Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES
75 ILCS 70/ - Library Records Confidentiality Act.

(75 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 81, par. 1201)
Sec. 1. (a) The registration and circulation records of a library
are confidential information. No person
shall publish or make any information contained in such records available to the public unless:
This subsection shall not alter any right to challenge the use or dissemination of patron information that is otherwise permitted by law.
(b) This Section does not prevent a library from publishing or making
available to the public reasonable statistical reports regarding library
registration and book circulation where those reports are presented so that
no individual is identified therein.
(b-5) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as a privacy violation or a breach of confidentiality if a library provides information to a law enforcement officer under item (2) of subsection (a).
(c) For the purpose of this Section, (i) "library" means any public library
or library of an educational, historical or eleemosynary institution, organization
or society; (ii) "registration records" includes any information a library
requires a person to provide in order for that person to become eligible
to borrow books and other materials and (iii) "circulation records" includes
all information identifying the individual borrowing particular
books or materials.

(Source: P.A. 95-40, eff. 1-1-08.)

(75 ILCS 70/2) (from Ch. 81, par. 1202)
Sec. 2.

This Act may be cited as the Library Records Confidentiality Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1475.)