Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Online Child Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 97-341, eff. 8-12-11.)
Illinois · statute · 325 ILCS 65 · 7 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Online Child Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 97-341, eff. 8-12-11.)
Legislative intent. It is the intent of the General Assembly that this Act promote the dissemination of qualifying parental controls for the protection of children in this State subject to appropriate and beneficial oversight by their parents and families. (Source: P.A. 97-341, eff. 8-12-11.)
Applicability. This Act applies to every Internet access provider that knows or has reason to know that a subscriber currently resides in this State. (Source: P.A. 97-341, eff. 8-12-11.)
Definitions. In this Act: "Child" means an individual under the age of 18 years. "Computer network" means the computer network commonly known as the Internet and any other local, regional, or global computer network that is similar to or is a predecessor of or successor to the Internet. "Interactive computer service" m…
Parental controls required. (a) An Internet access provider must make a parental control that satisfies the requirements of this Section available to each subscriber in this State. An Internet access provider is not, however, required to provide a parental control that is not reasonably and commercially available for t…
Parental controls; availability; charge. (a) An Internet access provider must make the parental control required under Section 20 available to a subscriber at or near the time of subscription. (b) An Internet access provider may make the parental control required under Section 20 available to a subscriber either direct…
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 97-341, eff. 8-12-11.)