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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL OR PRIVATE INFORMATION
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 34 Finance, Article IV Procurement Code, Division 9 Contract Management, Section 34-303 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 34-303. Prohibiting disclosure of personal information.
The purpose of this section is to prohibit the disclosure of personal information or private information by County contractors or persons with access to said personal information and/or private information via County contracts.
(a) The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this Section shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
The term “personal information” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Illinois Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530/5.
The term “private information" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140/2.
The term “immigration agent” means an agent of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal Customs and Border Protection, or any similar or successor agency, or any other individual with the power to investigate, arrest, or detain individuals or manage custody of detained individuals for purposes of civil immigration enforcement while acting in that capacity or conducting investigations or enforcement pursuant to that power.
The term “data broker” means a person that collects personal information or private information and resells or discloses that information to others for profit.
(b) County employees shall not disclose personal information or private information accessed through County responsibilities for immigration enforcement purposes absent a criminal warrant, or judicial court order, or as required by 8 U.S.C. § 1373.
(c) No County contractor or person shall disclose personal information or private information acquired from the County pursuant to a contract...
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