{
 "topic": "FOIA section 7(1)(c) - Personal privacy",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/7(1)(c)",
 "family": "FOIA exemptions (section 7)",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-7-1-c/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 33,
  "no_violation": 23,
  "no_determination": 1,
  "other": 2
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  "generated_by": "AI summary of the decisions listed on this page; not legal advice; verify each decision against its PDF",
  "when_a_challenge_is_strong": [
   {
    "text": "The record concerns a public employee's job duties, qualifications, attendance, or compensation.",
    "why": "Information bearing on public duties is not an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy under section 7(1)(c).",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Emails between four individuals over three months",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-69899/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/#issue-5"
     },
     {
      "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/#issue-6"
     },
     {
      "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/#issue-8"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The public body withheld an entire record instead of redacting exempt portions.",
    "why": "The body must disclose non-exempt content after redacting private details; withholding the whole record violates FOIA.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A police report withheld by a village",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-77465/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Disciplinary reports from a community college",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-68242/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "A school official's emails about morning announcements",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-38873/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Emails from non-city accounts used by the mayor",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71500/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The requested information is not highly personal (e.g., ages, business names, middle initials, license plate numbers, ticket location, hospital name).",
    "why": "Such information does not invade personal privacy and is not exempt.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Police records of a past burglary investigation",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-51910/#issue-5"
     },
     {
      "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/#issue-12"
     },
     {
      "title": "Parking ticket data fields from 2015 to 2022",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-70498/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Police reports and complaints about an individual",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58607/#issue-5"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The person whose information is at issue is an arrestee (not a victim, witness, or uncharged suspect).",
    "why": "Arrestees' identities are generally not exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Investigative records and photos of a 1992 murder case",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-62344/#issue-5"
     },
     {
      "title": "A police report of a DUI arrest and vehicle impoundment",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-82136/#issue-3"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The record involves police conduct, use of force, or an interaction on a public street.",
    "why": "The public interest in monitoring police actions outweighs individual privacy interests.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Police use-of-force reports for 2017",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-53887/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Police body-camera footage of a public encounter",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-75330/#issue-3"
     },
     {
      "title": "Security camera footage from a school event",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-65306/#issue-3"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "when_the_body_usually_wins": [
   {
    "text": "The record contains dates of birth.",
    "why": "Dates of birth are highly personal and their disclosure would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Police incident reports, CAD notes, 911 audio, and body-camera footage of an arrest",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85152/#issue-4"
     },
     {
      "title": "Crash report with driver's personal identifiers",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85584/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Redacted witness information in a police crash report",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-74691/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/#issue-5"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The record identifies crime victims, witnesses, or complainants.",
    "why": "Disclosure of such identifying information is an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Police incident report of criminal damage to a vehicle",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-84503/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Police reports on child custody incidents",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85555/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Witness statements in a police report",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85113/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Investigative records and photos of a 1992 murder case",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-62344/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Police records of a past burglary investigation",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-51910/#issue-4"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The record contains personal health information, Social Security numbers, driver's licenses, or highly personal private details.",
    "why": "These are exempt because the privacy interest outweighs any public interest.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Police reports and complaints about an individual",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58607/#issue-4"
     },
     {
      "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/#issue-10"
     },
     {
      "title": "Athletic department correspondence with an NIL group",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-80318/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Unredacted police report of a medical assist incident",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-86210/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The record is a police report of a private domestic incident with no arrests.",
    "why": "The privacy interests of the individuals involved outweigh the public interest in disclosure.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A police incident report involving a public official and her spouse",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-86037/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Police reports on named private individuals",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-83212/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "The record contains information about unsuccessful job applicants (other than finalists for high-level positions).",
    "why": "Disclosure would be objectionable to a reasonable person and invade personal privacy.",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Job applications and résumés of unsuccessful applicants",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-88619/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Application materials for a police chief finalist",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-76460/#issue-3"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "points_to_put_in_the_letter": [
   {
    "text": "If the record relates to a public employee's job duties, state that information bearing on public duties is not exempt under 7(1)(c) and the public interest in disclosure outweighs any privacy claim.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Emails between four individuals over three months",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-69899/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "If the body withheld entire records, argue that FOIA requires redaction of only exempt information and disclosure of the rest.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A police report withheld by a village",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-77465/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Disciplinary reports from a community college",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-68242/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "If the information is not highly personal (e.g., ages, business names, middle initials), point out that such details do not constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Police records of a past burglary investigation",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-51910/#issue-5"
     },
     {
      "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/#issue-12"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "If you are seeking arrestee identities, note that arrestees' names are generally not exempt under the personal privacy exemption.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Investigative records and photos of a 1992 murder case",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-62344/#issue-5"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "If the record involves police use of force or public interactions, emphasize the strong public interest in oversight of law enforcement.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Police use-of-force reports for 2017",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-53887/#issue-2"
     },
     {
      "title": "Police body-camera footage of a public encounter",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-75330/#issue-3"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "facts_to_gather": [
   "Whether the person is a public employee and the record relates to their public duties.",
   "Whether the record contains dates of birth, health information, or victim/witness identities.",
   "Whether the incident resulted in an arrest.",
   "Whether the public body withheld entire records or only redacted portions.",
   "Whether the information is already public or was used in court (though court use does not waive the exemption)."
