(A) The disclosure of social security numbers to agents, employees, contractors, or subcontractors of a governmental entity or disclosure by a governmental entity to another governmental entity or its agents, employees, contractors, or subcontractors if disclosure is necessary in order for the entity to perform its duties and responsibilities; and, if disclosing to a contractor or subcontractor, prior to such disclosure, the governmental entity must first receive from the contractor or subcontractor a copy of the contractor's or subcontractor's policy that sets forth how the requirements imposed under the Identity Protection Act on a governmental entity to protect an individual's social security number will be achieved.
(B) The disclosure of social security numbers pursuant to a court order, warrant, or subpoena.
(C) The collection, use, or disclosure of social security numbers in order to ensure the safety of: state and local government employees; persons committed to correctional facilities, local jails, and other law-enforcement facilities or retention centers; wards of the state; youth in care as defined in § 4d of the Children and Family Services Act, and all persons working in or visiting a state or local government agency facility.
(D) The collection, use, or disclosure of social security numbers for internal verification or administrative purposes.
(E) The collection or use of social security numbers to investigate or prevent fraud, to conduct background checks, to collect a debt, to obtain a credit report from a consumer reporting agency under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, to undertake any permissible purpose that is enumerated under the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, or to locate a missing person, a lost relative, or a person who is due a benefit, such as a pension benefit or an unclaimed property benefit.
(F) This policy does not apply to the collection, use, or disclosure of a social security number as required by state or federal law, rule, or regulation.
(G) This policy does not apply to documents that are recorded with a county recorder or required to be open to the public under any state or federal law, rule, or regulation, applicable case law, Supreme Court Rule, or the Constitution of the State of Illinois. Notwithstanding this section, county recorders must comply with § 35 of the Identity Protection Act.
(H) This policy does not apply to the judiciary or the Circuit Clerk pursuant to ILCS Ch. 5, Act 179, § 40.
(Res. 2017-14A, passed 12-21-2017)