HB 22-1041

House Bill 22-1041, which has been signed into law in Colorado, enhances privacy protections for certain individuals by allowing them to request the removal of their personal information from the internet if they believe it poses an imminent threat to their safety or that of their immediate family. This bill applies to professionals like child representatives, health-care workers, and animal protection officers, among others. It also requires these individuals to provide their full name and home address when making such requests for privacy. Additionally, the law allows certain people access to real estate records maintained by local government offices under specific circumstances related to property matters. This means that the protections are now in effect and being enforced in Colorado.

Official Summary

The act adds child representatives, code enforcement officers, health-care workers, an officer or agent of the state bureau of animal protection, an animal control officer, and office of the respondent parents' counsel staff members and contractors to the list of protected persons whose personal information may be withheld from the internet if the protected person believes dissemination of such information poses an imminent and serious threat to the protected person or the safety of the protected person's immediate family. The act adds a protected person's full name and home address to the list of personal information that the protected person's written request for removal must include. The act authorizes access to records maintained by a county recorder, county assessor, or county treasurer for certain individuals if such access is related to a real estate matter. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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