Privacy in Kentucky for first responders
What state law protects, what still leaks, and what we sweep beyond it.
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Kentucky maintains a state-level program that lets eligible officers, judges, and other protected workers use a substitute address for public records.
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- KRS §61.878(1)(a) — general public-records exemption for personal information where disclosure would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Not first-responder-specific.
- KRS §14.300 to §14.318 — Safe at Home substitute-address program; covers victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. Sworn officers are not categorically eligible.
Applicable laws
On the sources for this page: Some of the statutes cited below were verified through state-code aggregators (Justia, Cornell LII, FindLaw) rather than the Kentucky state legislature's official site. The citations are accurate to the best of our knowledge as of April 2026, but verify against your state's official records before filing or relying on a specific code section. We'll update this page when we can confirm primary sources.
What protects you in Kentucky
Kentucky has no first-responder-specific privacy statute. There's no broker-removal statute — no equivalent of New Jersey's Daniel's Law (the NJ law that lets covered officers sue data brokers for failing to remove their home address). The state-level levers are general — they apply to anyone, not specifically to sworn personnel.
KRS §61.878(1)(a) is the open records exemption. It lets agencies withhold personal information when disclosure would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The exemption is general, with no codified filing election for officers. In practice, your agency decides how to apply it record by record.
The Safe at Home program under KRS §14.300 to §14.318 is on the books, but it was written for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. Sworn officers are not categorically eligible. If you've been threatened on the job specifically, the program intake may consider that — but the standard officer threat profile alone won't qualify.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet runs a Communication Designation program for DRIVE records. The legal hook for first-responder-specific protection there is unclear in the report.
What still leaks
- County property records. Kentucky county clerks publish deed transfers and tax assessments. Brokers scrape them. The state has no redaction statute for officer property records.
- Court filings. Civil suits, divorce, and small-claims filings often include your home address unedited. KRS §61.878 doesn't reach court records.
- Out-of-state brokers. Spokeo, Whitepages, BeenVerified, and the rest don't honor Kentucky law. They source from out-of-state aggregators and commercial feeds.
Laws that work for you here
- KRS §61.878(1)(a) — the general open-records exemption for personal-privacy information. Not officer-specific. Ask your agency how they apply it to your records.
- Safe at Home (KRS §14.300 to §14.318) — substitute-address program through the Secretary of State. Eligibility is victim-based; sworn-officer eligibility on the job alone is not categorical.
What we sweep that the state doesn't
Kentucky has no state-level officer-specific privacy law. The federal DPPA covers DMV records. The broker side is what's actually leveraged here, and that's where we operate. We file standard opt-outs across 200+ people-search sites and re-check every two weeks because re-listings happen — your spouse's name, your kids' school district, every public link the brokers make back to you.