(5 ILCS 347/15)
Sec. 15. Publicly posting or displaying a public official's personal information by governmental agencies. (a) Governmental agencies shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes a public official's personal information, provided that the governmental agency has received a written request in accordance with Section 25 of this Act that it refrain from disclosing the public official's personal information. After a governmental agency has received a written request, that agency shall remove the public official's personal information from publicly available content within 5 business days. After the governmental agency has removed the public official's personal information from publicly available content, the agency shall not publicly post or display the information, and the public official's personal information shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act unless the governmental agency has received consent from the public official to make the personal information available to the public. (b) If a governmental agency fails to comply with a written request to refrain from disclosing personal information, the public official may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief in any court.
(Source: P.A. 104-443, eff. 1-1-26.) |