(1) A consumer reporting agency may not charge a fee for placing, removing, or temporarily removing a security freeze.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 13-45-204

  • Consumer: means an individual who is not a protected consumer. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Consumer reporting agency: means a person who, for fees, dues, or on a cooperative basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating information concerning a consumer's credit or other information for the purpose of furnishing a credit report to another person. See Utah Code 13-45-102
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Security freeze: means a prohibition, consistent with the provisions of this section, on a consumer reporting agency's furnishing of a consumer's credit report to a third party intending to use the credit report to determine the consumer's eligibility for credit. See Utah Code 13-45-201
(2) A consumer reporting agency may not charge a fee to download or install a mobile application through which a person places or removes a security freeze.