Amends the Personal Information Protection Act. Provides that, after a breach of security of a State agency that collects personal information concerning a State resident, the agency must, in addition to notifying the resident of the breach, offer free credit monitoring to the affected residents for one calendar year. Provides that the credit monitoring may be provided by the agency, by another State agency, or by a third party provider. Effective immediately.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 815 ILCS 530/12