HB0996 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0996

Introduced , 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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning children.

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

Section 5. The Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(325 ILCS 17/15)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2015)

Sec. 15. Information brokers.

(a) For the the purpose of this Act, the consent of a parent to the sale or purchase of information concerning a child is presumed unless the parent withdraws consent under this Section.

A person who brokers or facilitates the sale of personal information concerning children must, upon written request from a parent that specifically identifies the child, provide to the parent within 20 days of the written request procedures that the parent must follow in order to withdraw consent to use personal information relating to that child. The person who brokers or facilitates the sale of personal information must discontinue disclosing a child's personal information within 20 days after the parent has completed the procedures to withdraw consent to use personal information relating to that child.

(b) This Section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Any federal, state, or local government agency or any law enforcement agency.

(2) The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

(3) Any educational institution, consortium, organization, or professional association, including but not limited to, public community colleges, public universities, post-secondary educational institutions as defined in the Private College Act, and private business and vocational schools as defined in the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012.

(4) Any not-for-profit entity that is exempt from the payment of federal taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(Source: P.A. 97-650, eff. 2-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 98-707, eff. 1-1-15.)