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1 | AN ACT concerning household electronic data.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Protecting Household Privacy Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Electronic communication" means any origination, | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | transmission, emission, transfer, or reception of signs, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | signals, data, writings, images, video, audio, or intelligence | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of any nature by telephone, including cellular telephones or a | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | wire, Internet, wireless, radio, electromagnetic, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | photo-electronic or photo-optical system, cable television, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | fiber optic, satellite, microwave, Internet-based or wireless | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | distribution network, system, facility or related technology. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | "Household" means any single or multiple family dwelling, | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | including but not limited to a single family home, house, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | apartment, mobile home, trailer, building, condominium, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | duplex, townhouse, or other living quarters, used or intended | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | to be used as a dwelling place and immediately surrounding | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | area. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Household electronic device" means any device intended | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | for use within a household that is capable of facilitating any | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | electronic communication. |
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1 | "Household electronic data" means any information or input | ||||||
2 | provided by a person to a household electronic device. | ||||||
3 | "Law enforcement agency" means any agency of this State or | ||||||
4 | a unit of local government which is vested by law or ordinance | ||||||
5 | with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal | ||||||
6 | laws or ordinances.
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7 | Section 10. Prohibited use of household electronic data. | ||||||
8 | Except as provided in Section 15, a law enforcement agency | ||||||
9 | shall not obtain household electronic data or direct the | ||||||
10 | acquisition of household electronic data from a private party | ||||||
11 | or other third party.
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12 | Section 15. Exceptions. This Act does not prohibit a law | ||||||
13 | enforcement agency from obtaining household electronic data | ||||||
14 | if: | ||||||
15 | (1) the law enforcement agency first obtains a court | ||||||
16 | order under Section 108-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure | ||||||
17 | of 1963 based on probable cause to believe that the person | ||||||
18 | whose household electronic data is sought has committed, is | ||||||
19 | committing, or is about to commit a crime or the effect is | ||||||
20 | evidence of a crime, or if the household electronic data is | ||||||
21 | authorized under an arrest warrant issued under Section | ||||||
22 | 107-9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to aid in | ||||||
23 | the apprehension or the arrest of the person named in the | ||||||
24 | arrest warrant. An order issued under a finding of probable |
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1 | cause under this Section must be limited to a period of 60 | ||||||
2 | days, renewable by the judge upon a showing of good cause | ||||||
3 | for subsequent periods of 60 days. A court may grant a law | ||||||
4 | enforcement entity's request to obtain household | ||||||
5 | electronic data under this Section through testimony made | ||||||
6 | by electronic means using a simultaneous video and audio | ||||||
7 | transmission between the requestor and a judge, based on | ||||||
8 | sworn testimony communicated in the transmission. The | ||||||
9 | entity making the request, and the court authorizing the | ||||||
10 | request shall follow the procedure under subsection (c) of | ||||||
11 | Section 108-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 | ||||||
12 | which authorizes the electronic issuance of search | ||||||
13 | warrants; or | ||||||
14 | (2) the owner of the household electronic device | ||||||
15 | consents to voluntarily provide the desired household | ||||||
16 | electronic data.
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17 | Section 20. Information retention. If a law enforcement | ||||||
18 | agency obtains household electronic data under Section 15, | ||||||
19 | the agency within 30 days shall destroy all information | ||||||
20 | obtained, except that a supervisor at that agency may retain | ||||||
21 | particular information if: | ||||||
22 | (1) there is reasonable suspicion that the information | ||||||
23 | contains evidence of criminal activity; or | ||||||
24 | (2) the information is relevant to an ongoing | ||||||
25 | investigation or pending criminal trial.
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1 | Section 25. Information disclosure. If a law enforcement | ||||||
2 | agency obtains household electronic data under Section 15, the | ||||||
3 | agency shall not disclose any information obtained, except that | ||||||
4 | a supervisor of that agency may disclose particular information | ||||||
5 | to another government agency if: | ||||||
6 | (1) there is reasonable suspicion that the information | ||||||
7 | contains evidence of criminal activity; or | ||||||
8 | (2) the information is relevant to an ongoing investigation | ||||||
9 | or pending criminal trial.
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10 | Section 30. Admissibility. If the court finds by a | ||||||
11 | preponderance of the evidence that a law enforcement agency | ||||||
12 | obtained household electronic data pertaining to a person or | ||||||
13 | his or her effects in violation, then the information shall be | ||||||
14 | presumed to be inadmissible in any judicial or administrative | ||||||
15 | proceeding. The State may overcome this presumption by proving | ||||||
16 | the applicability of a judicially recognized exception to the | ||||||
17 | exclusionary rule of the Fourth Amendment to the United States | ||||||
18 | Constitution or Article I, Section 6 of the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Constitution, or by a preponderance of the evidence that the | ||||||
20 | law enforcement officer was acting in good faith and reasonably | ||||||
21 | believed that one or more of the exceptions identified in | ||||||
22 | Section 15 existed at the time the household electronic data | ||||||
23 | was obtained.
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1 | Section 35. Providing household electronic data to a law | ||||||
2 | enforcement agency not required. Except as provided in Section | ||||||
3 | 15, nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a person | ||||||
4 | or entity to provide household electronic data to a law | ||||||
5 | enforcement agency under this Act. If law enforcement acquires | ||||||
6 | information from a household electronic device under Section | ||||||
7 | 15, any information so acquired is subject to Sections 20 and | ||||||
8 | 25.
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9 | Section 40. Security of production. Any person or entity | ||||||
10 | that provides household electronic data in response to a | ||||||
11 | request from any law enforcement agency under this Act shall | ||||||
12 | take reasonable measures to ensure the confidentiality, | ||||||
13 | integrity, and security of any household electronic data | ||||||
14 | provided to any law enforcement agency, and to limit any | ||||||
15 | production of household electronic data to information | ||||||
16 | relevant to the law enforcement agency request.
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