93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5355


 
Introduced 02/06/04, by 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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    AN ACT concerning children. 

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


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


 
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    (325 ILCS 17/15)

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    Sec. 15. Information brokers.


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

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this Section.


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

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discontinue disclosing a child's personal information within 
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20 days after the
parent has
completed the procedures to 
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withdraw consent to use personal information
relating to that

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child.


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


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


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


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        (3) Any educational institution, consortium, 
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    organization, or professional
association, including but 
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    not limited to, public community colleges, public

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    universities, post-secondary educational institutions as 
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    defined in the Private
College Act, and private business 
 


 






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    and vocational schools as defined in the
Private
Business 
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    and Vocational Schools Act.


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


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(Source: P.A. 93-462, eff. 1-1-04.)