by Wendy C. Hyland, Fisher Phillips
Navigating employee privacy in the workplace is a critical responsibility for employers operating in Kentucky. This guide highlights the key aspects of Kentucky law that directly affect how organisations collect, monitor, use and protect employee information, helping HR professionals and managers balance business needs with legal compliance and employee trust.
Designed for HR leaders, compliance teams and people managers, this guide explains how Kentucky recognises the right to privacy and regulates workplace monitoring, surveillance and data protection. It covers essential topics such as wiretapping and electronic monitoring, computer‑related offences, photographing or recording employees, smoker protections and medical testing requirements. It also examines employer obligations under data protection and record‑destruction laws, supporting organizations in reducing legal risk while maintaining transparent, respectful workplace practices.
In this guide, learn about:
- State law recognition of the right to privacy
- Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
- Intrusion upon seclusion
- Appropriation of name or likeness
- Commercial use of name or likeness
- False light
- Public disclosure of private facts
- Wiretapping and electronic monitoring
- Computer offenses
- Surveillance and photographing employees
- Employee smoking
- Destruction of records with personally identifiable information
- Medical tests
- Future developments
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About the author
Fisher Phillps
Fisher Phillps represents management in the areas of labor and employment law. Their areas of expertise include employment discrimination and harassment, litigation of employment disputes, labor relations, employee leaves and wage and hour law.
With offices and attorneys admitted in almost every US jurisdiction, Fisher Phillips knows the local courts and agencies where they practice and have the resources to work seamlessly across offices to handle the most complex problems. They assist their clients with respect to global movement of employees, compliance with employment laws and codes of business ethics of other countries, and international employment contract and employee benefits issues.
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