Kentucky secretary of state announces new program to protect domestic violence survivors

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Secretary of State Michael Adams announced further protections for victims of domestic violence in Kentucky.

According to a release by the Office of the Secretary of State on Tuesday, his office has arranged with DeleteMe, a national privacy information removal service, to allow for participants in the Kentucky Safe at Home Program to access online data removal tools for free.

Adams says last year, he extended protections to domestic violence survivors to prevent their information from being displayed on government records.

This year, he says he is proud to extend those protections to information that can be found easily online.

DeleteMe locates and removes personally identifiable information from being collected and sold or shared online by data brokers without permission, the release says. Removing this information can reduce the chances of abusers finding their victims.

Safe at Home participants need to opt in to be enrolled in the program.