  ],
  "common_mistakes": [
   {
    "text": "Assuming that all personnel records are exempt from disclosure.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/#issue-2"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "Believing that dates of birth are not private and must be disclosed.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Police incident reports, CAD notes, 911 audio, and body-camera footage of an arrest",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85152/#issue-4"
     },
     {
      "title": "Crash report with driver's personal identifiers",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85584/#issue-2"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "Thinking that victim or witness identities must be disclosed because they appear in police reports.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Police incident report of criminal damage to a vehicle",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-84503/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Witness statements in a police report",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85113/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "Failing to request that the body redact exempt portions instead of withholding the entire record.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "A police report withheld by a village",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-77465/#issue-1"
     },
     {
      "title": "Disciplinary reports from a community college",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-68242/#issue-1"
     }
    ]
   },
   {
    "text": "Assuming that because records were used in court, the privacy exemption is lost.",
    "why": "",
    "decisions": [
     {
      "title": "Investigative records and photos of a 1992 murder case",
      "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-62344/#issue-2"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "caution": "These determination letters are non-binding, and outcomes depend on specific facts. Always verify the current version of the PDF decisions for full context."
 },
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  {
   "issue": "Redaction under section 7(1)(c) for personal privacy",
   "outcome": "other",
   "rule": "The minor's identifying information, dates of birth, and arrestee's height and weight were properly redacted, but the arrestee's statements and police conduct were not exempt as there is a legitimate public interest in DUI arrests.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A police report of a DUI arrest and vehicle impoundment",
    "date": "2024-08-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-82136/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 12-006",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2011-pac-18379/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of decedent's 911 call statements",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The Sheriff's Office failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the decedent's statements in the 911 recording are exempt under section 7(1)(c), because the public interest in disclosure outweighs the asserted privacy interests.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "911 audio recordings of a suicidal person report and crash",
    "date": "2026-01-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-90484/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "National Archives & Records Adm'n v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (2004)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "2010 Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Access Op. 10-003",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "New York Times Co. v. National Aeronautics & Space Administration, 782 F. Supp. 628 (D.D.C. 1991)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130 v. Department of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192 (2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Chicago Police Department, 399 Ill. App. 3d 1 (2010)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Schessler v. Department of Conservation, 256 Ill. App. 3d 198 (1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-140042/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Denial of unsuccessful applicants' applications and résumés under 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Records identifying pending or unsuccessful applicants for public employment are exempt under section 7(1)(c) because disclosure would be objectionable to a reasonable person and invade personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Job applications and résumés of unsuccessful applicants",
    "date": "2025-09-09",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-88619/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 84684, issued January 13, 2025",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 58010, issued October 9, 2019",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 59938, issued October 21, 2019",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "CBS Inc., v. Partee, 198 Ill. App. 3d 936, 948-49 (1990)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-131480/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of personal information under 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Disclosure of highly personal information about an unresponsive person without written consent would cause a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Unredacted police report of a medical assist incident",
    "date": "2025-05-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-86210/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Chicago Alliance for Neighborhood Safety v. City of Chicago, 348 Ill. App. 3d 188, 211 (2004)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Lakin Law Firm, P.C. v. F.T.C., 352 F.3d 1122, 1124 (7th Cir. 2003)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding police report under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A police report of a domestic incident with no arrests or public-duty connection is exempt under section 7(1)(c) because privacy interests outweigh the public interest.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A police incident report involving a public official and her spouse",
    "date": "2025-04-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-86037/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Southern Illinoisan v. Illinois Department of Public Health, 218 Ill. 2d 390, 415 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130 v. Department of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192, 196 (2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Chicago Police Department, 399 Ill. App. 3d 1, 13 (2010)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Alliance for Neighborhood Safety v. City of Chicago, 348 Ill. App. 3d 188, 211 (2004)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Lakin Law Firm, P.C. v. F.T.C., 352 F.3d 1122, 1124 (7th Cir. 2003)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 846 F. Supp. 2d 63, 71 (D.D.C. 2012)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "American Civil Liberties Union v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 655 F.3d 1, 7 (D.C. Cir. 2011)",
     "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/613160/american-civil-liberties-union-v-united-states-department-of-justice/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 16-009, issued November 7, 2016, at 16",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2016-pac-43168/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 32478, issued October 4, 2016, at 3-4",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Copley Press, Inc. v. City of Springfield, 266 Ill. App. 3d 421, 427 (1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-141552/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding driver's date of birth as personal information",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An individual's birth date is highly personal, and the right to privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in disclosure.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Crash report with driver's personal identifiers",
