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Virtual data rooms in Utah

Virtual data rooms for Utah firms

Utah has 3,171 real estate offices, 1,736 accounting and tax firms, 1,448 law offices and 1,400 securities and investment firms with paid employees. Our read of its breach notice rule covers the investigation-first rule and notice to the Attorney General and Utah Cyber Center at 500. ShareAndGo is a virtual data room for the documents these firms share during deals, audits and legal matters.

The firms that share confidential documents in Utah

County Business Patterns counted 95,494 employer establishments in Utah in 2023. Per person, among the 50 states and DC, Utah comes 5th for offices of real estate agents and brokers, at 92.1 per 100,000, 7th for accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, at 50.4, and 11th for securities and investment firms, at 40.7. Its 1,448 law offices, 42.1 per 100,000, rank 30th.

These are mostly small businesses. 1,091 of the state's law offices and 1,140 of its securities and investment firms have fewer than five employees.

  • Offices of lawyers: 1,448
  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services: 1,736
  • Securities and investment firms: 1,400
  • Corporate and regional managing offices: 367
  • Offices of real estate agents and brokers: 3,171

Where those firms are

The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro has 734 of Utah's 1,448 law offices, 51 percent, and our Salt Lake City page goes through its figures in detail. Provo-Orem-Lehi follows with 220 and Ogden with 206.

By county, Salt Lake County leads with 726 law offices, ahead of Utah County (219), Davis County (109) and Washington County (98). Those four hold 80 percent of the state's total.

What sets Salt Lake City apart

Against the national mix, Salt Lake City runs heaviest in medical device and other manufacturing: 186 establishments, 1.8 times the share you would see across the country; furniture manufacturing (110, 1.7 times) and computer and electronic products (74, 1.5 times) come next.

How Utah compares

The Census Bureau estimated Utah's population at 3,503,613 in July 2024, up 7.1 percent from the April 2020 base of 3,271,608.

On law offices per 100,000 residents, Utah sits next to Arkansas at 42.1 and Maine at 41.9, against 42.1 here. Across the 50 states and DC the combined rate is 49.1.

Small offices make up 75 percent of the state's law offices, against 72 percent across the 50 states and DC.

Utah's breach notice rule

Utah's Protection of Personal Information Act puts its definitions in Utah Code § 13-44-102 and the breach duty in § 13-44-202.

Utah starts with an investigation. The notice duty follows only "If an investigation under Subsection (1)(a) reveals that the misuse of personal information for identity theft or fraud purposes has occurred, or is reasonably likely to occur."

The text we checked describes that investigation as reasonable and prompt. Where it finds misuse neither happened nor is reasonably likely, no notice is owed.

When notice is owed, it goes out "in the most expedient time possible without unreasonable delay". Utah sets no day count.

Two state bodies at 500 residents

If misuse relating to 500 or more Utah residents has occurred or is reasonably likely, the business must also notify "(i) the Office of the Attorney General; and (ii) the Utah Cyber Center".

That is on top of the notice to residents, as the statute's "in addition to the notification required in Subsection (1)(b)" makes clear.

Our Utah breach notification page sets out the data elements and the rule in full, and says which text we checked. This is general information, not legal advice.

What a ShareAndGo room gives an Utah team

For documents you share through ShareAndGo, the activity log records every view and download, and watermarked view-only pages carry the reader's email address and the date.

In Salt Lake City and Provo, finance teams sharing card statements or license copies with auditors can keep them in a room where each group sees only its own folders.

The watermark is a per-room setting, on by default. Auditors confirm a six-digit code sent to their email and need no account, and the chained log exports as CSV when someone needs the list of readers and dates.

The courts and regulators behind Utah paperwork

Federal cases from Utah are heard in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, whose Salt Lake City courthouse is the Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse. CPAs practicing in Utah are licensed by the Utah Board of Accountancy.

Utah FAQ

How many law offices are there in Utah?
County Business Patterns 2023 counted 1,448 offices of lawyers with paid employees in Utah, 1,091 of them with fewer than five employees. Salt Lake County has the most, 726.
Does Utah set a number of days?
No. Notice goes out in the most expedient time possible without unreasonable delay.
Who besides residents is told?
The Office of the Attorney General and the Utah Cyber Center, where 500 or more Utah residents are involved.
Do people I share documents with need an account?
No. Readers confirm their email with a six-digit code, with no account to create.

Utah metros

Salt Lake City, UT

Data rooms for Salt Lake City's 734 law offices and 670 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, with audit trails and view-only access.

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Utah data breach notification law

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