98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4698

 

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 510/2  from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 312

    Amends the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Includes within the scope of the Act knowingly making a false or misleading statement in a privacy policy published on the Internet or otherwise distributed or published regarding the use of personal information submitted by members of the public.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act is
5amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 510/2)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 312)
7    Sec. 2. Deceptive trade practices.
8    (a) A person engages in a deceptive trade practice when, in
9the course of his or her business, vocation, or occupation, the
10person:
11        (1) passes off goods or services as those of another;
12        (2) causes likelihood of confusion or of
13    misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship, approval,
14    or certification of goods or services;
15        (3) causes likelihood of confusion or of
16    misunderstanding as to affiliation, connection, or
17    association with or certification by another;
18        (4) uses deceptive representations or designations of
19    geographic origin in connection with goods or services;
20        (5) represents that goods or services have
21    sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses,
22    benefits, or quantities that they do not have or that a
23    person has a sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation,

 

 

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1    or connection that he or she does not have;
2        (6) represents that goods are original or new if they
3    are deteriorated, altered, reconditioned, reclaimed, used,
4    or secondhand;
5        (7) represents that goods or services are of a
6    particular standard, quality, or grade or that goods are a
7    particular style or model, if they are of another;
8        (8) disparages the goods, services, or business of
9    another by false or misleading representation of fact;
10        (9) advertises goods or services with intent not to
11    sell them as advertised;
12        (10) advertises goods or services with intent not to
13    supply reasonably expectable public demand, unless the
14    advertisement discloses a limitation of quantity;
15        (11) makes false or misleading statements of fact
16    concerning the reasons for, existence of, or amounts of
17    price reductions;
18        (12) engages in any other conduct which similarly
19    creates a likelihood of confusion or misunderstanding; .
20        (13) knowingly makes a false or misleading statement in
21    a disclosure of practices regarding uses of information
22    collected in connection with a privacy policy, published on
23    the Internet or otherwise distributed or published,
24    regarding the use of personal information submitted by
25    members of the public.
26    (b) In order to prevail in an action under this Act, a

 

 

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1plaintiff need not prove competition between the parties or
2actual confusion or misunderstanding.
3    (c) This Section does not affect unfair trade practices
4otherwise actionable at common law or under other statutes of
5this State.
6(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01)