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AN ACT relating to personally identifiable information. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 61 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) As used in this section: 5
(a) "Covered person" means a judicial officer or an immediate family member 6
of a judicial officer; 7
(b) "Disclose" means to post, display, publish, or otherwise make publicly 8
available; 9
(c) "Immediate family member" means: 10
1. A spouse, child, parent, or person under the familial custody or care of 11
a judicial officer; or 12
2. Any other familial relative who resides in the same household as the 13
judicial officer; 14
(d) "Judicial officer" means any active or senior judge and includes a: 15
1. Justice of the United States or a judge of the United States as those 16
terms are defined in 28 U.S.C. sec. 451; 17
2. Bankruptcy judge appointed under 28 U.S.C. sec. 152 or recalled 18
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sec. 375; 19
3. United States magistrate judge appointed under 28 U.S.C. sec. 631 or 20
recalled pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sec. 375; 21
4. Judge confirmed by the United States Senate and empowered by 22
statute in any commonwealth, territory, or possession to perform the 23
duties of a federal judge; 24
5. Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims appointed under 25
28 U.S.C. sec. 171; and 26
6. Justice, judge, trial commissioner, or domestic relations commissioner 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 1555
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of the Kentucky Court of Justice; 1
(e) "Personally identifiable information" means data that can identify a 2
covered person and includes: 3
1. Date of birth; 4
2. Biometric, health, or medical data, or insurance information; 5
3. Residence addresses of the covered person; 6
4. Home or cellular telephone numbers; 7
5. Personal email addresses; 8
6. Identities of the children of a judicial officer and names and locations 9
of schools and daycare facilities they attend; 10
7. Social Security number; and 11
8. The name of an immediate family member's employer; and 12
(f) "Written request" means a notice signed by a covered person requesting a 13
government agency refrain from posting or displaying publicly available 14
content that includes the personally identifiable information of the covered 15
person. 16
(2) (a) A government agency shall not disclose the personally identifiable 17
information of any covered person if the covered person has made a written 18
request to the government agency that this personally identifiable 19
information not be disclosed. 20
(b) Upon receipt of the written request, personally identifiable information 21
shall be removed from publicly available content within seventy-two (72) 22
hours. 23
(c) A request under this subsection may be made on behalf of a minor who is a 24
covered person by a parent or guardian of the minor. 25
(3) After the government agency has removed the personally identifiable information 26
from publicly available content, the government agency shall not publicly post or 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 1555
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otherwise release the information unless the covered person voluntarily publishes 1
the information on the internet after the effective date of this Act. 2
(4) A covered person may bring a civil action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief 3
to enforce this section in any court of competent jurisdiction. 4