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SB 340

Illinois SenateIn House Committee

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SB 340, “CIVIL LAW-TECH”, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 24, 2025 by Sen. Laura Murphy (D) with 13 co-sponsors. It was referred to Rules, and last saw action on May 31, 2026: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee.


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SB 340 has 13 co-sponsors and 4 roll calls.

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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 10. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Illinois Consumer Data Privacy Act.
Section 11. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Affiliate" means a legal entity that controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with another legal
entity. As used in this definition, "control" or "controlled"
means: ownership of or the power to vote more than 50% of the
outstanding shares of any class of voting security of a
company; control in any manner over the election of a majority
of the directors or of individuals exercising similar
functions; or the power to exercise a controlling influence
over the management of a company.
"Authenticate" means to use reasonable means to determine
that a request to exercise any of the rights under subsection
(b) of Section 14 is being made by or rightfully on behalf of
the consumer who is entitled to exercise the rights with
respect to the personal data at issue.
"Biometric identifier" has the same meaning given to that
term in the Biometric Information Privacy Act.
"Biometric information" has the same meaning given to that
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term in the Biometric Information Privacy Act.
"Child" has the meaning given in United States Code, Title
15, Section 6501.
"Collect" means to buy, rent, obtain, lease, access,
receive, or otherwise acquire personal data in any manner.
"Consent" means any freely given, specific, informed, and
unambiguous indication of the consumer's wishes by which the
consumer signifies agreement to the processing of personal
data relating to the consumer. Acceptance of general or broad
terms of use or similar document that contains descriptions of
personal data processing along with other, unrelated
information does not constitute consent. Hovering over,
muting, pausing, or closing a given piece of content does not
constitute consent. A consent is not valid when the consumer's
indication has been obtained by a dark pattern. A consumer may
revoke consent previously given consistent with this Act.
"Consumer" means a natural person who is an Illinois
resident acting only in an individual or household context.
Consumer does not include a natural person acting in a
commercial or employment context.
"Controller" means the natural or legal person who, alone
or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of
the processing of personal data.
"Decisions that produce legal or similarly significant
effects concerning the consumer" means decisions made by the
controller that result in the provision or denial by the
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controller of financial or lending services, housing,
insurance, education enrollment or opportunity, criminal
justice, employment opportunities, health care services, or
access to essential goods or services.
"Dark pattern" means a user interface designed or
manipulated with the substantial effect of subverting or
impairing user autonomy, decision-making, or choice.
"Deidentified data" means data that cannot reasonably be
used to infer information about or otherwise be linked to an
identified or identifiable natural person or a device linked
to an identified or identifiable natural person, provided that
the controller that possesses the data:
(1) takes reasonable measures to ensure that the data
cannot be associated with a natural person;
(2) publicly commits to process the data only in a
deidentified fashion and not attempt to reidentify the
data; and
(3) contractually obligates any recipients of the
information to comply with all provisions of this
definition.
"Delete" means to remove or destroy information so that it
is not maintained in human- or machine-readable form and
cannot be retrieved or used in the ordinary course of
business.
"Genetic information" has the meaning ascribed to the term
under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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of 1996 as specified in 45 CFR 160.103.
"Identified or identifiable natural person" means a person
who can be readily identified, directly or indirectly.
"Known child" means a person under circumstances in which
a controller has actual knowledge of, or willfully disregards,
that the person is under 13 years of age.
"Personal data" means any information that is linked or
reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural
person. "Personal data" does not include deidentified data,
pseudonymous data, or publicly available information. As used
in this definition, "publicly available information" means
information that (1) is lawfully made available from federal,
state, or local government records or (2) a controller has a
reasonable basis to believe has lawfully been made available
to the general public.
"Process" or "processing" means any operation or set of
operations that are performed on personal data or on sets of
personal data, whether or not by automated means, including,
but not limited to, the collection, use, storage, disclosure,
analysis, deletion, sharing, retention, organizing,
structuring, or modification of personal data.
"Processor" means a natural or legal person who processes
personal data on behalf of a controller.
"Profiling" means any form of automated processing of
personal data to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal
aspects related to an identified or identifiable natural
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person's economic situation, health, personal preferences,
interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.
Profiling does not include automated processing used solely
for independent measurement.
"Pseudonymous data" means personal data that cannot be
attributed to a specific natural person without the use of
additional information, provided that the additional
information is kept separately and is subject to appropriate
technical and organizational measures to ensure that the
personal data are not attributed to an identified or
identifiable natural person.
"Sale", "sell", or "sold" means the exchange of personal
data for monetary or other valuable consideration by the
controller, processor, or an affiliate of the controller or
processor to a third party. "Sale" does not include the
following:
(1) the disclosure of personal data to a processor who
processes the personal data on behalf of the controller if
limited to the purposes of processing;
(2) the disclosure of personal data to a third party
for purposes of providing a product or service requested
by the consumer;
(3) the disclosure or transfer of personal data to an
affiliate of the controller;
(4) the disclosure of information that the consumer
intentionally made available to the general public via a
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channel of mass media and did not restrict to a specific
audience; or
(5) the disclosure or transfer of personal data to a
third party as an asset that is part of a completed or
proposed merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other
transaction in which the third party assumes control of
all or part of the controller's assets.
"Sensitive data" is a form of personal data. "Sensitive
data" means:
(1) personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin,
religious beliefs, mental or physical health condition or
diagnosis, sexual orientation, or citizenship or
immigration status;
(2) the processing of biometric identifiers or
information or genetic information for the purpose of
uniquely identifying an individual;
(3) the personal data of a known child;
(4) specific geolocation data;
(5) information that reveals the status of
identifiable natural person as a victim of a crime; or
(6) a government-issued identifier, including a social
security number, passport number, or a driver's license
number, that is not required by law to be displayed in
public.
"Specific geolocation data" means information derived from
technology, including, but not limited to, global positioning
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system level latitude and longitude coordinates or other
mechanisms that can precisely and accurately identify the
specific location of a consumer or a device linked with a
consumer within a radius of 1,750 feet. Specific geolocation
data does not include the content of communications, the
contents of databases containing street address information
that are accessible to the public as authorized by law, or any
data generated by or connected to advanced utility metering
infrastructure systems or other equipment for use by a public
utility.
"Targeted advertising" means displaying advertisements to
a consumer or to a device linked to a consumer in which the
advertisement is selected based on personal data obtained or
inferred from the consumer's activities over time and across
nonaffiliated websites or online applications to predict the
consumer's preferences or interests. Targeted advertising does
not include:
(1) advertising based on activities within a
controller's own websites or online applications;
(2) advertising based on the context of a consumer's
current search query or visit to a website or online
application;
(3) advertising to a consumer in response to the
consumer's request for information or feedback; or
(4) processing personal data solely for measuring or
reporting content and advertising performance, reach, or
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frequency, including independent measurement.
(z) "Third party" means a natural or legal person, public
authority, agency, or body other than the consumer,
controller, processor, or an affiliate of the processor or the
controller.
(aa) "Trade secret" has the same meaning given to the term
in the Illinois Trade Secrets Act.
Section 12. Scope; exclusions.
(a)(1) Scope. This Act applies to legal entities that
conduct business in Illinois or produce products or services
that are targeted to Illinois residents, and that satisfy one
or more of the following thresholds:
(A) during a calendar year, collects or processes
personal data of 100,000 consumers or more, excluding
personal data controlled or processed solely for the
purpose of completing a payment transaction; or
(B) derives over 25% of gross revenue from the sale of