    "date": "2025-03-27",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85584/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 16-009, issued November 7, 2016",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2016-pac-43168/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of personal information from police reports",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A public body may redact personal information when disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, including the identity and statements of a police complainant.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police reports on child custody incidents",
    "date": "2025-03-17",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85555/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 79728",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Gabrielli v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 594 F. Supp. 309, 312–13 (N.D.N.Y. 1984)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of dates of birth from report and CAD notes",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Disclosure of a person's date of birth constitutes a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police incident reports, CAD notes, 911 audio, and body-camera footage of an arrest",
    "date": "2025-04-10",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85152/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 16-009, issued November 7, 2016, at 12",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2016-pac-43168/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of complainant identity and statements under 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Disclosing the identity of a person who complains to police, or the information they provided, is an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy even if the requester alleges false reports.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Witness statements in a police report",
    "date": "2025-02-14",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-85113/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 79728",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Gabrielli v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 594 F. Supp. 309, 312–13 (N.D.N.Y. 1984)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Denial of victim-identifying records under personal privacy exemption",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Disclosure of information identifying a criminal offense victim is a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, so the body may deny or redact such records.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police incident report of criminal damage to a vehicle",
    "date": "2025-06-06",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-84503/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 26904",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Coleman v. F.B.I., 13 F. Supp. 2d 75, 80 (D.D.C. 1998)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding police reports under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Police reports of a private incident with no arrests may be withheld in full under section 7(1)(c) because disclosure would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police reports on named private individuals",
    "date": "2024-10-02",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-83212/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Dunaway v. Webster, 519 F. Supp. 1059, 1078 (N.D. Cal. 1981)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. United States Dep't of Justice, 846 F. Supp. 2d 63, 71 (D.D.C., 2012)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Dep't of Justice, 655 F.3d 1, 7 (D.C. Cir. 2011)",
     "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/613160/american-civil-liberties-union-v-united-states-department-of-justice/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 32478, issued October 4, 2016",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Copley Press, Inc. v. City of Springfield, 266 Ill. App. 3d 421, 426 (1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-141552/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Section 7(1)(c) personal privacy exemption for toll records",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Toll records of a public employee's publicly funded commuting bear on public duties and are not a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "I-Pass transponder and license plate data for an individual",
    "date": "2024-12-31",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-82640/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 64579",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 56428",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 78194",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of one line of highly personal information",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "A record is exempt under section 7(1)(c) if it is highly personal, the subject's privacy outweighs the public interest, and it does not concern public business.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Athletic department correspondence with an NIL group",
    "date": "2024-11-22",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-80318/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Improper withholding of entire police report under FOIA section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body may not withhold an entire police report when non-exempt portions describing officers' activities can be disclosed after redacting identifying information and highly personal details.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A police report withheld by a village",
    "date": "2024-12-30",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-77465/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Southern Illinoisan v. Illinois Dep't of Public Health, 218 Ill. 2d 390, 415 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, 176 Ill. 2d 401, 407 (1997)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130 v. Dep't of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192, 196 (2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 26904, issued April 16, 2014",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 31526, issued November 26, 2014",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. United States Dep' t of Justice, 846 F. Supp. 2d 63, 71 (D.D.C. 2012)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Dep't of Justice, 655 F.3d 1, 7 (D.C. Cir. 2011)",
     "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/613160/american-civil-liberties-union-v-united-states-department-of-justice/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Coleman v. F.B.I., 13 F. Supp. 2d 75, 80 (D.D.C. 1998)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "McGee v. Kelley, 2017 IL App (3d) 160324",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2017%20IL%20App%20(3d)%20160324/"
    },
    {
     "text": "State Journal- Register v. University of Illinois Springfield, 2013 IL App (4th) 120881",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2013%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20120881/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 67495, issued June 29, 2021",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 12-006, issued March 16, 2012",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2011-pac-18379/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding police chief finalist's application materials under 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Publicly identified finalist for police chief is not a mere pending applicant; public interest in his qualifications outweighs privacy, so exemption does not apply.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Application materials for a police chief finalist",
