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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Covered person” means a judicial officer or an immediate family member of a judicial officer;
(b) “Disclose” means to post, display, publish, or otherwise make publicly available;
(c) “Immediate family member” means:
1. A spouse, child, parent, or person under the familial custody or care of a judicial officer; or
2. Any other familial relative who resides in the same household as the judicial officer;
(d) “Judicial officer” means any active or senior judge and includes a:
1. Justice of the United States or a judge of the United States as those terms are defined in 28 U.S.C. sec. 451;
2. Bankruptcy judge appointed under 28 U.S.C. sec. 152 or recalled pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sec. 375;
3. United States magistrate judge appointed under 28 U.S.C. sec. 631 or recalled pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sec. 375;
4. Judge confirmed by the United States Senate and empowered by statute in any commonwealth, territory, or possession to perform the duties of a federal judge;
5. Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims appointed under 28 U.S.C. sec. 171; and
6. Justice, judge, trial commissioner, or domestic relations commissioner of the Kentucky Court of Justice;
(e) “Personally identifiable information” means data that can identify a covered person and includes:
1. Date of birth;
2. Biometric, health, or medical data, or insurance information;
3. Residence addresses of the covered person;
4. Home or cellular telephone numbers;
5. Personal email addresses;
6. Identities of the children of a judicial officer and names and locations of schools and daycare facilities they attend;
7. Social Security number; and
8. The name of an immediate family member's employer; and
(f) “Written request” means a notice signed by a covered person requesting a government agency refrain from posting or displaying publicly available content that includes the personally identifiable information of the covered person.
(2)(a) A government agency shall not disclose the personally identifiable information of any covered person if the covered person has made a written request to the government agency that this personally identifiable information not be disclosed.
(b) Upon receipt of the written request, personally identifiable information shall be removed from publicly available content within seventy-two (72) hours.
(c) A request under this subsection may be made on behalf of a minor who is a covered person by a parent or guardian of the minor.
(3) After the government agency has removed the personally identifiable information from publicly available content, the government agency shall not publicly post or otherwise release the information unless the covered person voluntarily publishes the information on the internet after June 27, 2025.
(4) A covered person may bring a civil action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce this section in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title VIII. Offices and Officers § 61.7991.Definitions; written request; prohibition of disclosure of identifiable information of judicial officers and immediate family; civil action - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-viii-offices-and-officers/ky-rev-st-sect-61-7991/
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