{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-526.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 526.070","heading":"Eavesdropping -- Exceptions.","body":"A person is not guilty under this chapter when he:\n(1) Inadvertently overhears the communication through a regularly installed telephone\nparty line or on a telephone extension but does not divulge it; or\n(2) Is an employee of a communications common carrie r who, while acting in the\ncourse of his employment, intercepts, discloses or uses a communication\ntransmitted through the facilities of his employer for a purpose which is a necessary\nincident to the rendition of the service or to the protection of the ri ghts or the\nproperty of the carrier of such communication, provided however that\ncommunications common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random\nmonitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks.","path":["KRS Chapter 526"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19954","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:04Z","sha256":"60e6d0cdeae0e7c8d7e899c01288fd1080ee6981617e8cd95cdd27e120e694d7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-526.060","next":"us-ky/krs-526.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}