97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0776

 

Introduced 01/31/11, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
325 ILCS 17/15

    Amends the Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning information brokers.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children's Privacy Protection and Parental
5Empowerment Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (325 ILCS 17/15)
7    Sec. 15. Information brokers.
8    (a) For the the purpose of this Act, the consent of a
9parent to the sale or purchase of information concerning a
10child is presumed unless the parent withdraws consent under
11this Section.
12    A person who brokers or facilitates the sale of personal
13information concerning children must, upon written request
14from a parent that specifically identifies the child, provide
15to the parent within 20 days of the written request procedures
16that the parent must follow in order to withdraw consent to use
17personal information relating to that child. The person who
18brokers or facilitates the sale of personal information must
19discontinue disclosing a child's personal information within
2020 days after the parent has completed the procedures to
21withdraw consent to use personal information relating to that
22child.
23    (b) This Section does not apply to any of the following:

 

 

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1        (1) Any federal, state, or local government agency or
2    any law enforcement agency.
3        (2) The National Center for Missing and Exploited
4    Children.
5        (3) Any educational institution, consortium,
6    organization, or professional association, including but
7    not limited to, public community colleges, public
8    universities, post-secondary educational institutions as
9    defined in the Private College Act, and private business
10    and vocational schools as defined in the Private Business
11    and Vocational Schools Act.
12        (4) Any not-for-profit entity that is exempt from the
13    payment of federal taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the
14    Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
15(Source: P.A. 93-462, eff. 1-1-04.)