclosure of information in a fraud ban notification under this section, including:

(i) information that a member is a banned member or the subject of a fraud ban;

(ii) the banned member's username, identification number, or other profile identifier; or

(iii) the reason that the online dating service provider initiated the fraud ban of the banned member.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.