Title 24, TRADE REGULATION

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "Internet domain name" refers to a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an Internet host or service, assigned through centralized Internet naming authorities, comprising a series of character strings separated by periods, with the right most…

Sec. 7. (a) For purposes of this section, a person knows that the intended recipient of a commercial electronic mail message is an Indiana resident if that information is available, upon request, from the registrant of the Internet domain name contained in the recipient's electro…

Sec. 8. A person may not do any of the following: (1) Send unsolicited commercial electronic mail and fail to use "ADV:" as the initial four (4) characters in the subject line of the electronic mail. This subdivision does not apply if any of the following apply: (A) The sender of…

Sec. 9. (a) An interactive computer service may, upon its own initiative, block the receipt or transmission through its service of any commercial electronic mail message that it reasonably believes is or will be sent in violation of this chapter. (b) An interactive computer servi…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "adult oriented website" means a publicly accessible website that publishes material harmful to minors, if at least one-third (1/3) of the images and videos published on the website depict material harmful to minors. As added by P.L.98-2024, SEC.1…

Sec. 10. An adult oriented website operator may not knowingly or intentionally publish an adult oriented website unless the adult oriented website operator uses a reasonable age verification method to prevent a minor from accessing the adult oriented website. As added by P.L.98-2…

Sec. 11. (a) If: (1) an adult oriented website operator knowingly or intentionally publishes an adult oriented website in violation of section 10 of this chapter; and (2) a minor accesses the adult oriented website; the parent or guardian of the minor who accessed the adult orien…

Sec. 12. (a) If an adult oriented website operator publishes an adult oriented website in violation of section 10 of this chapter, any person may bring an action to seek injunctive relief. (b) A person that brings an action for injunctive relief under this section and prevails is…

Sec. 13. (a) This section applies to a person that uses or purports to use a reasonable age verification method to grant or deny access to an adult oriented website. (b) A person to which this section applies, and any third party verification service used by a person to which thi…

Sec. 14. Adult oriented website operators must use commercially reasonable methods to secure all information collected and transmitted under this chapter. As added by P.L.98-2024, SEC.1.

Sec. 15. The attorney general may bring an action under this chapter to obtain any or all of the following against an adult oriented website, accessible by an Indiana resident, that does not implement or properly use a reasonable age verification method: (1) An injunction to enjo…

Sec. 16. When the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in a violation of this chapter, the attorney general is empowered to issue civil investigative demands under IC 4-6-3-3 to investigate the susp…

Sec. 17. In an action filed under sections 11, 12, 13, and 15 of this chapter, the verification information of a minor who accessed the adult oriented website shall remain confidential. The clerk of the court shall place all records of the minor who accessed the adult oriented we…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "adult oriented website operator" means a person that owns or operates an adult oriented website. The term does not include the following: (1) A newspaper or news service that publishes news related information through a website. (2) A cloud servi…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "material harmful to minors" means matter or a performance described in IC 35-49-2-2. As added by P.L.98-2024, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2025, SEC.208.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "minor" means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. As added by P.L.98-2024, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2025, SEC.209.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "mobile credential" has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-103.4. As added by P.L.98-2024, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2025, SEC.210.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "person" means a human being, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an unincorporated association, or a governmental entity. As added by P.L.98-2024, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2025, SEC.211.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "reasonable age verification method" means a method of determining that an individual seeking to access a website containing material harmful to minors is not a minor by using one (1) or more of the following methods: (1) A mobile credential. (2) …

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "transactional data" means a sequence of information that documents an exchange, agreement, or transfer between an individual, commercial entity, or third party used for the purpose of satisfying a request or event. The term includes records that …

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "verification information" means all information, data, and documents provided by an individual for the purposes of verification of identity or age under this chapter. As added by P.L.98-2024, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2025, SEC.214.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "mortgage lender" means the original lender under a mortgage and the original lender's successors and assigns, including insurance companies, trust companies, banks, investment companies, savings banks, savings associations, credit unions, executo…

