Illinois Administrative Code › Title 2 - GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION › Part 1301 - ACCESS TO RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY › Subpart A - INTRODUCTION › Section 1301.120 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Terms not defined in this Section shall
				have the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information Act and the Illinois
				Unemployment Insurance Act.
b) The
				following definitions are applicable for purposes of this Part:
"Act" means the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act [820 ILCS
				  405].
"Agency" means the Illinois Department of Employment
				  Security.
"Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a
				  public record or records, or information derived from public records, in any
				  form for sale, resale, or solicitation or advertisement for sales or services.
				  For purposes of this definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,
				  scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered to be made for a
				  "commercial purpose" when the principal purpose of the request
				  is:
to access and disseminate information concerning news
				  and current or passing events;
for articles of opinion or features of interest to
				  the public; or
for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public
				  research or education.
(Section 2(c-10) of FOIA)
"Copying" means the reproduction of any public record
				  by means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical, or other process, device
				  or means now known or hereafter developed and available to the
Agency
.
(Section 2(d) of FOIA)
"Director" means the Director of the Agency.
"FOIA" means the Freedom of Information Act [5 ILCS
				  140].
"Freedom of Information Officer" or "FOI Officer" means an
				  individual or individuals responsible for receiving and responding to requests
				  for public records.
"News media" means a newspaper or other periodical
				  issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic format, a news
				  service whether in paper or electronic form, a radio station, a television
				  station, a television network, a community antenna television service, or a
				  person or corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion picture news
				  for public showing.
(Section 2(f) of FOIA)
"Private information" means unique identifiers,
				  including a person's social security number, driver's license number, employee
				  identification number, biometric identifiers, personal financial information,
				  passwords or other access codes, medical records, home or personal telephone
				  numbers, and personal email addresses. Private information also includes home
				  address and personal license plates, except as otherwise provided by law or
				  when compiled without possibility of attribution to any person.
(Section 2(c-5) of FOIA)
"Public Access Counselor" means an individual appointed to
				  that office by the Attorney General under Section 7 of the Attorney General Act
				  [15 ILCS 205].
"Public body" means all legislative, executive,
				  administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, State universities and
				  colleges, counties, townships, cities, villages, incorporated towns, school
				  districts and all other municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees or
				  commissions of this State, any subsidiary bodies of any of the foregoing,
				  including but not limited to committees and subcommittees thereof, and a School
				  Finance Authority created under Article 1E of the School Code
[105
				  ILCS 5]. (Section 2(a) of FOIA)
"Public records" means all records, reports, forms,
				  writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps, photographs, microfilms,
				  cards, tapes, recordings, electronic data processing records, electronic
				  communications, recorded information and all other documentary materials
				  pertaining to the transaction of public business, regardless of physical form
				  or characteristics, having been prepared by or for, or having been or being
				  used by, received by, in the possession of or under the control of
the
				  Agency
.
(Section 2(c) of FOIA)
"Requester" means a person who submits to the Agency a
				  written request, electronically or on paper, for records.