    "date": "2023-11-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-76460/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 52581",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 59938",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130, U.A. v. Department of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192 (1st Dist. 2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Schessler v. Department of Conservation, 256 Ill. App. 3d 198 (4th Dist. 1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-140042/"
    },
    {
     "text": "National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Chicago Police Department, 399 Ill. App. 3d 1 (1st Dist. 2010)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding transitory emails containing other candidates' information under 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Disclosure of information identifying unsuccessful applicants would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Application materials for a police chief finalist",
    "date": "2023-11-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-76460/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 52581",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 59938",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding transitory emails with general status updates under 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "General status updates about selection process are not highly personal and their disclosure would not constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Application materials for a police chief finalist",
    "date": "2023-11-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-76460/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction under section 7(1)(c) for personal privacy",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Section 7(1)(c) does not permit blurring the identity of an individual who interacted with officers on a public street.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police body-camera footage of a public encounter",
    "date": "2023-10-04",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-75330/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of witness birth dates",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Dates of birth are exempt from disclosure under section 7(1)(c) as personal information whose disclosure would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Redacted witness information in a police crash report",
    "date": "2023-02-06",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-74691/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 16-009",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2016-pac-43168/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Employment applications, resumes, and references",
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   "rule": "Employment and educational histories, references, and application materials bear on public employees' qualifications and are not exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
    "date": "2023-06-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 14-015",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2014-pac-30785/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Core v. United States Postal Service",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 39447",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 65940",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 49902",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 33143",
     "url": null
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   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Academic transcripts and course records",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Academic transcripts and course records paid for by a public body relate to public duties and are not exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
    "date": "2023-06-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 37877",
     "url": null
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   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Salary history information",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Private sector salary history is highly personal and not subject to disclosure, but public sector salary history is subject to disclosure under section 2.5 of FOIA.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
    "date": "2023-06-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 14-015",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2014-pac-30785/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 39447",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Employee retirement investment elections",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The Housing Authority did not demonstrate that redactions in the Checklist for Retirement Program Enrollment are highly personal and exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
    "date": "2023-06-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 54786",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 17922",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Participant Direction of Investment and benefit elections",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Personal financial decisions and benefit elections, including dependents, are highly personal and exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
    "date": "2023-06-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 54786",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 17922",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Social Security cards and driver's licenses",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Social security cards and driver's licenses are exempt in whole under section 7(1)(c) because disclosure would compromise identity for identity theft.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
    "date": "2023-06-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 30407",
     "url": null
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   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Middle initials of employee names",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Middle initials are not highly personal information, and the public interest in full names of public employees outweighs privacy, so they are not exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Personnel files of three housing authority employees",
    "date": "2023-06-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71823/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of e-mail under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The public body must disclose portions of the e-mail where the public interest outweighs the minor privacy invasion, redacting only highly personal details.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Emails from non-city accounts used by the mayor",
    "date": "2023-03-17",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71500/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Southern Illinoisan v. Illinois Dep't of Public Health, 218 Ill. 2d 390, 415 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, 176 Ill. 2d 401, 407 (1997)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130, U.A. v. Department of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192, 196 (1st Dist. 2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Schessler v. Department of Conservation, 256 Ill. App. 3d 198, 202 (4th Dist. 1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-140042/"
