093_SB0404

 
                                     LRB093 09317 BDD 09550 b

 1        AN ACT concerning information about children.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 1. Short title. This Act  may  be  cited  as  the
 5    Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act.

 6        Section  5.  Prohibited  acts.  The  following  acts  are
 7    prohibited:
 8        (a)  the   sale   or  purchase  of  personal  information
 9    concerning children without parental consent;
10        (b)  the processing of  personal  information  concerning
11    children by prisoners or convicted sex offenders; and
12        (c)  the  distribution or exchange of children's personal
13    information that one has reason to believe will  be  used  to
14    harm or abuse a child.

15        Section  10.  Information brokers and solicitors. Persons
16    who broker, solicit,  or  facilitate  the  sale  of  personal
17    information concerning children are required:
18        (a)  to disclose to parents, upon request, the source and
19    content  of personal information on file with regard to their
20    children; and
21        (b)  to disclose to parents, upon request, the  names  of
22    persons  or entities that have received or solicited personal
23    information with regard to their children.

24        Section 15. Penalty. Violation of this Act is a  Class  A
25    misdemeanor.