§ 2UU — Internet service; cancellation

Illinois § 2UU

• Jurisdiction: Illinois
• Topic: BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT
• Ch. 815: BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
• Act 815 ILCS 505/: Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.

Text

(a) As used in this Section: "Internet service provider" means a person who provides a service that combines computer processing, information storage, protocol conversion, and routing with transmission to enable a consumer to access Internet content and services. (b) This Section applies only to agreements under which an Internet service provider provides service to consumers, for home and personal use, for a one-year term that is automatically renewed for another one-year term unless a consumer cancels the service. (c) An Internet service provider must give a consumer who is an Illinois resident the following: (1) a secure method at the Internet service provider's web site that the consumer may use to cancel the service, which method shall not require the consumer to make a telephone call or send U.S. Postal Service mail to effectuate the cancellation; and (2) instructions that the consumer may follow to cancel the service at the Internet service provider's web site. (d) A person who violates this Section commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)