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HB3785 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3785

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2WWW new

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a business that sells or shares a consumer's contact information to or with another must send written notice through the U.S. mail to the consumer whose information is being sold or shared and give the consumer the opportunity to opt out of the sale or sharing of the information after receiving the notice. Provides that a business that fails to comply with those requirements commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.


LRB102 17052 JLS 22480 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3785LRB102 17052 JLS 22480 b

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 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
5Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2WWW as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 505/2WWW new)
7    Sec. 2WWW. Notice of sale of consumer contact information.
8A business that sells or shares a consumer's contact
9information to or with another must: (i) send written notice
10through the United States mail to the consumer whose
11information is being sold or shared; and (ii) give the
12consumer the opportunity to opt out of the sale or sharing of
13the information after receiving the notice. A business that
14fails to comply with this Section commits an unlawful practice
15within the meaning of this Act.