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation may not use the name of an existing mortgage lender or a name confusingly similar to that of an existing mortgage lender when marketing to or soliciting business from a cus…

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "consumer genetic testing" means a service in which a person: (1) provides an individual with a means of submitting a sample of the individual's biological material directly to the person; (2) performs, or causes to be performed, genetic testi…

Sec. 10. (a) A consumer genetic testing provider that performs, or causes to be performed, genetic testing on an individual's biological material shall do the following: (1) Implement commercially reasonable security measures to protect: (A) the individual's biological material; …

Sec. 11. (a) The attorney general has exclusive authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter. (b) The attorney general may initiate an action in the name of the state and may seek an injunction to restrain any violations of this chapter and a civil penalty not to exceed se…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "consumer genetic testing provider" or "provider" means a person that, in the ordinary course of the person's business: (1) offers consumer genetic testing; or (2) collects, uses, or analyzes genetic data that: (A) results from a consumer genetic …

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "deidentified data" means data that cannot reasonably be used to infer information about, or otherwise be linked to, an identifiable consumer and that: (1) is subject to: (A) administrative and technical measures to ensure that the data cannot be …

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "DNA" has the meaning set forth in IC 10-13-6-2. As added by P.L.233-2025, SEC.2.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "genetic data" means any data, regardless of format, that: (1) results from the analysis of an individual's biological material, including analysis of: (A) the complete DNA; (B) regions of the DNA; (C) chromosomes; (D) genes; or (E) gene products;…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "genetic testing" means analysis of genetic data. As added by P.L.233-2025, SEC.2.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "insurer" has the meaning set forth in IC 27-1-2-3. As added by P.L.233-2025, SEC.2.

Sec. 8. (a) A consumer genetic testing provider may not perform, or cause to be performed, genetic testing on an individual's biological material unless the provider has provided the individual with a written disclosure of the provider's privacy policy, including the provider's p…

Sec. 9. (a) A consumer genetic testing provider that performs, or causes to be performed, genetic testing on an individual's biological material may not take any of the following actions unless the provider has solicited and received the individual's freely given, specific, infor…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "consumer" means an individual: (1) whose principal residence is in Indiana; and (2) whose credit information and history is recorded in a consumer report. As added by P.L.104-2007, SEC.1.

Sec. 10. The placement of a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report does not prohibit a consumer reporting agency from providing the consumer's consumer report to the following persons without the authorization of the consumer: (1) A person, including a subsidiary, an aff…

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "energy utility" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-2.5-2. (b) As used in this section, "specialized credit reporting tool" means a scoring model that: (1) is available only to an energy utility; and (2) is used by the energy utility to vali…

Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a security freeze is in place with respect to a consumer's consumer report, a consumer reporting agency may not change any of the following official information on the consumer's consumer report without sending written confirm…

Sec. 13. A consumer reporting agency shall provide to a consumer notice with each written disclosure by the consumer reporting agency as required under Section 609 of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681g) that the consumer may place a security freeze on the cons…

Sec. 14. A consumer reporting agency may not impose a charge on a consumer for a request from the consumer to do any of the following: (1) Place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer report under section 5 of this chapter. (2) Issue the same or a new personal identification …

Sec. 15. (a) A consumer who suffers injury by an act of a consumer reporting agency that violates this chapter may bring a civil action against the consumer reporting agency in a circuit or superior court in the county in which the consumer resides. (b) A person who knowingly or …

Sec. 16. (a) The attorney general may bring an action to recover from a person on behalf of the state a civil penalty described in subsection (b). (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of: (1) not more than two thousand fi…

Sec. 17. The provisions of this chapter are severable as provided in IC 1-1-1-8(b). As added by P.L.104-2007, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "consumer report" means any written, oral, or other communication of any information that: (1) is made by a consumer reporting agency; (2) bears on a consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation,…

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "consumer reporting agency" means any person that, for monetary fees or dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating information concerning a consumer's credit or …

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "security freeze" means a designation placed on a consumer's consumer report: (1) by a consumer reporting agency; and (2) at the request of the consumer; that prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing the consumer report without the a…