{
 "topic": "FOIA section 7(1)(d-7) - Automatic license plate reader data",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/7(1)(d-7)",
 "family": "FOIA exemptions (section 7)",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-7-1-d-7/",
 "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": "Withholding ALPR locations under section 7(1)(d-7)",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "Section 7(1)(d-7) exempts only ALPR information gathered or created from ALPR use, not records identifying ALPR locations.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "ALPR camera cost, lease period, and locations",
    "date": "2026-04-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-83705/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Southern Illinoisan v. Illinois Department of Public Health, 218 Ill. 2d 390, 416 (2006)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. Attorney General of Illinois, 2017 IL 120343",
     "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/cases/2015%20IL%20App%20(4th)%20140941/"
    },
    {
     "text": "Hayashi v. Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation, 2014 IL 116023",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "People v. Chenoweth, 2015 IL 116898",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "issue": "ALPR data exempt from disclosure",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "ALPR information must be kept confidential under the Illinois Vehicle Code, and FOIA exemption 7(1)(d-7) contains no exception allowing individuals to obtain their own ALPR data.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Police records on Automated License Plate Reader data and investigations",
    "date": "2025-01-27",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-84561/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  },
  {
   "issue": "ALPR hits for requester's own vehicle exempt under FOIA",
   "outcome": "no_violation",
   "rule": "ALPR information must be kept confidential under the Illinois Vehicle Code, and FOIA's exemption contains no exception allowing individuals to obtain ALPR information about their own vehicles.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Automated license plate reader data on a specific vehicle",
    "date": "2024-10-09",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-83280/"
   },
   "authorities": []
  }
 ]
}