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AB966-ASA1,9,77 1. A home address.
AB966-ASA1,9,88 2. A home or personal mobile telephone number.
AB966-ASA1,9,99 3. A personal email address.
AB966-ASA1,9,1110 4. A social security number, driver's license number, federal tax identification
11number, or state tax identification number.
AB966-ASA1,9,1312 5. Except as required under ch. 11, a bank account or credit or debit card
13information.
AB966-ASA1,9,1614 6. A license plate number or other unique identifiers of a vehicle owned, leased,
15or regularly used by a judicial officer or an immediate family member of a judicial
16officer.
AB966-ASA1,9,1817 7. The identification of children under the age of 18 of a judicial officer or an
18immediate family member of a judicial officer.
AB966-ASA1,9,1919 8. The full date of birth.
AB966-ASA1,9,2020 9. Marital status.
AB966-ASA1,9,2421 (h) “Publicly available content” means any written, printed, or electronic
22document or record that provides information or that serves as a document or record
23maintained, controlled, or in the possession of a government agency that may be
24obtained by any person or entity, from the Internet, from the government agency

1upon request either free of charge or for a fee, or in response to a public records
2request under ch. 19.
AB966-ASA1,10,43 (i) “Publicly post or display” means to intentionally communicate or otherwise
4make available to the general public.
AB966-ASA1,10,75 (j) “Transfer” means to sell, license, trade, or exchange for consideration the
6personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer's immediate family
7member.
AB966-ASA1,10,128 (k) “Written request” means written notice signed by a judicial officer or a
9representative of the judicial officer's employer requesting a government agency,
10business, association, or other person to refrain from publicly posting or displaying
11publicly available content that includes the personal information of the judicial
12officer or judicial officer's immediate family.
AB966-ASA1,10,25 13(2) Publicly posting or displaying a judicial officer's personal information
14by a government agency.
(a) A government agency may not publicly post or display
15publicly available content that includes a judicial officer's personal information,
16provided that the government agency has received a written request in accordance
17with sub. (4) that it refrain from disclosing the judicial officer's personal information.
18After a government agency has received a written request, that agency shall remove
19the judicial officer's personal information from publicly available content within 10
20business days. After the government agency has removed the judicial officer's
21personal information from publicly available content, the agency may not publicly
22post or display the information, and the judicial officer's personal information shall
23be exempt from inspection and copying under s. 19.35 unless the government agency
24has received consent as provided under sub. (4) (e) to make the personal information
25available to the public.
AB966-ASA1,11,3
1(b) Nothing in this subsection prohibits a government agency from providing
2access to records containing the personal information of a judicial officer to a 3rd
3party if the 3rd party meets any of the following criteria:
AB966-ASA1,11,44 1. Possesses a signed consent document, as provided under sub. (4) (e).
AB966-ASA1,11,552. Is subject to the requirements of 15 USC 6801, et seq.
AB966-ASA1,11,66 3. Executes a confidentiality agreement with the government agency.
AB966-ASA1,11,10 7(3) Data brokers and other persons and businesses. (a) No data broker may
8knowingly sell, license, trade, purchase, or otherwise make available for
9consideration the personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer's
10immediate family.
AB966-ASA1,11,1511 (b) 1. No person, business, or association may publicly post or display on the
12Internet publicly available content that includes the personal information of a
13judicial officer or the judicial officer's immediate family, provided that the judicial
14officer has made a written request to the person, business, or association that it
15refrain from disclosing or acquiring the personal information.
AB966-ASA1,11,1616 2. Subdivision 1. does not apply to any of the following:
AB966-ASA1,11,1917 a. Personal information that the judicial officer or an immediate family
18member of the judicial officer voluntarily publishes on the Internet after the effective
19date of this subd. 2. a. .... [LRB inserts date].
AB966-ASA1,11,2120 b. Personal information lawfully received from a state or federal government
21source, including from an employee or agent of the state or federal government.
AB966-ASA1,12,422 (c) 1. After a person, business, or association has received a written request
23from a judicial officer to protect the privacy of the personal information of the judicial
24officer and the judicial officer's immediate family, the person, business, or
25association shall remove from the Internet, within 10 days, the personal information

