To: The Kansas Legislature, Senate Committee on Judiciary, and House Committee on Judiciary

 

We, the residents and citizens of Kansas, call on the Kansas Legislature to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy law in the 2027 legislative session.

Kansas currently provides no statutory rights over personal data. Businesses operating in Kansas can collect, sell, share, and profit from your personal information without your knowledge or consent. You have no legal right to see what they hold, correct errors, or demand deletion.

Roughly 20 states have already passed comprehensive privacy laws, including California, Texas, Virginia, and Colorado. Kansas residents are left without protections that millions of other Americans now have.

 

This is not an abstract concern. Your name, location, financial habits, health-related searches, political views, and daily routines are collected by data brokers, apps, and retailers. That data is sold. You receive nothing. You have no recourse.

 

What We Are Asking For.

 

We call on the Kansas Legislature to pass a law granting every Kansas resident the following rights:

 

1. The right to request a copy of all personal data a business holds about you
 2. The right to demand deletion of your personal data
 3. The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data
 4. The right to opt out of targeted advertising based on your data
 5. The right to correct inaccurate personal data held by a business
 6. The right to meaningful enforcement when these rights are violated

 

Why This Matters Now

 

The 2025-2026 legislative session closed without a comprehensive privacy bill. The Legislature advanced SB 372, an app store age-verification and parental consent bill, which passed the Senate but did not clear the House. That bill, while useful, addresses one narrow issue. It does not give Kansas residents control over their own data.

 

Every session without action is another year your personal information is bought and sold without your consent.

 

Our Demand

 

We call on the Kansas Senate Committee on Judiciary and the House Committee on Judiciary to schedule hearings on comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation no later than January 2027. We call on the full Legislature to pass a bill and send it to the Governor before the 2027 session closes.

Kansas residents deserve what residents of 20 other states already have: the right to control their own information.