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Statutes > Illinois > Chapter20 > 2438 (20 ILCS 450/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Data Security on State Computers Act. (Source: P.A. 93‑306, eff. 7‑23‑03.) |
(20 ILCS 450/5) Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: (a) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in a recent study, discovered that many companies and individuals are regularly selling or donating computer hard drives with sensitive information still on them, such as credit card numbers, bank and medical records, and personal e‑mail. (b) Illinois currently has no law addressing data security and removal of data from surplus State‑owned computers that are to be (i) disposed of by sale, donation, or transfer or (ii) relinquished to a successor executive administration. (c) In order to ensure the protection of sensitive information relating to the State and its citizens, it is necessary to implement policies to (i) overwrite all hard drives of surplus State‑owned electronic data processing equipment that are to be sold, donated, or transferred and (ii) preserve the data on State‑owned electronic data processing equipment that is to be relinquished to a successor executive administration for the continuity of government functions. (Source: P.A. 93‑306, eff. 7‑23‑03.) |
(20 ILCS 450/10) Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to (i) require the Department of Central Management Services or any other authorized agency that disposes of surplus electronic data processing equipment by sale, donation, or transfer to implement a policy mandating that computer hardware be cleared of all data and software before disposal by sale, donation, or transfer and (ii) require the head of each Agency to establish a system for the protection and preservation of State data on State‑owned electronic data processing equipment necessary for the continuity of government functions upon relinquishment of the equipment to a successor executive administration. (Source: P.A. 93‑306, eff. 7‑23‑03.) |
(20 ILCS 450/50) Sec. 50. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93‑306, eff. 7‑23‑03; text omitted.) |
(20 ILCS 450/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 93‑306, eff. 7‑23‑03.) |