KRS § 367.3613 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.3613
367.3613 Application -- Limitations -- Information and data exemptions -- Compliance with federal children's online privacy laws
Status: in_force

367.3613 Application -- Limitations -- Information and data exemptions --

Compliance with federal children's online privacy laws.

(1) KRS 367.3611 to 367.3629 apply to persons that conduct business in the

Commonwealth or produce products or services that are targeted to residents of the

Commonwealth and that during a calendar year control or process personal data of

at least:

(a) One hundred thousand (100,000) consumers; or

(b) Twenty-five thousand (25,000) consumers and derive over fifty percent (50%)

of gross revenue from the sale of personal data.

(2) KRS 367.3611 to 367.3629 shall not apply to any:

(a) City, state agency, or any political subdivision of the state;

(b) Financial institutions, their affiliates, or data subject to Title V of the federal

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. sec. 6801 et seq.;

(c) Covered entity or business associate governed by the privacy, security, and

breach notification rules issued by the United States Department of Health

and Human Services, 45 C.F.R. pts. 160 and 164 established pursuant to

HIPAA;

(d) Nonprofit organization;

(e) Institution of higher education;

(f) Organization that:

1. Does not provide net earnings to, or operate in any manner that inures to

the benefit of, any officer, employee, or shareholder of the entity; and

2. Is an entity such as those recognized under KRS 304.47-060(1)(e), so

long as the entity collects, processes, uses, or shares data solely in

relation to identifying, investigating, or assisting:

a. Law enforcement agencies in connection with suspected

insurance-related criminal or fraudulent acts; or

b. First responders in connection with catastrophic events; or

(g) Small telephone utility as defined in KRS 278.516, a Tier III CMRS provider

as defined in KRS 65.7621, or a municipally owned utility that does not sell

or share personal data with any third-party.

(3) The following information and data are exempt from KRS 367.3611 to 367.3629:

(a) Protected health information under HIPAA;

(b) Health records;

(c) Patient identifying information for purposes of 42 C.F.R. sec. 2.11;

(d) Identifiable private information for purposes of the federal policy for the

protection of human subjects under 45 C.F.R. pt. 46; identifiable private

information that is otherwise information collected as part of human subjects

research pursuant to the good clinical practice guidelines issued by the

International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for

Pharmaceuticals for Human Use; the protection of human subjects under 21

C.F.R. pts. 50 and 56; or personal data used or shared in research conducted in

accordance with the requirements set forth in KRS 367.3611 to 367.3629, or

other research conducted in accordance with applicable law;

(e) Information and documents created for purposes of the federal Health Care

Quality Improvement Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. sec. 11101 et seq.;

(f) Patient safety work product for purposes of the federal Patient Safety and

Quality Improvement Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 299b-21 et seq.;

(g) Information derived from any of the health care-related information listed in

this subsection that is de-identified in accordance with the requirements for

de-identification pursuant to HIPAA;

(h) Information originating from, and intermingled to be indistinguishable from,

or information treated in the same manner as information exempt under this

subsection that is maintained by a covered entity or business associate, or a

program or qualified service organization as defined by 42 C.F.R. sec. 2.11;

(i) Information collected by a health care provider who is a covered entity that

maintains protected health information in accordance with HIPAA and related

regulations, 45 C.F.R. sec. pts. 160, 162, and 164;

(j) Information included in a limited data set as described in 45 C.F.R. sec.

164.514(e), to the extent the information is used, disclosed, and maintained as

specified in 45 C.F.R. sec. 164.514(e);

(k) Information used only for public health activities and purposes as authorized

by HIPAA;

(l) The collection, maintenance, disclosure, sale, communication, or use of any

personal information bearing on a consumer's creditworthiness, credit

standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal

characteristics, or mode of living by a consumer reporting agency, furnisher,

or user that provides information for use in a consumer report, and by a user

of a consumer report, but only to the extent that such activity is regulated by

and authorized under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. sec.

1681 et seq.;

(m) Personal data collected, processed, sold, or disclosed in compliance with the

federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. sec. 2721 et seq.;

(n) Personal data regulated by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy

Act, 20 U.S.C. sec. 1232g et seq.;

(o) Personal data collected, processed, sold, or disclosed in compliance with the

federal Farm Credit Act, 12 U.S.C. sec. 2001 et seq.;

(p) Data processed or maintained:

1. In the course of an individual applying to, employed by, or acting as an

agent or independent contractor of a controller, processor, or third party,

to the extent that the data is collected and used within the context of that

role;

2. As the emergency contact information of an individual used for

emergency contact purposes; or

3. That is necessary to retain to administer benefits for another individual

relating to the individual under subparagraph 1. of this paragraph and

used for the purposes of administering those benefits;

(q) Data processed by a utility, an affiliate of a utility, or a holding company

system organized specifically for the purpose of providing goods or services

to a utility as defined in KRS 278.010. For purposes of this paragraph,

"holding company system" means two (2) or more affiliated persons, one (1)

or more of which is a utility; and

(r) Personal data collected and used for purposes of federal policy under the

Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005.

(4) Controllers and processors that comply with the verifiable parental consent

requirements of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. sec. 6501

et seq., shall be deemed compliant with any obligation to obtain parental consent

under KRS 367.3611 to 367.3629.