[ACLU-CU ALERT] PLEASE FILE A WITNESS SLIP

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]

Done, Barbara Jones

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:39 AM Champaign County ACLU Announcements <
announce at aclu-cu.org> wrote:

> 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 9th, 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://www.aclu-il.org/en/take-action-protect-bipa>.
>
>
>                 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
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