United States of America: Obligations for capture device manufacturer requirements enters into force

On 1 January 2028, the Digital Content Provenance Standards Act enters into force. The Act establishes technical standards for the embedding and preservation of provenance data across the digital content supply chain. From this date, any capture device, including cameras, smartphones with built-in cameras or microphones, and voice recorders produced for sale in Utah must embed a latent disclosure identifying the manufacturer or providing sufficient digital signatures, along with the date and time of content creation or alteration, to the extent technically feasible and compliant with widely adopted standards-setting body specifications. Extended enforcement is vested in the Division of Consumer Protection, which may impose administrative fines of up to USD 2,500 per violation, with courts able to impose penalties of up to USD 5,000 per violation of an administrative or court order.