personal data and processes or collects personal data of
25,000 consumers or more.
(2) A controller or processor shall comply with the
Student Online Personal Protection Act, except that if the
provisions of that Act conflict with this Act, the Student
Online Personal Protection Act prevails.
(3) All legal entities shall comply with the Biometric
Information Privacy Act and the Genetic Information Privacy
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Act.
(b) Exclusions. The provisions of this Act do not apply to
the following entities, activities, or types of information:
(1) the State, a political subdivision of the State,
units of local government, and school districts;
(2) a federally recognized Indian tribe;
(3) information that meets the definition of:
(A) protected health information, as defined by
and for purposes of the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191,
and related regulations;
(B) health records, that includes, but is not
limited to, any information, whether oral or recorded
in any form or medium, that relates to the past,
present, or future physical or mental health or
condition of a patient; the provision of health care
to a patient; or the past, present, or future payment
for the provision of health care to a patient;
(C) patient identifying information for purposes
of Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42, Part 2,
established pursuant to the United States Code, Title
42, Section 290dd-2;
(D) identifiable private information for purposes
of the federal policy for the protection of human
subjects, the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 45,
Part 46; identifiable private information that is
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otherwise information collected as part of human
subjects research under the good clinical practice
guidelines issued by the International Council for
Harmonisation; the protection of human subjects under
the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 50
and 56; or personal data used or shared in research
conducted in accordance with one or more of the
requirements set forth in this paragraph;
(E) information and documents created for purposes
of the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of
1986, Public Law 99-660, and related regulations; or
(F) patient safety work product for purposes of
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42, Part 3,
established under the United States Code, Title 42,
Sections 299b-21 to 299b-26;
(4) information that is derived from any of the health
care-related information listed in clause (3), but that
has been deidentified in accordance with the requirements
for deidentification set forth in the Code of Federal
Regulations, Title 45, Part 164;
(5) information originating from, and intermingled to
be indistinguishable with, any of the health care-related
information listed in clause (3) that is maintained by:
(A) a covered entity or business associate, as
defined by the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, and
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related regulations to the extent the entity is acting
as a covered entity or business associate under the
Privacy and Security rules issued by the United States
Department of Health and Human Services, Parts 160 and
164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations;
(B) a health care provider, to include, but not be
limited to, any public or private facility that
provides, on an inpatient or outpatient basis,
preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, convalescent,
rehabilitation, mental health, or intellectual
disability services, including general or special
hospitals, skilled nursing homes, extended care
facilities, intermediate care facilities and mental
health centers; or
(C) a program or a qualified service organization,
as defined by Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42,
Part 2, established pursuant to United States Code,
Title 42, Section 290dd-2;
(6) information that is:
(A) maintained by an entity that meets the
definition of health care provider under the Code of
Federal Regulations, Title 45, Section 160.103, to the
extent that the entity maintains the information in
the manner required of covered entities with respect
to protected health information for purposes of the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
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1996, Public Law 104-191, and related regulations;
(B) included in a limited data set, as described
under the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 45, Part
164.514(e), to the extent that the information is
used, disclosed, and maintained in the manner
specified by that part;
(C) maintained by, or maintained to comply with
the rules or orders of, a self-regulatory organization
as defined by the United States Code, Title 15,
Section 78c(a)(26) or of a registered futures
association as designated under the United States
Code, Title 7, Section 21;
(D) originated from, or intermingled with,
information described in clause (9) and that a
residential mortgage originator or residential
mortgage servicer regulated under the Residential
Mortgage License Act of 1987 collects, processes,
uses, or maintains in the same manner as required
under the laws and regulations specified in clause
(9); or
(E) originated from, or intermingled with,
information described in clause (9) and that a nonbank
financial institution collects, processes, uses, or
maintains in the same manner as required under the
laws and regulations specified in clause (9);
(7) information used only for public health activities
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and purposes, as described under the Code of Federal
Regulations, Title 45, Part 164.512;
(8) an activity involving the collection, maintenance,
disclosure, sale, communication, or use of any personal
data bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit
standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation,
personal characteristics, or mode of living by a consumer
reporting agency, as defined in the United States Code,
Title 15, Section 1681a(f), by a furnisher of information,
as set forth in the United States Code, Title 15, Section
1681s-2, who provides information for use in a consumer
report, as defined in the United States Code, Title 15,
Section 1681a(d), and by a user of a consumer report, as
set forth in the United States Code, Title 15, Section
1681b, except that information is only excluded under this
paragraph to the extent that the activity involving the
collection, maintenance, disclosure, sale, communication,
or use of the information by the agency, furnisher, or
user is subject to regulation under the federal Fair
Credit Reporting Act, United States Code, Title 15,
Sections 1681 to 1681x, and the information is not
collected, maintained, used, communicated, disclosed, or
sold except as authorized by the Fair Credit Reporting
Act;
(9) financial institutions, their affiliates, and
personal data subject to the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley
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Act, Public Law 106-102, and implementing regulations;
(10) personal data collected, processed, sold, or
disclosed pursuant to the federal Driver's Privacy
Protection Act of 1994, United States Code, Title 18,
Sections 2721 to 2725, if the collection, processing,
sale, or disclosure is in compliance with that law;
(11) personal data regulated by the federal Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act, United States Code,
Title 20, Section 1232g, and implementing regulations;
(12) personal data collected, processed, sold, or
disclosed pursuant to the federal Farm Credit Act of 1971,
as amended, United States Code, Title 12, Sections 2001 to
2279cc, and implementing regulations, Code of Federal
Regulations, Title 12, Part 600, if the collection,
processing, sale, or disclosure is in compliance with that
law;
(13) data collected or maintained:
(A) in the course of an individual acting as a job
applicant to or an employee, owner, director, officer,
medical staff member, or contractor of a business if
the data is collected and used solely within the
context of the role;
(B) as the emergency contact information of an
individual under item (A) if used solely for emergency
contact purposes; or
(C) that is necessary for the business to retain
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to administer benefits for another individual relating
to the individual under item (1) if used solely for the
purposes of administering those benefits;
(14) personal data collected, processed, sold, or
disclosed under the Illinois Insurance Code;
(15) data collected, processed, sold, or disclosed as
part of a payment-only credit, check, or cash transaction
where no data about consumers, as defined in Section 11,
are retained;
(16) a State or federally chartered bank or credit
union, or an affiliate or subsidiary that is principally
engaged in financial activities, as described in the
United States Code, Title 12, Section 1843(k);
(17) information that originates from, or is
intermingled so as to be indistinguishable from,
information described in clause (8) and that a person
collects, processes, uses, or maintains in the same manner
as is required under the laws and regulations specified in
clause (8);
(18) an insurance company and an insurance producer
that are regulated by the State under the Illinois
Insurance Code, a third-party administrator of
self-insurance, or an affiliate or subsidiary of any
entity identified in this clause that is principally
engaged in financial activities, as described in the
United States Code, Title 12, Section 1843(k), except that
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this clause does not apply to a person that, alone or in
combination with another person, establishes and maintains
a self-insurance program that does not otherwise engage in
the business of entering into policies of insurance;
(19) a small business, as defined by the United States
Small Business Administration under the Code of Federal
Regulations, Title 13, Part 121, except that a small
business identified in this clause is subject to Section
17;
(20) a nonprofit organization that is established to
detect and prevent fraudulent acts in connection with
insurance; and
(21) an air carrier subject to the federal Airline
Deregulation Act, Public Law 95-504, only to the extent
that an air carrier collects personal data related to
prices, routes, or services and only to the extent that
the provisions of the Airline Deregulation Act preempt the
requirements of this Act.
Controllers that are in compliance with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act, United States Code, Title 15,
Sections 6501 to 6506, and implementing regulations, are
