Data Privacy Measure Receives Final Passage

UPDATED: In an effort to give data privacy and security protections to Kentuckians, House Bill 15 saw final passage Wednesday after the House concurred with the Senate changes and voted 94-0 to send the bill to the Governor.

Sponsored by Rep. Josh Branscum, House Bill 15 allows Kentuckians accessing the internet and using social media platforms to exercise a set of rights pertaining to their individual data.

Included in those rights are accessing the data from a company, correcting errors in that data from a company, obtaining a copy of an individuals’ data, the right to demand that a company delete an individual’s data, and a right to opt-out of having one’s data processed and sold to other companies for targeted advertising.

“I’m proud to work with the multitude of groups across industry sectors; business organizations, retailers, privacy security and tech experts, on a workable solution that accomplishes a primary goal, which would give consumers the right to protect their data. And House Bill 15 provides a much-needed baseline statutory framework,” Representative Branscum said when presenting the bill on the House floor.

House Bill 15 previously passed the Senate with Senate Floor Amendment 1 and Senate Floor Amendment 2, both of which made technical corrections to the bill.

Watch an interview with Branscum on the bill and other issues like how the state plans to deal with AI here.

Stay tuned with The Bottom Line for more updates as the bill heads to the Governor’s desk.