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IL HB3571

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/26/2015

Primary Sponsor

Marcus Evans

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Origin

House of Representatives

99th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act by adding Section 2TTT to address perma-cookies used by wireless telephone service providers.

  • Defines "perma-cookie" as a unique header tied to cellular telephone data plans that uniquely identifies users to the websites they visit.

  • Prohibits wireless telephone service providers from using or permitting the use of perma-cookies to monitor the viewing habits of their data plan users.

  • Classifies violations of this prohibition as unlawful practices under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.

Legislative Description

CONSUMER FRAUD PERMA-COOKIES

Last Action

Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner

4/14/2015

Committee Referrals

Rules3/27/2015
Public Utilities3/10/2015
Rules2/26/2015

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