deemed compliant with any obligation to obtain parental
consent under this Act.
Section 13. Responsibility according to role.
(a) Controllers and processors are responsible for meeting
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the respective obligations established under this Act.
(b) Processors are responsible under this Act for adhering
to the instructions of the controller and assisting the
controller to meet the controller's obligations under this
Act. Assistance under this subsection shall include the
following:
(1) taking into account the nature of the processing,
the processor shall assist the controller by appropriate
technical and organizational measures, insofar as this is
possible, for the fulfillment of the controller's
obligation to respond to consumer requests to exercise
their rights under Section 14; and
(2) taking into account the nature of processing and
the information available to the processor, the processor
shall assist the controller in meeting the controller's
obligations in relation to the security of processing the
personal data and in relation to the notification of a
breach of the security of the system under the Illinois
Personal Information Protection Act and provide
information to the controller necessary to enable the
controller to conduct and document any data privacy and
protection assessments required by Section 18.
(c) A contract between a controller and a processor shall
govern the processor's data processing procedures with respect
to processing performed on behalf of the controller. The
contract shall be binding on both parties and clearly set
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forth instructions for processing data, the nature and purpose
of processing, the type of data subject to processing, the
duration of processing, and the rights and obligations of both
parties. The contract shall also require that the processor:
(1) ensure that each person processing the personal
data is subject to a duty of confidentiality with respect
to the data;
(2) engage a subcontractor only under a written
contract in accordance with this subsection (c) that
requires the subcontractor to meet the obligations of the
processor with respect to the personal data;
(3) at the choice of the controller, delete or return
all personal data to the controller as requested at the
end of the provision of services, unless retention of the
personal data is required by law;
(4) upon a reasonable request from the controller,
make available to the controller all information necessary
to demonstrate compliance with the obligations in this
Act; and
(5) allow for, and contribute to, reasonable
assessments and inspections by the controller or the
controller's designated assessor. Alternatively, the
processor may arrange for a qualified and independent
assessor to conduct, at least annually and at the
processor's expense, an assessment of the processor's
policies and technical and organizational measures in
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support of the obligations under this Act. The assessor
must use an appropriate and accepted control standard or
framework and assessment procedure for assessments as
applicable and provide a report of an assessment to the
controller upon request.
(d) Taking into account the context of processing, the
controller and the processor shall implement appropriate
technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of
security appropriate to the risk and establish a clear
allocation of the responsibilities between the controller and
the processor to implement the technical and organizational
measures.
(e) In no event shall any contract relieve a controller or
a processor from the liabilities imposed on a controller or
processor by virtue of the controller's or processor's roles
in the processing relationship under this Act. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Act, if a processor processes data
under a binding contract that sets forth the processing
instructions and limits the actions the processor may take
with respect to the data it processes on behalf of the
controller, the processor is not liable for the controller's
actions that led to a violation of this Act.
(f) Determining whether a person is acting as a controller
or processor with respect to a specific processing of data is a
fact-based determination that depends upon the context in
which personal data are to be processed. A person that is not
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limited in the person's processing of personal data pursuant
to a controller's instructions, or that fails to adhere to a
controller's instructions, is a controller and not a processor
with respect to a specific processing of data. A processor
that continues to adhere to a controller's instructions with
respect to a specific processing of personal data remains a
processor. If a processor begins, alone or jointly with
others, determining the purposes and means of the processing
of personal data, the processor is a controller with respect
to the processing.
Section 14. Consumer personal data rights.
(a)(1) Consumer rights provided. Except as provided in
this Act, a controller must comply with a request to exercise
the consumer rights provided in this subsection (a).
(2) A consumer has the right to confirm whether or not a
controller is processing personal data concerning the consumer
and access the personal data the controller is processing.
(3) A consumer has the right to correct inaccurate
personal data concerning the consumer taking into account the
nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing
of the personal data.
(4) A consumer has the right to delete personal data
concerning the consumer.
(5) A consumer has the right to obtain personal data
concerning the consumer, which the consumer previously
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provided to the controller, in a portable and, to the extent
technically feasible, readily usable format that allows the
consumer to transmit the data to another controller without
hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated
means.
(6) A consumer has the right to opt out of the processing
of personal data concerning the consumer for purposes of: (i)
targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of personal data, or (iii)
profiling in furtherance of automated decisions that produce
legal effects concerning a consumer or similarly significant
effects concerning a consumer.
(7) A consumer has a right to obtain general descriptions
of categories of third parties to which the controller has
disclosed the consumer's personal data, unless such a list of
specific third parties is readily available to the controller.
(b)(1) Exercising consumer rights. A consumer may exercise
the rights set forth in subsection (a) by submitting a
request, at any time, to a controller specifying which rights
the consumer wishes to exercise.
(2) In the case of processing personal data concerning a
known child, the parent or legal guardian of the known child
may exercise the rights under this Act on the child's behalf.
(3) In the case of processing personal data concerning a
consumer legally subject to guardianship under the Probate Act
of 1975, the guardian of the consumer may exercise the rights
under this Act on the consumer's behalf.
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(4) A consumer may designate another person as the
consumer's authorized agent to exercise the consumer's right
to opt out of the processing of the consumer's personal data
for purposes of targeted advertising and sale under subsection
(c)(1) on the consumer's behalf. A consumer may designate an
authorized agent by way of, among other things, a technology,
including, but not limited to, an Internet link or a browser
setting, browser extension, or global device setting,
indicating the consumer's intent to opt out of the processing.
A controller shall comply with an opt-out request received
from an authorized agent if the controller is able to verify,
with commercially reasonable effort, the identity of the
consumer and the authorized agent's authority to act on the
consumer's behalf.
(c)(1) Universal opt-out mechanisms. A controller must
allow a consumer to opt out of any processing of the consumer's
personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising,
profiling in furtherance of automated decisions that produce
legal effects concerning the consumer or any sale of the
consumer's personal data through an opt-out preference signal
sent, with the consumer's consent, by a platform, technology,
or mechanism to the controller indicating the consumer's
intent to opt out of the processing, profiling, or sale. The
platform, technology, or mechanism must:
(A) not unfairly disadvantage another controller;
(B) not make use of a default setting but require the
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consumer to make an affirmative, freely given, and
unambiguous choice to opt out of the processing of the
consumer's personal data;
(C) be consumer-friendly and easy to use by the
average consumer;
(D) be as consistent as possible with any other
similar platform, technology, or mechanism required by any
federal or State law or regulation; and
(E) enable the controller to accurately determine
whether the consumer is an Illinois resident and whether
the consumer has made a legitimate request to opt out of
any sale of the consumer's personal data profiling in
furtherance of automated decisions that produce legal
effects concerning the consumer, or targeted advertising.
For purposes of this paragraph, the use of an Internet
protocol address to estimate the consumer's location is
sufficient to determine the consumer's residence.
(2) If a consumer's opt-out request is exercised through
the platform, technology, or mechanism required under
subsection (c)(1), and the request conflicts with the
consumer's existing controller-specific privacy setting or
voluntary participation in a controller's bona fide loyalty,
rewards, premium features, discounts, or club card program,
the controller must comply with the consumer's opt-out
preference signal but may also notify the consumer of the
conflict and provide the consumer a choice to confirm the
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controller-specific privacy setting or participation in the
controller's program.
(3) A controller that recognizes opt-out preference
signals that have been approved by other state laws or
regulations is in compliance with this subdivision.
(d)(1) Controller response to consumer requests. Except as
provided in this Act, a controller must comply with a request
to exercise the rights pursuant to subsection (a).
(2) A controller must provide one or more secure and
reliable means for consumers to submit a request to exercise
