Bill Text: IL HB0776 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0776 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0776-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB0776 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.
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A BILL FOR
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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)
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:

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(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.
(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. 93-462, eff. 1-1-04.)