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Senate approves spyware regulation after compromise on consent timing
Summary
The Utah Senate passed 4th substitute House Bill 323 regulating ‘‘spyware’’ and context-based triggering mechanisms, adopting sponsor amendments that allow user consent either at installation or afterward; senators debated parental controls and technical/legal risks before the bill passed 26–0 with three absent.
The Utah Senate passed 4th substitute House Bill 323, a bill that regulates so-called spyware and context‑based triggering mechanisms, after adopting an amendment that narrows when user consent may be obtained.
Senator Valentine, the bill’s Senate floor sponsor, described the amendment as a response to questions about when consent must be secured and said the revised language permits consent ‘‘at the time of installation or after the installation’’ so long as consumer protections remain. ‘‘We thought that that was a legitimate issue,’’ Valentine…
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