the consumer's rights under this Section. The means made
available must take into account the ways in which consumers
interact with the controller and the need for secure and
reliable communication of the requests.
(3) A controller may not require a consumer to create a new
account to exercise a right, but a controller may require a
consumer to use an existing account to exercise the consumer's
rights under this Section.
(4) A controller must comply with a request to exercise
the rights under this Section as soon as feasibly possible,
but no later than 45 days after the receipt of the request,
unless the controller extends the time.
(5) A controller must inform a consumer of any action
taken on a request under subsection (b) without undue delay
and in any event within 45 days after the receipt of the
request. That period may be extended once by 45 additional
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days where reasonably necessary taking into account the
complexity and number of the requests. The controller must
inform the consumer of any extension within the original
45-day window, together with the reasons for the delay.
(6) If a controller does not take action on a consumer's
request, the controller must inform the consumer without undue
delay and at the latest within 45 days after the receipt of the
request of the reasons for not taking action and instructions
for how to appeal the decision with the controller as
described in subsection (e).
(7) Information provided under this Section must be
provided by the controller free of charge up to twice annually
to the consumer. If requests from a consumer are manifestly
unfounded or excessive, in particular because of the
repetitive character of the requests, the controller may
either charge a reasonable fee to cover the administrative
costs of complying with the request or refuse to act on the
request. The controller bears the burden of demonstrating the
manifestly unfounded or excessive character of the request.
(8) A controller is not required to comply with a request
to exercise any of the rights under subsection (a), paragraphs
(2) to (5) and (8), if the controller is unable to authenticate
the request using commercially reasonable efforts. In such
cases, the controller may request the provision of additional
information reasonably necessary to authenticate the request.
A controller is not required to authenticate an opt-out
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request, but a controller may deny an opt-out request if the
controller has a good faith, reasonable, and documented belief
that the request is fraudulent. If a controller denies an
opt-out request because the controller believes a request is
fraudulent, the controller must notify the person who made the
request that the request was denied because of the
controller's belief that the request was fraudulent and state
the controller's basis for that belief.
(9) In response to a consumer request under subsection
(b), a controller must not disclose the following information
about a consumer but must instead inform the consumer with
sufficient particularity that the controller has collected
that type of information:
(A) Social Security number;
(B) driver's license number or other government-issued
identification number;
(C) financial account number;
(D) health insurance account number or medical
identification number;
(E) account password, security questions, or answers;
or
(F) biometric identifiers or information.
(10) In response to a consumer request under subsection
(b), a controller is not required to reveal any trade secret.
(11) A controller that has obtained personal data about a
consumer from a source other than the consumer may comply with
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a consumer's request to delete the consumer's personal data
pursuant to subsection (a), paragraph (4), by either:
(A) retaining a record of the deletion request,
retaining the minimum data necessary for the purpose of
ensuring the consumer's personal data remains deleted from
the business's records and not using the retained data for
any other purpose under the provisions of this Act; or
(B) opting the consumer out of the processing of
personal data for any purpose except for the purposes
exempted pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
(e)(1) Appeal process required. A controller must
establish an internal process in which a consumer may appeal a
refusal to take action on a request to exercise any of the
rights under subsection (a) within a reasonable period of time
after the consumer's receipt of the notice sent by the
controller under subsection (d), paragraph (6).
(2) The appeal process must be conspicuously available.
The process must include the ease of use provisions in
subsection (c)(1) applicable to submitting requests.
(3) Within 45 days after the receipt of an appeal, a
controller must inform the consumer of any action taken or not
taken in response to the appeal along with a written
explanation of the reasons in support thereof. That period may
be extended by 60 additional days if reasonably necessary,
taking into account the complexity and number of the requests
serving as the basis for the appeal. The controller must
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inform the consumer of any extension within 45 days after the
receipt of the appeal together with the reasons for the delay.
(4) When informing a consumer of any action taken or not
taken in response to an appeal pursuant to paragraph (3), the
controller must provide a written explanation of the reasons
for the controller's decision and clearly and prominently
provide the consumer with information about how to file a
complaint with the Attorney General. The controller must
maintain records of all appeals and the controller's responses
for at least 24 months and shall, upon written request by the
Attorney General as part of an investigation, compile and
provide a copy of the records to the Attorney General.
Section 15. Processing deidentified data or pseudonymous
data.
(a) This Act does not require a controller or processor to
do any of the following solely for purposes of complying with
this Act:
(1) reidentify deidentified data;
(2) maintain data in identifiable form, or collect,
obtain, retain, or access any data or technology, to be
capable of associating an authenticated consumer request
with personal data; or
(3) comply with an authenticated consumer request to
access, correct, delete, or port personal data under
Section 14, subsection (a), if all of the following are
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true:
(A) the controller is not reasonably capable of
associating the request with the personal data, or it
would be unreasonably burdensome for the controller to
associate the request with the personal data;
(B) the controller does not use the personal data
to recognize or respond to the specific consumer who
is the subject of the personal data or associate the
personal data with other personal data about the same
specific consumer; and
(C) the controller does not sell the personal data
to any third party or otherwise voluntarily disclose
the personal data to any third party other than a
processor, except as otherwise permitted in this
Section.
(b) The rights contained in paragraphs (2) to (5) and (8)
of subsection (a) of Section 14 do not apply to pseudonymous
data in cases in which the controller is able to demonstrate
any information necessary to identify the consumer is kept
separately and is subject to effective technical and
organizational controls that prevent the controller from
accessing the information.
(c) A controller that transfers, sells, or otherwise
discloses pseudonymous data or deidentified data must exercise
reasonable oversight to monitor compliance with any
contractual commitments to which the pseudonymous data or
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deidentified data are subject, and must take appropriate steps
to address any breaches of contractual commitments.
(d) A processor or third party must not attempt to
identify the subjects of deidentified or pseudonymous data
without the express authority of the controller that caused
the data to be deidentified or pseudonymized.
(e) A controller, processor, or third party must not
attempt to identify the subjects of data that has been
collected with only pseudonymous identifiers.
Section 16. Responsibilities of controllers.
(a)(1) Transparency obligations. Controllers must provide
consumers with a reasonably accessible, clear, and meaningful
privacy notice that includes:
(A) the categories of personal data processed by the
controller;
(B) the purposes for which the categories of personal
data are processed;
(C) an explanation of the rights contained in Section
14 and how and where consumers may exercise those rights,
including how a consumer may appeal a controller's action
with regard to the consumer's request;
(D) the categories of personal data that the
controller sells to or shares with third parties, if any;
(E) the categories of third parties, if any, with whom
the controller sells or shares personal data;
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(F) the controller's contact information, including an
active email address or other online mechanism that the
consumer may use to contact the controller;
(G) a description of the controller's retention
policies for personal data; and
(H) the date the privacy notice was last updated.
(2) If a controller sells personal data to third parties,
processes personal data for targeted advertising, or engages
in profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal
effects concerning a consumer or similarly significant effects
concerning a consumer, the controller must disclose the
processing in the privacy notice and provide access to a clear
and conspicuous method outside the privacy notice for a
consumer to opt out of the sale, processing, or profiling in
furtherance of decisions that produce legal effects concerning
a consumer or similarly significant effects concerning a
consumer. This method may include but is not limited to an
Internet hyperlink clearly labeled "Your Opt-Out Rights" or
"Your Privacy Rights" that directly effectuates the opt-out
request or takes consumers to a web page where the consumer can
make the opt-out request.
(3) The privacy notice must be made available to the
public in each language in which the controller provides a
product or service that is subject to the privacy notice or
carries out activities related to the product or service.
(4) The controller must provide the privacy notice in a
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manner that is reasonably accessible to and usable by
individuals with disabilities.
(5) Whenever a controller makes a material change to the
