A person may not use any device to listen to, record, or
amplify a private conversation in a private place
without the consent of at least one party.
A person may not film or photograph another person
who is nude or in a state of undress without the
person’s consent in a place where the person has a
reasonable expectation of privacy.
Breach of privacy is knowingly and without lawful
authority: (1) intercepting, without the consent of the
sender or receiver, a message by telephone, telegraph,
letter or other means of private communication; or (2)
installing or using outside or inside a private place any
device for hearing, recording, amplifying or
broadcasting sounds originating in such place, which
sounds would not ordinarily be audible or
comprehensible without the use of such device,
without the consent of the person or persons entitled
to privacy therein. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21‐6101(a)(1), (4)
"Private place" is a place where one may reasonably
expect to be safe from uninvited intrusion or
surveillance. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21‐6101(f)
Breach of privacy is knowingly and without lawful
authority installing or using a concealed camcorder,
motion picture camera or photographic camera of any
type, to secretly videotape, film, photograph or record
by electronic or other means, another, identifiable
person under or through the clothing being worn by
that other person or another identifiable person who
is nude or in a state of undress, for the purpose of
viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by,
that other person, without the consent or knowledge
of that other person, with the intent to invade the
privacy of that other person, under circumstances in
which the other person has a reasonable expectation
of privacy. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21‐6101(a)(6)
A person may not overhear or record an oral
communication without the consent of at least one
party to that communication.
A person may not use a hidden camera or any image‐
recording device to view, photograph or film a person
who is nude or performing sexual conduct without the
person’s consent in a place where the person has a
reasonable expectation of privacy.
A person is guilty of eavesdropping (to overhear,
record, amplify or transmit any part of a wire or oral
communication of others without the consent of at
least one party thereto by means of any electronic,
mechanical or other device) when he intentionally uses
any device to eavesdrop, whether or not he is present
at the time. No offense is committed if the
eavesdropping takes place with the consent of at least
one party to the communication. The offense requires
the use of some type of eavesdropping device and a
person who desires privacy of communication has the
responsibility to take the steps necessary to ensure
that his conversation cannot be overheard by the
ordinary ear. Ky. Rev. Stat. §§ 526.010, .020
A person may not use any camera, videotape, photo
optical, photoelectric, or other image recording device
for the purpose of observing, viewing, photographing,
filming, or videotaping the sexual conduct, genitals, an
undergarment worn without being publicly visible, or
nipple of the female breast of another person without
that person's consent, when the other person is in a
place where a reasonable person would believe that
his or her sexual conduct, genitals, undergarments, or
nipple of the female breast will not be observed,
viewed, photographed, filmed, or videotaped without
his or her knowledge Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 531.090
A person may record oral conversations where either
the person is a party to the conversation or at least
one of the participants has consented to the recording.
A person may not use any type of camera to observe or
record a person where that person has not consented
if the recording is for a lewd or lascivious purpose or
that person is in a place where they have a reasonable
A person not acting under color of law may intercept a
wire, electronic, or oral communication where such
person is a party to the communication or where one
of the parties to the communication has given prior
consent to such interception, unless such
communication is intercepted for the purpose of
committing any criminal or tortious act. La. Rev. Stat.
Ann. § 15:1303(c)(4)
It is prohibited to use any camera or other image
recording device for the purpose of observing,
viewing, photographing, filming, or videotaping a
person where that person has not consented to the
observing, and it is either for a lewd or lascivious
purpose or the observing occurs in a place where an
identifiable person has a reasonable expectation of
privacy. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:283(a)(1)