Bill Text: IL HB2937 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Defines "internet data aggregator". Provides that it shall be unlawful for an internet data aggregator to sell, license, trade, purchase, or otherwise provide or make available for consideration a judicial officer's personally identifiable information, regardless of intent, if the judicial officer has properly made a written request to not disclose the personal information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2937 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2937-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2937 Introduced , by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
705 ILCS 90/1-10
705 ILCS 90/2-5
Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Defines "internet data aggregator". Provides that it shall additionally be unlawful for an internet data aggregator to sell, license, trade, purchase, or otherwise provide or make available for consideration a judicial officer's personally identifiable information, regardless of intent, if the judicial officer has properly made a written request to not disclose the personal information.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning courts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Judicial Privacy Act is amended by changing
Sections 1-10 and 2-5 as follows:
(705 ILCS 90/1-10)
Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Government agency" includes all agencies, authorities,
boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and
any other bodies politic and corporate of the State created by
the constitution or statute, whether in the executive,
judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate
outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any
constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution
of the General Assembly; or agencies, authorities, boards,
commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other
bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or
school district.
"Home address" includes a judicial officer's permanent
residence and any secondary residences affirmatively
identified by the judicial officer, but does not include a
judicial officer's work address.
"Immediate family" includes a judicial officer's spouse,

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child, parent, or any blood relative of the judicial officer
or the judicial officer's spouse who lives in the same
residence.
"Internet data aggregator" means a commercial entity that
collects, assembles, or maintains personal information
concerning an individual who is not a customer or an employee
of that entity in order to sell the information or provide
third-party access to the information.
"Judicial officer" includes actively employed and former
or deceased:
(1) Justices of the United States Supreme Court and
the Illinois Supreme Court;
(2) Judges of the United States Court of Appeals;
(3) Judges and magistrate judges of the United States
District Court;
(4) Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court;
(5) Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court; and
(6) Judges and associate judges of the Illinois
Circuit Courts.
"Personal information" means a home address, home
telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number,
personal email address, social security number, federal tax
identification number, checking and savings account numbers,
credit card numbers, marital status, and identity of children
under the age of 18.
"Publicly available content" means any written, printed,

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or electronic document or record that provides information or
that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or
in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained
by any person or entity, from the Internet, from the
government agency upon request either free of charge or for a
fee, or in response to a request under the Freedom of
Information Act.
"Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to communicate
to another or otherwise make available to the general public.
"Written request" means written notice signed by a
judicial officer or a representative of the judicial officer's
employer requesting a government agency, person, business, or
association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly
available content that includes the judicial officer's
personal information.
(Source: P.A. 100-98, eff. 8-11-17.)
(705 ILCS 90/2-5)
Sec. 2-5. Publicly posting a judicial officer's personal
information on the Internet by persons, businesses, and
associations.
(a) Prohibited Conduct.
(1) All persons, businesses, and associations shall
refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the
Internet publicly available content that includes a
judicial officer's personal information, provided that the

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judicial officer has made a written request to the person,
business, or association that it refrain from disclosing
the personal information.
(2) No person, business, or association shall solicit,
sell, or trade on the Internet a judicial officer's
personal information with the intent to pose an imminent
and serious threat to the health and safety of the
judicial officer or the judicial officer's immediate
family. It shall additionally be unlawful for an Internet
data aggregator to sell, license, trade, purchase, or
otherwise provide or make available for consideration a
judicial officer's personally identifiable information,
regardless of intent, if the judicial officer has properly
made a written request to not disclose the personal
information.
(3) This subsection includes, but is not limited to,
Internet phone directories, Internet search engines,
Internet data aggregators, and Internet service providers.
(b) Required Conduct.
(1) After a person, business, or association has
received a written request from a judicial officer to
protect the privacy of the officer's personal information,
that person, business, or association shall have 72 hours
to remove the personal information from the Internet.
(2) After a person, business, or association has
received a written request from a judicial officer, that

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person, business, or association shall ensure that the
judicial officer's personal information is not made
available on any website or subsidiary website controlled
by that person, business, or association.
(3) After receiving a judicial officer's written
request, no person, business, or association shall
transfer the judicial officer's personal information to
any other person, business, or association through any
medium.
(c) Redress.
A judicial officer whose personal information is made
public as a result of a violation of this Act may bring an
action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief in any
court of competent jurisdiction. If the court grants
injunctive or declaratory relief, the person, business, or
association responsible for the violation shall be
required to pay the judicial officer's costs and
reasonable attorney's fees.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)