controller's privacy notice or practices, the controller must
notify consumers affected by the material change with respect
to any prospectively collected personal data and provide a
reasonable opportunity for consumers to withdraw consent to
any further materially different collection, processing, or
transfer of previously collected personal data under the
changed policy. The controller shall take all reasonable
electronic measures to provide notification regarding material
changes to affected consumers, taking into account available
technology and the nature of the relationship.
(6) A controller is not required to provide a separate
Illinois-specific privacy notice or section of a privacy
notice if the controller's general privacy notice contains all
the information required by this Section.
(7) The privacy notice must be posted online through a
conspicuous hyperlink using the word "privacy" on the
controller's website home page or on a mobile application's
app store page or download page. A controller that maintains
an application on a mobile or other device shall also include a
hyperlink to the privacy notice in the application's settings
menu or in a similarly conspicuous and accessible location. A
controller that does not operate a website shall make the
privacy notice conspicuously available to consumers through a
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medium regularly used by the controller to interact with
consumers, including, but not limited to, mail.
(b)(1) Use of data. A controller shall:
(A) limit the collection of personal data to what is
adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary in relation
to the purposes for which the data are processed, which
must be disclosed to the consumer;
(B) not collect, process, or share sensitive data
concerning a consumer except when such collection,
processing, or transfer is strictly necessary to provide
or maintain a specific product or service requested by the
consumer to whom the sensitive data pertains. For purposes
of this Act, the collection and processing of specific
geolocation data or personal data to provide
transportation services by private entities regulated
under the Transportation Network Providers Act, is
strictly necessary to the extent that the private entity
uses the geolocation data or personal data for the sole
purpose of providing a service requested by the individual
or the use is otherwise consistent with that individual's
reasonable expectations considering the context in which
the individual provided the geolocation information to the
private entity. For purposes of this Act, the collection,
processing, and sharing of biometric identifiers and
information must be done in accordance with the
requirements of the Biometric Information Privacy Act. For
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purposes of this Act, the collection, processing, and
sharing of genetic information must be done in accordance
with the Genetic Information Privacy Act. For purposes of
this Act, the collection, processing, and sharing of
students' covered information must be done in accordance
with the Student Online Personal Protection Act; and
(C) not sell sensitive data.
(2) Except as provided in this Act, a controller may not
process personal data for purposes that are not reasonably
necessary to, or compatible with, the purposes for which the
personal data are processed, as disclosed to the consumer,
unless the controller obtains the consumer's consent.
(3) A controller shall establish, implement, and maintain
reasonable administrative, technical, and physical data
security practices to protect the confidentiality, integrity,
and accessibility of personal data, including the maintenance
of an inventory of the data that must be managed to exercise
these responsibilities. The data security practices shall be
appropriate to the volume and nature of the personal data at
issue.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a controller
may not process sensitive data concerning a consumer without
obtaining the consumer's consent, or, in the case of the
processing of personal data concerning a known child, without
obtaining consent from the child's parent or lawful guardian,
in accordance with the requirement of the Children's Online
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Privacy Protection Act, United States Code, Title 15, Sections
6501 to 6506, and its implementing regulations. A controller
must follow the requirements of the Biometric Information
Privacy Act and the Genetic Information Privacy Act for
information covered by those Acts.
(5) A controller shall provide an effective mechanism for
a consumer, or, in the case of the processing of personal data
concerning a known child, the child's parent or lawful
guardian, to withdraw previously given consent under this
subsection. The mechanism provided shall be at least as easy
as the mechanism by which the consent was previously given.
Upon revocation of consent, a controller shall cease to
process the applicable data as soon as practicable, but no
later than 15 days after the receipt of the request.
(6) A controller may not process the personal data of a
consumer for purposes of targeted advertising, or sell the
consumer's personal data, without the consumer's consent,
under circumstances in which the controller knows that the
consumer is between the ages of 13 and 16.
(7) A controller may not retain personal data that is no
longer relevant and reasonably necessary in relation to the
purposes for which the data were collected and processed,
unless retention of the data is otherwise required by law or
permitted under Section 19 and in accordance with the
Biometric Information Privacy Act.
(c)(1) Nondiscrimination. A controller shall not process
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personal data on the basis of a consumer's or a class of
consumers' actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity,
religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity,
sexual orientation, familial status, lawful source of income,
or disability in a manner that unlawfully discriminates
against the consumer or class of consumers.
(2) A controller may not discriminate against a consumer
for exercising any of the rights contained in this Act,
including denying goods or services to the consumer, charging
different prices or rates for goods or services, and providing
a different level of quality of goods and services to the
consumer. This subsection does not: (i) require a controller
to provide a good or service that requires the consumer's
personal data that the controller does not collect or
maintain; or (ii) prohibit a controller from offering a
different price, rate, level, quality, or selection of goods
or services to a consumer, including offering goods or
services for no fee, if the offering is in connection with a
consumer's voluntary participation in a bona fide loyalty,
rewards, premium features, discounts, or club card program if
that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to
the business by the consumer's data.
(d) Waiver of rights unenforceable. Any provision of a
contract or agreement of any kind that purports to waive or
limit in any way a consumer's rights under this Act is contrary
to public policy and is void and unenforceable.
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Section 17. Requirements for small businesses.
(a) A small business, as defined by the United States
Small Business Administration under the Code of Federal
Regulations, Title 13, Part 121, that conducts business in
Illinois or produces products or services that are targeted to
Illinois residents must not sell a consumer's sensitive data.
(b) Penalties and enforcement procedures under Section 20
apply to a small business that violates this Section.
Section 18. Data privacy policies; data privacy and
protection assessments.
(a) A controller must document and maintain a description
of the policies and procedures the controller has adopted to
comply with this Act. The description must include, where
applicable:
(1) the name and contact information for the
controller's chief privacy officer or other individual
with primary responsibility for directing the policies and
procedures implemented to comply with the provisions of
this Act; and
(2) a description of the controller's data privacy
policies and procedures that reflect the requirements in
Section 16, and any policies and procedures designed to:
(i) reflect the requirements of this Act in the
design of the controller's systems;
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(ii) identify and provide personal data to a
consumer as required by this Act;
(iii) establish, implement, and maintain
reasonable administrative, technical, and physical
data security practices to protect the
confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of
personal data, including the maintenance of an
inventory of the data that must be managed to exercise
the responsibilities under this item;
(iv) limit the collection of personal data to what
is adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary in
relation to the purposes for which the data are
processed;
(v) prevent the retention of personal data that is
no longer relevant and reasonably necessary in
relation to the purposes for which the data were
collected and processed, unless retention of the data
is otherwise required by law or permitted under
Section 19 and in accordance with the Biometric
Information Privacy Act; and
(vi) identify and remediate violations of this
Act.
(b) A controller must conduct and document a data privacy
and protection assessment for each of the following processing
activities involving personal data:
(1) the processing of personal data for purposes of
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targeted advertising;
(2) the sale of personal data;
(3) the processing of sensitive data;
(4) any processing activities involving personal data
that present a heightened risk of harm to consumers; and
(5) the processing of personal data for purposes of
profiling, where the profiling presents a reasonably
foreseeable risk of:
(i) unfair or deceptive treatment of, or disparate
impact on, consumers;
(ii) financial, physical, or reputational injury
to consumers;
(iii) a physical or other intrusion upon the
solitude or seclusion, or the private affairs or
concerns, of consumers, where the intrusion would be
offensive to a reasonable person; or
(iv) other substantial injury to consumers.
(c) A data privacy and protection assessment must take
into account the type of personal data to be processed by the
controller, including the extent to which the personal data
are sensitive data, and the context in which the personal data
are to be processed.
(d) A data privacy and protection assessment must identify
