2019 Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 705 - COURTS
705 ILCS 90/ - Judicial Privacy Act.
ARTICLE II - CIVIL PROVISIONS

(705 ILCS 90/Art. II heading)

(705 ILCS 90/2-1)
Sec. 2-1. Publicly posting or displaying a judicial officer's personal information by government agencies.
(a) Government agencies shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes a judicial officer's personal information, provided that the government agency has received a written request in accordance with Section 2-10 of this Act that it refrain from disclosing the judicial officer's personal information. After a government agency has received a written request, that agency shall remove the judicial officer's personal information from publicly available content within 5 business days. After the government agency has removed the judicial officer's personal information from publicly available content, the agency shall not publicly post or display the information and the judicial officer's personal information shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act unless the government agency has received consent from the judicial officer to make the personal information available to the public.
(b) Redress. If a government agency fails to comply with a written request to refrain from disclosing personal information, the judicial officer may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)

(705 ILCS 90/2-5)
Sec. 2-5. Publicly posting a judicial officer's personal information on the Internet by persons, businesses, and associations.
(a) Prohibited Conduct.
(1) All persons, businesses, and associations shall

refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the Internet publicly available content that includes a judicial officer's personal information, provided that the judicial officer has made a written request to the person, business, or association that it refrain from disclosing the personal information.

(2) No person, business, or association shall

solicit, sell, or trade on the Internet a judicial officer's personal information with the intent to pose an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the judicial officer or the judicial officer's immediate family.

(3) This subsection includes, but is not limited to,

Internet phone directories, Internet search engines, Internet data aggregators, and Internet service providers.

(b) Required Conduct.
(1) After a person, business, or association has

received a written request from a judicial officer to protect the privacy of the officer's personal information, that person, business, or association shall have 72 hours to remove the personal information from the Internet.

(2) After a person, business, or association has

received a written request from a judicial officer, that person, business, or association shall ensure that the judicial officer's personal information is not made available on any website or subsidiary website controlled by that person, business, or association.

(3) After receiving a judicial officer's written

request, no person, business, or association shall transfer the judicial officer's personal information to any other person, business, or association through any medium.

(c) Redress.
A judicial officer whose personal information is made

public as a result of a violation of this Act may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. If the court grants injunctive or declaratory relief, the person, business, or association responsible for the violation shall be required to pay the judicial officer's costs and reasonable attorney's fees.

(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)

(705 ILCS 90/2-10)
Sec. 2-10. Procedure for completing a written request.
(a) Requirement that a judicial officer make a written request. No government agency, person, business, or association shall be found to have violated any provision of this Act if the judicial officer fails to submit a written request calling for the protection of the officer's personal information.
(b) Written request procedure. A written request shall be valid if:
(1) The judicial officer sends a written request

directly to a government agency, person, business, or association; or

(2) If the Administrative Office of the Illinois

Courts has a policy and procedure for a state judicial officer to file the written request with the Administrative Office to notify government agencies, the state judicial officer may send the written request to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. In each quarter of a calendar year, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall provide a list of all state judicial officers who have submitted a written request to it, to the appropriate officer with ultimate supervisory authority for a government agency. The officer shall promptly provide a copy of the list to any and all government agencies under his or her supervision. Receipt of the written request list compiled by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts by a government agency shall constitute a written request to that Agency for the purposes of this Act.

(c) A representative from the judicial officer's employer may submit a written request on the judicial officer's behalf, provided that the judicial officer gives written consent to the representative and provided that the representative agrees to furnish a copy of that consent when a written request is made. The representative shall submit the written request as provided in subsection (b) of this Section.
(d) Information to be included in the written request. A judicial officer's written request shall specify what personal information shall be maintained private.
If a judicial officer wishes to identify a secondary residence as a home address as that term is defined in this Act, the designation shall be made in the written request.
A judicial officer shall disclose the identity of the officer's immediate family and indicate that the personal information of these family members shall also be excluded to the extent that it could reasonably be expected to reveal the personal information of the judicial officer.
(e) Duration of the written request. A judicial officer's written request is valid until the judicial officer provides the government agency, person, business, or association with written permission to release the private information. A judicial officer's written request expires on death.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)