Illinois Compiled Statutes 815 ILCS 505 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Section 2UU

    (815 ILCS 505/2UU)

    Sec. 2UU. Internet service; cancellation.

    (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.

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

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