    },
    {
     "text": "National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Chicago Police Department, 399 Ill. App. 3d 1, 13 (1st Dist. 2010)",
     "url": null
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   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of names and dates of birth under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Disclosure of names of uncharged suspects, witnesses, and third parties, and dates of birth, would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police call records for a residence",
    "date": "2022-10-16",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-71207/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130 v. Department of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192, 196 (1st Dist. 2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 846 F. Supp. 2d 63, 71 (D.D.C. 2012)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "American Civil Liberties Union v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 655 F.3d 1, 7 (D.C. Cir. 2011)",
     "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/613160/american-civil-liberties-union-v-united-states-department-of-justice/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 16-009, issued November 7, 2016",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2016-pac-43168/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Mays v. Drug Enforcement Administration, 234 F.3d 1324, 1327 (D.C. Cir. 2000)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Coleman v. F.B.I., 13 F. Supp. 2d 75, 80 (D.D.C. 1998)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 22-005, issued March 24, 2022",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2021-pac-69011/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding ticket location and license plate numbers under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The Department did not establish that disclosure would be highly personal or objectionable, so the privacy exemption does not apply.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Parking ticket data fields from 2015 to 2022",
    "date": "2023-03-02",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-70498/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of employee name under 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Information bearing on public employees' public duties is not an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and cannot be withheld under 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Emails between four individuals over three months",
    "date": "2023-07-18",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-69899/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Whether redactions under section 7(1)(c) were proper",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Personal information is exempt only if disclosure would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy, but information bearing on public duties is not exempt.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A mayor's text messages with city officials",
    "date": "2022-03-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-69562/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Schessler v. Dep't of Conservation, 256 Ill. App. 3d 198 (4th Dist. 1994)",
     "url": null
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   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding complaint records under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Complaints about public employees' job-related misconduct are not wholly exempt under 7(1)(c), but complainant-identifying information may be redacted.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Complaints and investigatory findings about a public employee",
    "date": "2022-06-08",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-69508/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Watkins v. McCarthy, 2012 IL App (1st) 100632, 980 N.E.2d 733 (2012)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2012%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20100632/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Kalven v. City of Chicago, 2014 IL App (1st) 121846, 7 N.E.3d 741 (2014)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2014%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20121846/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 18-018",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2018-pac-55153/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 22-005",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2021-pac-69011/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 52303",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Gekas v. Williamson, 393 Ill. App. 3d 573 (4th Dist. 2009)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/4-08-0733/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Mancini Law Group, P.C. v. Schaumburg Police Department, 2021 IL 126675",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2020%20IL%20App%20(1st)%20191131-U/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding entire RADAR and police reports under 7(1)(c) and 7(1)(d)(iv)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body must redact exempt information and disclose the remaining non-exempt content; it cannot withhold records in their entirety when they contain non-exempt information.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Disciplinary reports from a community college",
    "date": "2021-12-02",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-68242/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, 176 Ill. 2d 401, 407 (1997)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130 v. Department of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192, 196 (1st Dist. 2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Schessler v. Department of Conservation, 256 Ill. App. 3d 198, 202 (4th Dist. 1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-140042/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Chicago Alliance for Neighborhood Safety v. Town of Chicago, 348 Ill. App. 3d 188, 200-01 (1st Dist. 2004)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Copley Press, Inc. v. City of Springfield, 266 Ill. App. 3d 421, 426 (4th Dist. 1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-141552/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Gabrielli v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 594 F. Supp. 309, 312-13 (N.D.N.Y. 1984)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 12-006, issued March 16, 2012, at 7",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2011-pac-18379/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Mead Data Central, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Air Force, 566 F.2d 242, 261 n.55 (D.C. Cir. 1977)",
     "url": null
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  {
   "issue": "Section 7(1)(c) personal privacy exemption",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The video bears on a public employee's duties, so it is not exempt in its entirety, though student images may be redacted.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Security camera footage from a school event",
