[Peace] Witness slips to oppose two bad IL bills ... Fwd: Take action to protect your privacy

[Stuart Levy]

ACLU of Champaign County is suggesting that people file witness slips to
OPPOSE two bills that would erode privacy protections for personal
information - HB 559 and HB 560.   I did.   Details below.

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Dear ACLU  of Champaign County supporters and members,

WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW!

More than 10 years ago, the ACLU led the effort in Illinois to pass the
pioneering Biometric Privacy Information Act (BIPA) in our state.  The
law – one of the most far-reaching in the country – assures that your
most private information – including your face print, fingerprints and
DNA – could *not* be collected and used by a private company without
providing the consumer notice that the information was being collected
and giving consent for sharing and using the data. In the past few
years, a number of companies – including large social media companies –
have been held accountable in court for violating the rights of Illinois
residents under BIPA.   

 

                Rather than simply comply with the law, these companies
are now working to gut BIPA and reduce privacy protections for Illinois
residents.  On Tuesday afternoon, March 9^th , the Illinois House
Judiciary – Civil Committee will hear two bills that gut these
protections.  


             We are asking you to file 2 witness slips for your *SELF*
as an individual *OPPONENT* of House Bill 559 and House Bill 560. At the
bottom, click *RECORD OF APPEARANCE ONLY*. 


*You can find directions and links to do this* here
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aclu-il.org/en/take-action-protect-bipa__;!!DZ3fjg!v2b01Fo6ZJJXp-mvN9tYgs6lenX_iYMMgNiyuAsC_v_pNWboOdKgqc2sQVDbuVtnJ9u1Yw$>. 


                Our Advocacy team is working tirelessly to defeat these
– and other measures – to weaken BIPA.  

Your voice would contribute mightily to this effort.  Thanks so much and
please feel free to reach out if you have any questions!


CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ACLU

info at aclu-cu.org <mailto:info at aclu-cu.org>

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