and weigh the benefits that may flow directly and indirectly
from the processing to the controller, consumer, other
stakeholders, and the public against the potential risks to
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the rights of the consumer associated with the processing, as
mitigated by safeguards that can be employed by the controller
to reduce the potential risks. The use of deidentified data
and the reasonable expectations of consumers, as well as the
context of the processing and the relationship between the
controller and the consumer whose personal data will be
processed, must be factored into this assessment by the
controller.
(e) A data privacy and protection assessment must include
the description of policies and procedures required by
subsection (a).
(f) As part of a subpoena, the Attorney General or State's
Attorneys may request, in writing, that a controller disclose
any data privacy and protection assessment that is relevant to
an investigation conducted by the Attorney General or State's
Attorneys. The controller must make a data privacy and
protection assessment available to the Attorney General or
State's Attorneys upon a request made under this subsection.
The Attorney General or State's Attorneys may evaluate the
data privacy and protection assessments for compliance with
this Act. Data privacy and protection assessments are
nonpublic data that is required by State or federal law that
is: (1) not about an individual; (2) not accessible by the
general public; and (3) accessible by the subject of the data.
The disclosure of a data privacy and protection assessment
under a request from the Attorney General or State's Attorneys
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under this subsection does not constitute a waiver of the
attorney-client privilege or work product protection with
respect to the assessment and any information contained in the
assessment.
(g) Data privacy and protection assessments or risk
assessments conducted by a controller for the purpose of
compliance with other laws or regulations may qualify under
this Section if the assessments have a similar scope and
effect.
(h) A single data protection assessment may address
multiple sets of comparable processing operations that include
similar activities.
Section 19. Limitations and applicability.
(a) The obligations imposed on controllers or processors
under this Act do not restrict a controller's or a processor's
ability to:
(1) comply with federal, State, or local laws, rules,
or regulations, including, but not limited to, data
retention requirements in State or federal law
notwithstanding a consumer's request to delete personal
data;
(2) comply with a civil, criminal, or regulatory
inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by federal,
State, local, or other governmental authorities;
(3) cooperate with law enforcement agencies concerning
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conduct or activity that the controller or processor
reasonably and in good faith believes may violate federal,
State, or local laws, rules, or regulations;
(4) investigate, establish, exercise, prepare for, or
defend legal claims;
(5) provide a product or service specifically
requested by a consumer; perform a contract to which the
consumer is a party, including fulfilling the terms of a
written warranty; or take steps at the request of the
consumer prior to entering into a contract;
(6) take immediate steps to protect an interest that
is essential for the life or physical safety of the
consumer or of another natural person, and if the
processing cannot be manifestly based on another legal
basis;
(7) prevent, detect, protect against, or respond to
security incidents, identity theft, fraud, harassment,
malicious or deceptive activities, or any illegal
activity; preserve the integrity or security of systems;
or investigate, report, or prosecute those responsible for
any such action;
(8) assist another controller, processor, or third
party with any of the obligations under this subsection;
(9) engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific,
historical, or statistical research in the public interest
that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy
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laws and is approved, monitored, and governed by an
institutional review board, human subjects research ethics
review board, or a similar independent oversight entity
that has determined:
(A) the research is likely to provide substantial
benefits that do not exclusively accrue to the
controller;
(B) the expected benefits of the research outweigh
the privacy risks; and
(C) the controller has implemented reasonable
safeguards to mitigate privacy risks associated with
research, including any risks associated with
reidentification; or
(10) process personal data for the benefit of the
public in the areas of public health, community health, or
population health, but only to the extent that the
processing is:
(A) subject to suitable and specific measures to
safeguard the rights of the consumer whose personal
data is being processed; and
(B) under the responsibility of a professional
individual who is subject to confidentiality
obligations under federal, State, or local law.
(b) The obligations imposed on controllers or processors
under this Act do not restrict a controller's or processor's
ability to collect, use, or retain data to:
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(1) effectuate a product recall or identify and repair
technical errors that impair existing or intended
functionality;
(2) perform internal operations that are reasonably
aligned with the expectations of the consumer based on the
consumer's existing relationship with the controller, or
are otherwise compatible with processing in furtherance of
the provision of a product or service specifically
requested by a consumer or the performance of a contract
to which the consumer is a party; or
(3) conduct internal research to develop, improve, or
repair products, services, or technology.
(c) The obligations imposed on controllers or processors
under this Act do not apply if compliance by the controller or
processor with this Act would violate an evidentiary privilege
under Illinois law and do not prevent a controller or
processor from providing personal data concerning a consumer
to a person covered by an evidentiary privilege under Illinois
law as part of a privileged communication.
(d) A controller or processor that discloses personal data
to a third-party controller or processor in compliance with
the requirements of this Act is not in violation of this Act if
the recipient processes the personal data in violation of this
Act, provided that at the time of disclosing the personal
data, the disclosing controller or processor did not have
actual knowledge that the recipient intended to commit a
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violation. A third-party controller or processor receiving
personal data from a controller or processor in compliance
with the requirements of this Act is not in violation of this
Act for the obligations of the controller or processor from
which the third-party controller or processor receives the
personal data.
(e) Obligations imposed on controllers and processors
under this Act shall not:
(1) adversely affect the rights or freedoms of any
persons, including exercising the right of free speech
pursuant to the First Amendment of the United States
Constitution; or
(2) apply to the processing of personal data by a
natural person in the course of a purely personal or
household activity.
(f) Personal data that are processed by a controller
pursuant to this Section may be processed solely to the extent
that the processing is:
(1) necessary, reasonable, and proportionate to the
purposes listed in this Section;
(2) adequate, relevant, and limited to what is
necessary in relation to the specific purpose or purposes
listed in this Section; and
(3) insofar as possible, taking into account the
nature and purpose of processing the personal data,
subjected to reasonable administrative, technical, and
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physical measures to protect the confidentiality,
integrity, and accessibility of the personal data, and to
reduce reasonably foreseeable risks of harm to consumers.
(g) If a controller processes personal data pursuant to an
exemption in this Section, the controller bears the burden of
demonstrating that the processing qualifies for the exemption
and complies with the requirements in subsection (f).
(h) Processing personal data solely for the purposes
expressly identified in subsection (a), clauses (1) to (7),
does not, by itself, make an entity a controller with respect
to the processing.
Section 20. Enforcement.
(a) If a controller or processor violates this Act, the
Attorney General or the State's Attorney of any county in this
State, before filing an enforcement action under subsection
(b), must provide the controller or processor with a warning
letter identifying the specific provisions of this Act the
Attorney General or State's Attorney alleges have been or are
being violated. If, after 30 days of issuance of the warning
letter, the Attorney General or State's Attorney believes the
controller or processor has failed to cure any alleged
violation, the Attorney General or State's Attorney may bring
an enforcement action under subsection (b). This subsection
becomes inoperative January 1, 2029.
(b) The Attorney General or the State's Attorney of any
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county in this State may bring an action in the name of the
People of this State against any person to restrain and
prevent any pattern or practice in violation of this Act.
(c) A violation of this Act constitutes an unlawful
practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act. All remedies, penalties, and authority granted
to the Attorney General or the State's Attorney by the
Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act are
available to the Attorney General or the State's Attorney for
the enforcement of this Act.
(d) Any civil penalties collected from the enforcement of
this Act shall be deposited into the Attorney General Court
Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund if the
Attorney General commenced the action or distributed to the
county in which the State's Attorney commenced the action and
deposited into a special fund in the county treasury and
appropriated to the State's Attorney for use in accordance
with law.
(e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to establish a
private right of action associated with violations of this
Act.
(f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt the
enforcement provisions in the Biometric Information Privacy
