October 2, 2017

On September 22, 2017, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed the proposed Geolocation Privacy Protection Act, which sought to limit the collection, use, retention, or disclosure of precise geolocation data from a mobile device without a person’s prior express and written consent.  The General Assembly originally passed the bill on June 27, 2017.  (For more background on the bill, see Illinois Becomes the First State to Pass a Geolocation Privacy Protection Bill (July 5, 2017)). (more…)