Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB5808

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for an operator of a video service or a home entertainment device that is connected to a means of visual display to collect visual, auditory, location, or electromagnetic information from the vicinity of the device unless the device displays an onscreen message and provides a description of the types of information that will be collected and how that information will be used. Provides that, if an operator offers a video service involving the collection of visual or auditory information from the vicinity of the device used to display the video programing stream to the consumer of if a consumer's home entertainment device is a recording device, the operator or device maker, respectively, must offer a video service on home entertainment device that does not involve the collection of that information but is otherwise identical. Contains provisions regarding disclosures, alternative service or equipment, and other matters.

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