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AI Summary
This bill mandates online services to enhance privacy settings for minors, restricts notifications between 9 PM and 7 AM on school nights, and provides tools against dark patterns.
Business Impact
If you operate online services in Kentucky, you must enhance privacy settings for minors by July 1, 2024, or face penalties.
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— Filed in the legislature; not yet heard in committee
In Committee
— Assigned to and being reviewed by a legislative committee
Passed
— Approved by one or both chambers; awaiting further action
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— Signed into law by the governor; may or may not be in effect yet
Dead / Vetoed
— Vetoed, failed to pass, or session expired without action
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What This Means
Kentucky's HB633, also known as the Kentucky Kid's Code, focuses on data privacy for minors, requiring online services to set the highest privacy defaults for users under 18. It prohibits notifications and push alerts to covered minors between 9 PM and 7 AM on school nights and provides default settings and tools to shield minors from profiling, targeted advertising for prohibited products, or the use of dark patterns.
Key Provisions
- Defines key terms related to data privacy and minors.
- Requires online services to set highest privacy defaults for minors.
- Prohibits notifications and push alerts to covered minors between 9 PM and 7 AM on school nights.
- Provides default settings and tools for minors and parents to protect against profiling, targeted advertising for prohibited products, or the use of dark patterns.
- Provides tools specifically to protect against the use of 'dark patterns' to impair a minor's choice.
- Amends existing statutes to conform with new provisions.
- Creates a new section of KRS 367.3611 to 367.3629 as part of the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act.
Latest Legislative Action
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Bill Sponsors
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| B. Wesley | Primary |
| R. Palumbo | Primary |
| V. Grossl | Primary |
Compliance Checklist
Configure default privacy settings to the highest level for minors.
Who: Covered online services.
Deadline: Not specified.
Penalty: Not specified.
Who: Covered online services.
Deadline: Not specified.
Penalty: Not specified.
Provide parents with tools to protect minors from profiling.
Who: Covered online services.
Deadline: Not specified.
Penalty: Not specified.
Who: Covered online services.
Deadline: Not specified.
Penalty: Not specified.
Restrict notifications and push alerts to minors during specified hours.
Who: Covered online services.
Deadline: Not specified.
Penalty: Not specified.
Who: Covered online services.
Deadline: Not specified.
Penalty: Not specified.
Full Legal Analysis
HB633, which may be cited as the Kentucky Kid's Code, amends KRS 367.3611 to introduce definitions relevant to data privacy, particularly concerning minors. It requires covered online services to configure default privacy settings to the highest level, prohibits notifications and push alerts to covered minors between 9 PM and 7 AM on school nights, and provides minors and their parents with default settings and tools to protect against profiling, targeted advertising for prohibited products, or the use of dark patterns. The bill also provides tools specifically to protect against the use of 'dark patterns' to impair a minor's choice. Additionally, it creates a new section of KRS 367.3611 to 367.3629 as part of the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act.
Official Source
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