On September 22, 2017, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed the
proposed Geolocation Privacy Protection Act, which sought to limit
the collection, use, retention, or disclosure of precise
geolocation data from a mobile device without a person's prior
express and written consent. The General Assembly originally passed
the bill on June 27, 2017. (For more background on the bill, see
Illinois Becomes the First State to Pass a Geolocation Privacy
Protection Bill (July 5, 2017)).
Governor Rauner's comments afterwards suggest that industry
concerns played a key role in his decision to veto the bill.
"This bill would result in job loss across the state without
materially improving privacy protections for Illinoisans or making
devices and their apps safer for children," Rauner said.
"The addition of this policy to Illinois' existing burden
of red tape will hurt Illinois' growing reputation as a
destination for innovation-based job creation." This bill
would have made
