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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1274
Introduced 2/15/2007, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Personal Information Protection Act. Prohibits a person or entity, not including a State or local agency, from: (i) publicly posting or publicly displaying in any manner an individual's social security number; (ii) printing an individual's social security number on any card required for the individual to access products or services provided by the person or entity; (iii) requiring an individual to transmit his or her social security number over the Internet unless the connection is secure or the social security number is encrypted; (iv) requiring an individual to use his or her social security number to access an Internet Web site, unless a password or unique personal identification number or other authentication device is also required to access the Web site; or (v) printing an individual's social security number on any materials that are mailed to the individual, unless State or federal law requires the social security number to be on the document to be mailed. Makes an exception for applications and forms sent by mail to include social security numbers. Provides that a person or entity, not including a State or local agency, that has used, prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act, an individual's social security number in a manner inconsistent with the listed provisions, may continue using that individual's social security number in that manner if all of the listed conditions are met. Provides that the use of a social security number is not prohibited for the collection, use, or release of a social security number as required by State or federal law or the use of a social security number for internal verification or administrative purposes.
Effective January 1, 2008.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1274 |
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LRB095 10982 LCT 31288 b |
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Personal Information Protection Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 35 as follows: |
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| (815 ILCS 530/35 new) |
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| Sec. 35. Social security numbers. |
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| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, a |
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| person or entity, not including a State or local agency, shall |
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| not do any of the following: |
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| (1) Publicly post or publicly display in any manner an |
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| individual's social security number. |
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| (2) Print an individual's social security number on any |
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| card required for the individual to access products or |
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| services provided by the person or entity. |
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| (3) Require an individual to transmit his or her social |
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| security number over the Internet unless the connection is |
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| secure or the social security number is encrypted. |
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| (4) Require an individual to use his or her social |
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| security number to access an Internet website, unless a |
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| password or unique personal identification number or other |
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| authentication device is also required to access the |
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| website. |