{"data":{"id":"us-il/105-ilcs-75-10","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"105 ILCS 75/10","heading":"Prohibited inquiry.","body":"(a) It is unlawful for a post-secondary school to request or require a student or his or her parent or guardian to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student's account or profile on a social networking website or to demand access in any manner to a student's account or profile on a social networking website.\n(b) Nothing in this Section limits a post-secondary school's right to do the following:\n(1) promulgate and maintain lawful school policies governing the use of the post-secondary school's electronic equipment, including policies regarding Internet use, social networking website use, and electronic mail use; and\n(2) monitor usage of the post-secondary school's electronic equipment and the post-secondary school's electronic mail without requesting or requiring a student to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student's account or profile on a social networking website.\n(c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a post-secondary school from obtaining information about a student that is in the public domain or that is otherwise obtained in compliance with this Act.\n(d) This Section does not prohibit a post-secondary school from conducting an investigation or requiring a student to cooperate in an investigation if there is specific information about activity on the student's account on a social networking website that violates a school disciplinary rule or policy. In the course of an investigation, the student may be required to share the content that is reported in order to make a factual determination.","path":["CHAPTER 105 SCHOOLS","Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=3504\u0026ChapterID=17\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:26Z","sha256":"337e6f03c28412e3cbccd7eab1d718478668414ef6b1ddacf7053b39e8a2d8f4","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/105-ilcs-75-5","next":"us-il/105-ilcs-75-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}