{
 "topic": "FOIA section 2(c-10)",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/2(c-10)",
 "family": "Definitions (public body, public record, requesters)",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-2-c-10/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 1,
  "no_violation": 2,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Commercial purpose designation of SpotCrime",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Requests from news media are exempt from commercial purpose, but SpotCrime's data compilation and sale to subscribers lacks journalistic standards, so it is commercial.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A data-aggregation website's classification for daily crime data requests",
    "date": "2017-04-04",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-34653/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 44649",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-44649/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 33323",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Request qualifies as commercial purpose",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Seeking information derived from public records to sell access to paying members falls within the definition of a commercial purpose.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "PTAX-203 real estate transfer declaration forms",
    "date": "2015-03-27",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-34157/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Commercial purpose classification of FOIA request",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Using information derived from records to provide business services is not selling or reselling the information itself.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A fire department's fee for search and retrieval of a fire report",
    "date": "2018-10-26",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-26621/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "111. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 52147, issued August 7, 2018",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "I11. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 41128 and 41129, issued August 16, 2017",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}