    "date": "2022-04-19",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-65306/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130, UA. v. Department of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192 (1st Dist. 2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Schessler v. Department of Conservation, 256 Ill. App. 3d 198 (4th Dist. 1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-140042/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 18-018, issued December 31, 2018",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2018-pac-55153/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 21-007, issued July 27, 2021",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2021-pac-s-0121/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of witness and third-party identities under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Disclosure of identities of third parties incidentally mentioned in police reports constitutes a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and the exemption is not lost because records were used in court.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Investigative records and photos of a 1992 murder case",
    "date": "2024-11-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-62344/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 26558",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Mays v. Drug Enforcement Administration, 234 F.3d 1324, 1327 (D.C. Cir. 2000)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 22-005",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2021-pac-69011/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of arrestee names from witness statements",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Arrestees' identities are generally not exempt under section 7(1)(c), and the Department did not show that disclosing them would unavoidably identify witnesses.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Investigative records and photos of a 1992 murder case",
    "date": "2024-11-21",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-62344/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 12-006",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2011-pac-18379/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Section 7(1)(c) redactions in Elias email",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Information bearing on public duties is not exempt under 7(1)(c), so the City improperly redacted portions of the Elias email.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Misconduct complaint records involving two city employees",
    "date": "2020-08-31",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-61760/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 31045",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 60991",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 52303",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 57449",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Section 7(1)(c) redactions in Fuller letter",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Information bearing on public duties is not exempt under 7(1)(c), so the City improperly redacted portions of the Fuller letter.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Misconduct complaint records involving two city employees",
    "date": "2020-08-31",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-61760/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 31045",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 60991",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 52303",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Permissible redaction of non-arrestee lineup photos",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "The City may redact photos or identifying information of individuals in lineup photos who were not arrested.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police incident report for case 2019-48357",
    "date": "2020-03-11",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-61099/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of personal health information",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Information identifying an individual as having a physical or mental health issue is highly personal and its disclosure would cause a substantial invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police reports and complaints about an individual",
    "date": "2023-05-25",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58607/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 53479",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 53087",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of treating hospital name",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The name of a treating hospital or medical facility is standard nondescript information that does not constitute personal information and its disclosure would not cause an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police reports and complaints about an individual",
    "date": "2023-05-25",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58607/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 37628",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redactions under personal privacy exemption",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The District failed to prove that certain redacted information was exempt under section 7(1)(c) because it was not highly personal or attributable to a particular student.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A school district's settlement agreement with a student's family",
    "date": "2023-12-15",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-58473/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130, U.A. v. Department of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192, 196 (1st Dist. 2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Schessler v. Department of Conservation, 256 Ill. App. 3d 198, 202 (4th Dist. 1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-140042/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Bowie v. Evanston Community Consolidated School District No. 65, 128 Ill. 2d 373, 381 (1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-126805/"
    },
    {
     "text": "National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Chicago Police Department, 399 Ill. App. 3d 1, 13 (1st Dist. 2010)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Section 7(1)(c) personal privacy redaction",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Public interest in police use of force outweighs privacy, but names of non-arrested subjects and identifying details may be redacted.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police use-of-force reports for 2017",
    "date": "2018-09-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-53887/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union 130 v. Department of Public Health, 327 Ill. App. 3d 192 (1st Dist. 2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Schessler v. Department of Conservation, 256 Ill. App. 3d 198 (4th Dist. 1994)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-140042/"
    },
    {
     "text": "National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Chicago Police Department, 399 Ill. App. 3d 1 (1st Dist. 2010)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Wiggins v. Burge, 173 F.R.D. 226 (N.D. Ill. 1997)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. United States Dep't of Justice, 846 F. Supp. 2d 63 (D.D.C. 2012)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Dep't of Justice, 655 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2011)",
     "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/613160/american-civil-liberties-union-v-united-states-department-of-justice/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 16-009",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2016-pac-43168/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 12-006",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2011-pac-18379/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Permissible redaction of dates of birth",
   "outcome": "no_determination",
   "rule": "Dates of birth may be redacted because disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "An investigation of police officers",
