KRS § 365.732 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 365 / Section 365.732
365.732 Notification to affected persons of computer security breach involving their unencrypted personally identifiable information
Status: in_force

365.732 Notification to affected persons of computer security breach involving

their unencrypted personally identifiable information.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Breach of the security of the system" means unauthorized acquisition of

unencrypted and unredacted computerized data that compromises the security,

confidentiality, or integrity of personally identifiable information maintained

by the information holder as part of a database regarding multiple individuals

that actually causes, or leads the information holder to reasonably believe has

caused or will cause, identity theft or fraud against any resident of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky. Good-faith acquisition of personally identifiable

information by an employee or agent of the information holder for the

purposes of the information holder is not a breach of the security of the system

if the personally identifiable information is not used or subject to further

unauthorized disclosure;

(b) "Information holder" means any person or business entity that conducts

business in this state; and

(c) "Personally identifiable information" means an individual's first name or first

initial and last name in combination with any one (1) or more of the following

data elements, when the name or data element is not redacted:

1. Social Security number;

2. Driver's license number; or

3. Account number or credit or debit card number, in combination with any

required security code, access code, or password to permit access to an

individual's financial account.

(2) Any information holder shall disclose any breach of the security of the system,

following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data, to any

resident of Kentucky whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably

believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person. The disclosure shall be

made in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay,

consistent with the legitimate needs of law enforcement, as provided in subsection

(4) of this section, or any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach

and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.

(3) Any information holder that maintains computerized data that includes personally

identifiable information that the information holder does not own shall notify the

owner or licensee of the information of any breach of the security of the data as

soon as reasonably practicable following discovery, if the personally identifiable

information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an

unauthorized person.

(4) The notification required by this section may be delayed if a law enforcement

agency determines that the notification will impede a criminal investigation. The

notification required by this section shall be made promptly after the law

enforcement agency determines that it will not compromise the investigation.

(5) For purposes of this section, notice may be provided by one (1) of the following

methods:

(a) Written notice;

(b) Electronic notice, if the notice provided is consistent with the provisions

regarding electronic records and signatures set forth in 15 U.S.C. sec. 7001; or

(c) Substitute notice, if the information holder demonstrates that the cost of

providing notice would exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000),

or that the affected class of subject persons to be notified exceeds five

hundred thousand (500,000), or the information holder does not have

sufficient contact information. Substitute notice shall consist of all of the

following:

1. E-mail notice, when the information holder has an e-mail address for the

subject persons;

2. Conspicuous posting of the notice on the information holder's Internet

Web site page, if the information holder maintains a Web site page; and

3. Notification to major statewide media.

(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5) of this section, an information holder that maintains

its own notification procedures as part of an information security policy for the

treatment of personally identifiable information, and is otherwise consistent with

the timing requirements of this section, shall be deemed to be in compliance with

the notification requirements of this section, if it notifies subject persons in

accordance with its policies in the event of a breach of security of the system.

(7) If a person discovers circumstances requiring notification pursuant to this section of

more than one thousand (1,000) persons at one (1) time, the person shall also notify,

without unreasonable delay, all consumer reporting agencies and credit bureaus that

compile and maintain files on consumers on a nationwide basis, as defined by 15

U.S.C. sec. 1681a, of the timing, distribution, and content of the notices.

(8) The provisions of this section and the requirements for nonaffiliated third parties in

KRS Chapter 61 shall not apply to any person who is subject to the provisions of

Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106-102, as amended,

or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L.

No. 104-191, as amended, or any agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or any

of its local governments or political subdivisions.