5 ILCS 179/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Identity Protection Act. (Source: P.A. 96-874, eff. 6-1-10.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 179 — Identity Protection Act.
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Provisions
5 ILCS 179/5
Definitions
Definitions. In this Act: "Identity-protection policy" means any policy created to protect social security numbers from unauthorized disclosure. "Local government agency" means that term as it is defined in Section 1-8 of the Illinois State Auditing Act. "Person" means any individual in the employ of a State agency or…
5 ILCS 179/10
Prohibited activities
Prohibited activities. (a) Beginning July 1, 2010, no person or State or local government agency may do any of the following: (1) Publicly post or publicly display in any manner an individual's social security number. (2) Print an individual's social security number on any card required for the individual to access pro…
5 ILCS 179/15
Public inspection and copying of documents
Public inspection and copying of documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, a person or State or local government agency must comply with the provisions of any other State law with respect to allowing the public inspection and copying of information or documents containing all or any po…
5 ILCS 179/20
Applicability
Applicability. (a) This Act does not apply to the collection, use, or disclosure of a social security number as required by State or federal law, rule, or regulation. (b) This Act does not apply to documents that are recorded with a county recorder or required to be open to the public under any State or federal law, ru…
5 ILCS 179/25
Compliance with federal law
Compliance with federal law. If a federal law takes effect requiring any federal agency to establish a national unique patient health identifier program, any State or local government agency that complies with the federal law shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Act. (Source: P.A. 96-874, eff. 6-1-10.)
5 ILCS 179/30
Embedded social security numbers
Embedded social security numbers. Beginning December 31, 2009, no person or State or local government agency may encode or embed a social security number in or on a card or document, including, but not limited to, using a bar code, chip, magnetic strip, RFID technology, or other technology, in place of removing the soc…
5 ILCS 179/35
Identity-protection policy; local government
Identity-protection policy; local government. (a) Each local government agency must draft and approve an identity-protection policy within 12 months after the effective date of this Act. The policy must do all of the following: (1) Identify this Act. (2) Require all employees of the local government agency identified a…
5 ILCS 179/37
Identity-protection policy; State
Identity-protection policy; State. (a) Each State agency must draft and approve an identity-protection policy within 12 months after the effective date of this Act. The policy must do all of the following: (1) Identify this Act. (2) Require all employees of the State agency identified as having access to social securit…
5 ILCS 179/40
Judicial branch and clerks of courts
Judicial branch and clerks of courts. The judicial branch and clerks of the circuit court are not subject to the provisions of this Act, except that the Supreme Court shall, under its rulemaking authority or by administrative order, adopt requirements applicable to the judicial branch, including clerks of the circuit c…
5 ILCS 179/45
Violation
Violation. Any person who intentionally violates the prohibitions in Section 10 of this Act is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 96-874, eff. 6-1-10.)
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Home rule
Home rule. A home rule unit of local government, any non-home rule municipality, or any non-home rule county may regulate the use of social security numbers, but that regulation must be no less restrictive than this Act. This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitut…
5 ILCS 179/55
This Act does not supersede any more restrictive law, rule, or regulation regarding the collection, use, or disclosure of social security numbers
This Act does not supersede any more restrictive law, rule, or regulation regarding the collection, use, or disclosure of social security numbers. (Source: P.A. 96-874, eff. 6-1-10.)
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(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 96-874, eff. 6-1-10; text omitted.)