    "date": "2018-06-27",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-52348/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 16-009, issued November 7, 2016, at 12",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2016-pac-43168/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of victim and third-party identifying information under 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Disclosure of victim and third-party identifying information would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and is exempt.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police records of a past burglary investigation",
    "date": "2018-04-17",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-51910/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 26904",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 31526",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. United States Dep't of Justice",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Dep't of Justice",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of ages and business names under 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Ages and names of businesses are not exempt under section 7(1)(c) because they do not invade personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police records of a past burglary investigation",
    "date": "2018-04-17",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-51910/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. 22982",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Notice to remedy not exempt as personal information under FOIA 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Information bearing on public duties of public employees is not an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, so the notice to remedy must be disclosed.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "An exhibit to a teacher's notice to remedy resolution",
    "date": "2017-09-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-47540/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Personnel file withheld in entirety under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The current personal privacy exemption uses a balancing test, not a per se personnel file exemption, so records bearing on public duties must be disclosed.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
    "date": "2018-04-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 14-015",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2014-pac-30785/"
    },
    {
     "text": "State Journal-Register v. University of Illinois Springfield",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Copley Press, Inc. v. Board of Education for Peoria School District No. 150",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Job application, resume, and employment history",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Records bearing on a public employee's qualifications for employment are not exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
    "date": "2018-04-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 14-015",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2014-pac-30785/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Driver's license status and class",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Information about whether a bus operator possessed a non-expired driver's license and the class of license bears on public duties and is not exempt.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
    "date": "2018-04-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Employee's birth date",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "An employee's birth date is exempt from disclosure under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
    "date": "2018-04-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Attendance and absence records",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Records detailing a public employee's attendance or absences relate to public duties and are not exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
    "date": "2018-04-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 46310",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 19343",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Accrued time off",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Accrued time off is part of a public employee's compensation and relates to the use of public funds, so it is not exempt.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
    "date": "2018-04-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "State Journal-Register v. University of Illinois Springfield",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Copley Press, Inc. v. Board of Education for Peoria School District No. 150",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 47124",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. Pub. Acc. Op. No. 16-012",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/2016-pac-44115/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Payroll and wage information",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Payroll and wage information relates to the use of public funds and is not exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
    "date": "2018-04-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Emergency contact names",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "The names of emergency contacts are personal information that may be redacted under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
    "date": "2018-04-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 47124",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Employee's place of birth",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "The District did not sustain its burden to show the employee's place of birth is exempt under section 7(1)(c).",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A transit district's bus driver personnel file",
    "date": "2018-04-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-40605/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding parent emails under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Records containing highly personal information must be redacted to prevent identification; if redaction is possible, the records are not exempt in their entirety.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "A school official's emails about morning announcements",
    "date": "2016-06-30",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-38873/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Bowie v. Evanston Community Consolidated School District No. 65, 128 Ill. 2d 373, 381 (1989)",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/pre1996-126805/"
    },
    {
     "text": "State Journal-Register v. University of Illinois Springfield, 994 N.E.2d 705, 720 (4th Dist. 2013)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "Withholding personal emails under section 7(1)(c)",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "Emails unrelated to public duties that are highly personal are exempt when the individual's privacy right outweighs any public interest in disclosure.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Correspondence between a governor's office and a former agency director",
    "date": "2016-03-31",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-36017/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "Redaction of inmate-identifying information from responsive records",
   "outcome": "other",
   "rule": "Identifying information may be redacted because disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Prescription drug order records held by a contractor",
    "date": "2016-01-13",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-34503/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Ill. Att'y Gen. PAC Req. Rev. Ltr. 13717, issued June 20, 2011, at 2",
     "url": null
    }
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