On May 3, 2023, Utah’s Online Pornography Viewing Age Requirements Act (the “Act”) went into effect. The Act states that website operators must require internet users to prove they are eighteen years of age or older through a “digitized identification card” or third-party age-verification service when accessing websites containing “pornography or other materials harmful to minors.” In other words, to access adult websites in Utah, users must either upload their driver’s license (or other state-issued identification) or subject themselves to third-party age verification through tools such as biometric scanning. Simply clicking “I am 18 or older” is no longer sufficient with this legislation; an individual must now give personally identifiable information, including in some cases, a biometric face scan.
If you haven’t already seen the notifications in the 
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, here is a reminder about the protections available for privacy and the confidentiality of health-related information under current law. This bulletin will discuss the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
The CCPA has been up and running for a couple of years now, with changes coming in 2023 with the amendments from the 
Whether you are an attorney advising clients, a medical professional treating patients via telemedicine, or anyone else working remotely, your second workplace or office might be providing more than just convenience. If you have a smart home device, such as one of the many varieties now available from companies like Google (Home/Nest), Amazon (Alexa), Microsoft (Cortana), or Apple (Siri), your remote work discussions (and conversations in general) may be less private than you realize. While convenient and sometimes helpful, these devices might be creating a record of more than your favorite songs and compromising your patient’s, client’s, or company’s confidential information.