Act or the Genetic Information Privacy Act.
Section 95. Home rule. A unit of local government,
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including a home rule unit, may not regulate consumer data
privacy. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule
powers and functions under subsection (g) of Section 6 of
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
Section 97. Severability. If any provision of this Act or
its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
the invalidity of that provision or application does not
affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can
be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Section 900. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
changing Section 7.5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/7.5)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-441 and
104-457)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
Records Confidentiality Act.
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(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
infection or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
Infection Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
that Act.
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(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
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(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act (repealed).
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) (Blank).
(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
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or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
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Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
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and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
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Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
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Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR)
information used and collected by the Illinois State
Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by
an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by
an ALPR. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2028.
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act.
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
the School Safety Drill Act.
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(jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
Act.
(lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
2-3.196 of the School Code.
(mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
Power Agency Act.
(nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
(ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
(ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
(qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
Modernization Act.
(sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
(ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
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under that Section.
(uuu) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 30-5 of the Digital Assets Regulation Act.
(www) Data privacy and protection assessments made
available to the Attorney General under Section 18 of the
Illinois Consumer Data Privacy Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff.
8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592,
eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24;
103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff.
8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081,
eff. 3-21-25; 104-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-18, eff. 6-30-25;
104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-428, eff. 8-18-25; revised
9-10-25.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457 but
before 104-441)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
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Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
infection or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
Infection Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
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that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
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death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act (repealed).
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) (Blank).
(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
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the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
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review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
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submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
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(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
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2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR)
information used and collected by the Illinois State
Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by
an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by
an ALPR. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2028.
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act.
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
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the School Safety Drill Act.
(jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
Act.
(lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
2-3.196 of the School Code.
(mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
Power Agency Act.
(nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
(ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
(ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
(qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
Modernization Act.
(sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
(ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
SB0340 Engrossed - 68 - LRB104 06459 JRC 16495 b
Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
under that Section.
(uuu) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 30-5 of the Digital Assets Regulation Act.
(www) Data privacy and protection assessments made
available to the Attorney General under Section 18 of the
Illinois Consumer Data Privacy Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff.
8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592,
eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24;
103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff.
8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081,
eff. 3-21-25; 104-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-18, eff. 6-30-25;
104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-428, eff. 8-18-25; 104-457, eff.
6-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-441)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
SB0340 Engrossed - 69 - LRB104 06459 JRC 16495 b
Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
infection or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
Infection Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
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that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
SB0340 Engrossed - 71 - LRB104 06459 JRC 16495 b
death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act (repealed).
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) (Blank).
(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
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the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
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review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
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submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
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(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
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2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR)
information used and collected by the Illinois State
Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by
an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by
an ALPR. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2028.
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act.
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
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the School Safety Drill Act.
(jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
Act.
(lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
2-3.196 of the School Code.
(mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
Power Agency Act.
(nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
(ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
(ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
(qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
Modernization Act.
(sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
(ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
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Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
under that Section.
(uuu) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 30-5 of the Digital Assets Regulation Act.
(vvv) (uuu) Information exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill
Patients Act.
(www) Data privacy and protection assessments made
available to the Attorney General under Section 18 of the
Illinois Consumer Data Privacy Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff.
8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592,
eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24;
103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff.
8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081,
eff. 3-21-25; 104-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-18, eff. 6-30-25;
104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-428, eff. 8-18-25; 104-441, eff.
9-12-26; 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)
Section 905. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2MMMM as follows:
(815 ILCS 505/2MMMM new)
Sec. 2MMMM. Violations of the Illinois Consumer Data
Privacy Act.
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(a) Any person who violates the Illinois Consumer Data
Privacy Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of
this Act.
(b) The provisions of Section 10a do not apply to a
violation of this Section.
Section 995. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the
changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any
other Public Act.
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2027.

