{"id":5017,"date":"2017-05-25T07:31:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T14:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2021-08-03T08:37:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T15:37:06","slug":"illinois-right-know-act-will-protect-private-information-internet-companies-collect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/illinois-right-know-act-will-protect-private-information-internet-companies-collect\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Right to Know Act will protect the private information that internet companies collect on you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Right to Know Act in Illinois is a proposed state level internet privacy law that would protect private\u00a0information online \u2013 no matter the type of company it is stored with. Shortly after President Trump signed S.J.Res. 34 and ended federal rules protecting internet privacy, Illinois politicians reacted, introducing bills collectively known as the Right to Know Act. The individual bills were HB 2774 in the House (introduced by State Rep. Art Turner) and &amp; SB 1502 (introduced by State Sen. Michael Hastings) in the Senate. The new legislation will force all internet companies over a certain size, including internet service providers (ISPs) like Verizon and edge providers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/whatsapp-facebook-might-soon-share-data\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0to\u00a0disclose to customers\u00a0what information they are collecting and giving to third parties\u00a0<em>before<\/em> they give it.<\/p>\n<h2>Private citizens deserve internet privacy; the right to know what third parties have received their private information<\/h2>\n<p>The mastermind behind the Right to Know Act, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart\u00a0from Cook County, posted an <a href=\"http:\/\/cookcountysheriffil.gov\/sheriff-dart-urges-support-right-know-legislation\/\">official endorsement message<\/a> the next day. Sheriff Cook explained why he believed internet privacy protections are important for private citizens and where exactly the current regulations fail private citizens:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn the criminal justice world we are correctly scrupulous when we use things like social media data to help solve crime, we have a problem when private citizens\u2019 data is getting less privacy consideration than that of criminals. Consumers deserve to know where their personal information is going. Without a change in regulations, the information about company data practices will remain almost entirely hidden from the public eye.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dart\u00a0has worked with state representative\u00a0to push this legislation through, and SB 1502 has already passed the Illinois State Senate with a 31-21 vote. State Sen. Hastings commented after the bill had passed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think this is a step forward for Illinois in terms of data privacy. It gives people the right to know what information (internet companies are) selling to a third party.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, not everyone was convinced that this is a good idea. One dissenter to the Right To Know Act, State Sen. Chris Nybo, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/policy\/illinois-senate-approves-legislation-to-protect-personal-information-collected-online.html\">GovTech<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEvery technology company that I\u2019ve spoken to, from Microsoft down to Uber, Lyft \u2026 is opposed to this bill. People are watching across the country what happens on this bill. I think it sends the wrong message.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Actually, that\u2019s kind of the point of the bill. Illinois is one of a few states that is taking the opportunity to clarify that both ISPs and edge providers, such as Google and Facebook, follow the same internet privacy rules. Now,\u00a0SB 1502 is awaiting approval from the Illinois House, and should it pass, internet privacy rights will again be restored and codified in one more jurisdiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Right to Know Act in Illinois is a proposed state level internet privacy law that would protect private\u00a0information online \u2013 no matter the type of company it is stored with. 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