GOED Website Privacy Notice

Utah Code § 63A-19-402.5

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) is committed to protecting the
privacy of individuals who access its website. This notice is designed to inform those accessing this website about what user data1 is collected, why it is collected, and how individuals can update and manage their personal data2 or user data.

I. Government Website Operator

GOED is the state administrative body responsible for this website. You have the right to access and correct your information by contacting:

Email: [email protected]
Mailing address: 60 East South Temple, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-1041
Phone: (801) 538-8680

II. Privacy Rights

By contacting GOED, you may:

  • Seek access to your personal data or user data;
  • Request to correct or amend your personal data or user data; and
  • If you are an at-risk employee3, request that your personal data be classified as a private record.

III. Data Privacy Complaints

If you are concerned about the data privacy practices of a governmental entity, you may submit a complaint to the Utah Office of Data Privacy at privacy.utah.gov/contact or by sending an email to [email protected].

IV. User Data Collected

Unless you choose to make your personally identifiable information available to GOED, GOED does not collect such information from you. For the purposes of this policy “personally identifiable information” means any information collected online that could serve to identify an individual, such as:

  • First and last name
  • Physical address
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Social Security number
  • Credit card information
  • Account Number
  • Bank account information
  • Any combination of personal information that could be used to determine identity

Except where specified, you do not have to provide personally identifiable information to visit or download information from GOED’s websites. GOED does not use or place spyware on your computer. Be aware that government agencies like GOED may request personally identifiable information from you in order to perform requested specialized services. The following non-personally identifiable information may be automatically collected and retained through the use of cookies or functionally equivalent technology if you look or search through GOED’s websites, download information, or interact with GOED’s advertisements:

  • The Internet domain and Internet Protocol (IP) address of the device you are using to access GOED’s website (such as a computer or mobile phone);
  • The type of browser and operating system used to visit GOED’s website;
  • The date and time of when you access GOED’s website;
  • Which portions of the website you visit;
  • General location data based on your IP address; and
  • Interactions with GOED’s advertisements.

V. Purposes and Uses

The data collected may be provided to third parties, as specified in this privacy policy. The data collected also serve as part of GOED’s statistical analysis about the use of its websites so GOED may better design online services and improve access to them, and help GOED monitor how web users interact with the GOED website, and identify information sought by web users. GOED does not attempt to gain personally identifiable information about individual users and associate it with IP addresses unless explicitly stated as part of a government agency service. GOED does not use the information automatically collected to ascertain your personally identifiable information. GOED may detect user IP addresses for providing location based user information and services and may disclose IP addresses to the third parties specified in this privacy policy, pursuant to the records sharing section in Utah Code § 63G-2-206, part of the Government Records Access Management Act (“GRAMA”).

Email or other information requests sent to the GOED website may be saved and used to respond to the request, forward the request to the appropriate agency, communicate updates to the GOED website that may be of interest to citizens, or provide the GOED web designer with valuable customer feedback to assist in improving the website.

Any personally identifiable information an individual provides to the GOED website will be used solely by GOED, its entities, and third-party agents with whom it has contracted to perform a function on its behalf, unless the information is designated as a public record by an individual State agency as authorized under GRAMA, and GOED’s website provides conspicuous notice that such information is subject to public access.

Except as otherwise permitted by law, and pursuant to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), GOED does not knowingly collect and use or disclose the personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13.

VI. Sharing and Selling User Data

The classes of persons and entities with whom GOED shares user data includes:

None.

GOED may use cookies to track user’s visits to GOED’s website. A “cookie” is a small piece of information that a website can store in a designated file on your computer or Web-enabled device.  Cookies can be used, among other things, to identify your computer or device when you log into a website and may track your IP address in order to do so.

Managing Privacy

You have the ability to control the use of Certain Cookie Technologies. You may decline to allow or receive cookies.

GOED does not use or associate personally identifiable information with remarketing lists, cookies, data feeds, or other anonymous identifiers. Furthermore, GOED does not use or associate targeting information, such as demographics or location, with any personally identifiable information collected from ads or their landing pages. GOED does not share any personally identifiable information with Google.

Opt-in and Opt-out Browsers

In addition, when you use the GOED website, you can change your web browser’s settings to reflect your cookie preferences for cookies directly from the site you are on or for third-party cookies. Each browser is different, but usually these settings are under the “options” or “preferences” menu.

Non-State Websites

Web users or visitors to GOED’s website may click and access links to various non-state websites. GOED is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external sites.  Many of these sites, particularly those in the private sector, may not be subject to GRAMA, other sections of the Utah Code, or federal law. Those users visiting external sites are advised to check the applicable privacy statement for those websites, and to be cautious about providing personally identifiable information without a clear understanding of how the information will be used.

Review of this Notice

We want you to feel comfortable using GOED’s website services, knowing that your privacy is respected and protected and we welcome your feedback on this notice, which is reviewed annually. This privacy policy may be changed at any time; any changes will be posted on this web page. Information collected while a particular version of this policy is in effect will be handled in accordance with that version.

VII.  Record Series

The user data collected on this website is included in Record Series #GRS-1720.
Last revision: June 11, 2026

Footnotes

1. “User data” means any information about a user that is automatically collected by a government website when a user accesses the government website. See Utah Code § 63A-19-101(38) and (39). “User data” includes information that identifies:

  • a user as having requested or obtained specific materials or services from a government website;
  • Internet sites visited by a user;
  • the contents of a user's data-storage device;
  • any identifying code linked to a user of a government website; and
  • a user's:
    • IP or Mac address; or
    • session ID.
2. “Personal data” means information that is linked or can be reasonably linked to an identified individual or an identifiable individual. See Utah Code § 63A-19-101(25).

3. “At-risk government employee”, in accordance with Utah Code § 63A-19-408(1), means a current or former:

  • peace officer as specified in Section 53-13-102;
  • state or federal judge of an appellate, district, justice, or juvenile court, or court commissioner;
  • judge authorized by Title 39A, Chapter 5, Utah Code of Military Justice;
  • judge authorized by Armed Forces, Title 10, United States Code;
  • federal prosecutor;
  • prosecutor appointed pursuant to Armed Forces, Title 10, United States Code;
  • law enforcement official as defined in Section 53-5-711;
  • prosecutor authorized by Title 39A, Chapter 5, Utah Code of Military Justice; or
  • state or local government employee who, because of the unique nature of the employee's regular work assignments or because of one or more recent credible threats directed to or against the employee, would be at immediate and substantial risk of physical harm if the employee's personal information is disclosed.