Issue Position: Data Privacy and Transparency

Issue Position

This session, I continued to fight for personal data privacy by introducing two data protection bills: the Geolocation Privacy Protection Act (HB 2785) and the Personal Information Protection Act (HB 2784). These bills faced strong opposition and unfortunately, did not advance this session. However, they will remain at the top of my legislative agenda moving forward.

It is critical that consumers are aware of how and where their personal and private data is collected, shared, sold, and monetized. To learn more about data privacy you can tune in to my discussion of the issue with reporter Katie Kim in an NBC segment regarding the practice of geofencing.

Illinois did realize one important victory for privacy interests, thanks to the efforts of Raise Your Hand Illinois Action and my colleague Representative Rob Martwick, who sponsored the Student Online Personal Protection Act (HB 3606). When signed into law, the bill will provide for the rights of parents to know and control how their child's personal data is used by schools, educational data companies, and government agencies.

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