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Publishes adult content, in Arizona

Discarding and disposing of records containing personal identifying informationsince 4 lines

A.R.S. sec. 44-7601 · Read the law's page

  • This binds any 'entity': a corporation, foreign corporation, unincorporated association, sole proprietorship, partnership, trust, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, or a government, governmental subdivision or agency, that discards or disposes of a paper record or document containing an individual's first and last name, or first initial and last name, combined with a Social Security number, a credit, charge or debit card number, a retirement account number, a savings, checking or securities entitlement account number, or a driver license or nonoperating identification license number.
  • Redact that personal identifying information, or destroy the paper record or document, before discarding or disposing of it. This duty reaches paper records and documents only; it states no separate duty over electronic data.
  • An entity subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, a HIPAA covered entity or business associate, or an entity subject to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act is exempt. An entity that maintains and complies with its own disposal procedures, consistent with this duty, is deemed compliant.
  • A county attorney or the Attorney General may enforce this section, and a civil penalty applies per violation arising out of one incident: up to $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second violation, and $5,000 for a third or subsequent violation. The statute states no private right of action of its own.
Unlawful disclosure extended to AI-generated 'realistic pictorial representation' intimate images (SB 1462)since 3 lines

A.R.S. § 13-1425; 2025 Ariz. Sess. Laws ch. 106 (SB 1462, 57th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess.) · Read the law's page

  • Do not intentionally disclose an image, including an AI-generated 'realistic pictorial representation,' of an identifiable person depicted in a state of nudity or engaged in specific sexual activities, where the depicted person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and you intend to harm, harass, intimidate, threaten, or coerce them.
  • Disclosing a realistic pictorial representation of this kind is a class 1 misdemeanor; disclosing a genuine (non-synthetic) image of this kind is a class 5 felony, or a class 4 felony if disclosed by electronic means.
  • An interactive computer service is not liable under this section for content wholly provided by another party, and a disclosure made with the depicted person's consent is not unlawful.
AI-generated and indistinguishable depictions included in child-exploitation definitions (HB 2678)since 3 lines

A.R.S. §§ 13-3551, 13-705; 2025 Ariz. Sess. Laws ch. 174 (HB 2678, 57th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess.) · Read the law's page

  • Do not knowingly produce, direct, manufacture, or possess for commercial gain a computer-generated, artificial-intelligence-generated, or otherwise digitally altered visual depiction that is indistinguishable from an actual minor engaged in exploitive exhibition or other sexual conduct; Arizona's definitions of 'minor' and 'visual depiction' treat such a depiction the same as an image of a real child.
  • Do not knowingly distribute, transport, exhibit, receive, sell, purchase, electronically transmit, or exchange such a depiction.
  • If the depicted minor appears to be under fifteen years of age, the offense is also a 'dangerous crime against children' under A.R.S. § 13-705, which carries its own, more severe sentencing range.
HB2112, internet pornography, minors, age verificationsince 3 lines

Ariz. Rev. Stat. Title 18, Chapter 7 (§ 18-701 et seq.) · Read the law's page

  • Applies to a commercial entity that knowingly publishes material of which more than one third is sexual material harmful to minors, including commercial websites and apps and social media platforms that meet that share.
  • Use a reasonable age verification method, such as government issued identification or transactional data, to confirm a visitor is 18 or older.
  • Do not retain identifying information.

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