Creates the Illinois Consumer Data Privacy Act. Specifies that the Act applies to legal entities that conduct business in Illinois or produce products or services that are targeted to Illinois residents and that either (i) collect or process, during a calendar year, personal data of 100,000 or more consumers, excluding personal data controlled or processed solely for the purpose of completing a payment transaction, or (ii) derive more than 25% of their gross revenues from the sale of personal data and process or collect personal data of 25,000 or more consumers. Describes classes of persons that are exempt from the Act. Outlines the responsibilities of data controllers and data processors. Sets forth various consumer personal data rights, including, but not limited to (i) the right to confirm whether or not a controller is processing personal data concerning the consumer and to access the personal data the controller is processing, (ii) the right to correct inaccurate personal data concerning the consumer, (iii) the right to delete personal data concerning the consumer, (iv) the right to opt out of the processing of personal data concerning the consumer for specified purposes, or (v) the right, under certain circumstances, to question the result of profiling. Requires a controller to allow a consumer to opt out of any processing of the consumer's personal data for enumerated purposes. Contains provisions concerning the processing of deidentified data or pseudonymous data, responsibilities of controllers, requirements for small businesses, data privacy policies, data privacy and protection assessments, enforcement of the Act by the Attorney General and State's attorneys, and other matters. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Specifies that a violation of the Act constitutes an unlawful practice under the Act. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt from disclosure data privacy and protection assessments made available to the Attorney General and State's Attorneys under the Act. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2027.

Sponsors

Sen. Laura Murphy (D) sponsors SB 340, and 13 members have co-sponsored it.

Committees

SB 340 went before 3 committees: Assignments, Executive and Rules.

Assignments
Assignments
Referred to · Jan 24, 2025
Executive
Executive
Referred to · Mar 12, 2025
Rules
Rules
Referred to · May 21, 2026 · 5,290 Bills

History

SB 340 has taken 58 actions since Jan 24, 2025, the latest on May 31, 2026.

ChamberAction
May 31, 2026
House
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
May 30, 2026
Senate
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
May 29, 2026
Senate
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
May 29, 2026
Senate
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
May 28, 2026
House
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

Votes

SB 340 went to 4 roll calls in the Senate, the latest on May 21, 2026 at 543.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
May 21, 2026
Senate
Senate Third Reading
54
3
May 20, 2026
Senate
Senate Executive Committee
12
1
May 13, 2026
Senate
Senate Executive Committee
9
4
Mar 19, 2025
Senate
Senate Executive Committee
6
0

Source: ilga.gov · legiscan.com