1identified in the request; ensure that the information is not made available on any
2website or subsidiary website controlled by that person, business, or association; and
3identify any other instances of the identified information that should also be
4removed.
AB966-ASA1,12,75 2. After receiving a judicial officer's written request, no person, business, or
6association may transfer the judicial officer's personal information to any other
7person, business, or association through any medium, except as follows:
AB966-ASA1,12,118 a. The person, business, or association may transfer personal information that
9the judicial officer or an immediate family member of the judicial officer voluntarily
10publishes on the Internet after the effective date of this subd. 2. a. .... [LRB inserts
11date].
AB966-ASA1,12,1412 b. The person, business, or association may transfer the judicial officer's
13personal information at the request of the judicial officer if the transfer is necessary
14to effectuate a request to the person, business, or association from the judicial officer.
AB966-ASA1,12,19 15(4) Procedure for completing a written request for protection of personal
16information.
(a) No government agency, person, business, or association may be
17found to have violated any provision of this section if the judicial officer fails to
18submit a written request calling for the protection of the personal information of the
19judicial officer or the judicial officer's immediate family.
AB966-ASA1,12,2120 (b) 1. A written request under this subsection is valid if the request meets the
21requirements of par. (d) and if the judicial officer does any of the following:
AB966-ASA1,12,2322 a. Sends the written request directly to a government agency, person, business,
23or association.
AB966-ASA1,13,3
1b. If the director of state courts has a policy and procedure for a judicial officer
2to file the written request with the director of state court's office to notify government
3agencies, the judicial officer sends the written request to the director of state courts.
AB966-ASA1,13,104 2. In each quarter of a calendar year, the director of state courts shall provide
5to the appropriate officer with ultimate supervisory authority for a government
6agency a list of all judicial officers who have submitted a written request under subd.
71. b. The officer shall promptly provide a copy of the list to the government agencies
8under his or her supervision. Receipt of the written request list compiled by the
9director of state courts office by a government agency shall constitute a written
10request to that agency for purposes of this subsection.
AB966-ASA1,13,1511 (c) A representative from the judicial officer's employer may submit a written
12request on the judicial officer's behalf, provided that the judicial officer has given
13written consent to the representative and provided that the representative agrees
14to furnish a copy of that consent when the written request is made. The
15representative shall submit the written request as provided under par. (b).
AB966-ASA1,13,2516 (d) A judicial officer's written request shall be made on a form prescribed by the
17director of state courts and shall specify what personal information shall be
18maintained as private. If a judicial officer wishes to identify a secondary residence
19as a home address, the designation shall be made in the written request. A judicial
20officer's written request shall disclose the identity of the officer's immediate family
21and indicate that the personal information of these family members shall also be
22excluded to the extent that it could reasonably be expected to reveal personal
23information of the judicial officer. Any person receiving a written request form
24submitted by or on behalf of a judicial officer under this paragraph shall treat the
25submission as confidential.
AB966-ASA1,14,2
1(e) 1. A judicial officer's written request is valid for 10 years or until the judicial
2officer's death, whichever occurs first.
AB966-ASA1,14,53 2. Notwithstanding a judicial officer's written request, a government agency,
4person, business, or association may release personal information otherwise subject
5to the written request under any of the following circumstances:
AB966-ASA1,14,66 a. As required in response to a court order.
AB966-ASA1,14,97 b. If a judicial officer or immediate family member of the judicial officer
8consents to the release of his or her own personal information as provided under
9subd. 3.
AB966-ASA1,14,1210 c. If the judicial officer provides the government agency, person, business, or
11association with consent to release the personal information as provided under subd.
123.
AB966-ASA1,14,1713 3. A judicial officer or immediate family member of the judicial officer may
14consent to release personal information otherwise protected by a judicial officer's
15written request if the consent is made in writing on a form prescribed by the director
16of state courts. An immediate family member of the judicial officer may only consent
17to the release of his or her own personal information.
AB966-ASA1,14,23 18(5) (a) A judicial officer whose personal information is made public as a result
19of a violation of this section may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory
20relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding s. 814.04, if the court
21grants injunctive or declaratory relief, the governmental agency, business,
22association, data broker, or other person responsible for the violation shall be
23required to pay the judicial officer's costs and reasonable attorney fees.
AB966-ASA1,15,224 (b) Provided that an employee of a government agency has complied with the
25conditions set forth in sub. (2), it is not a violation of this section if an employee of

1a government agency publishes personal information, in good faith, on the website
2of the government agency in the ordinary course of carrying out public functions.
AB966-ASA1,15,103 (c) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly publicly post or display on the
4Internet the personal information of a judicial officer or of the judicial officer's
5immediate family if the person intends the public posting or display of the personal
6information to create or increase a threat to the health and safety of the judicial
7officer or the judicial officer's immediate family and, under the circumstances, bodily
8injury or death of the judicial officer or a member of the judicial officer's immediate
9family is a natural and probable consequence of the posting or display. A person who
10violates this paragraph is guilty of a Class G felony.
AB966-ASA1,15,12 11(6) This section shall be construed broadly to favor the protection of the
12personal information of judicial officers and the immediate family of judicial officers.
AB966-ASA1,8 13Section 8 . Effective date.
AB966-ASA1,15,1514 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 13th month beginning after
15publication.
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