Ill. R. Cir. Ct. McHenry Cnty. 21.09
It is the responsibility of the filing party or counsel to ensure that documents or exhibits filed electronically do not disclose previously or statutorily impounded or sealed information or private information defined in Supreme Court Rules 15 and 138. The clerk is not responsible for the content of filed documents and has no obligation to review, redact or screen any expunged, sealed or impounded information.
Documents in confidential, impounded, or sealed cases may be electronically filed. For cases not subject to mandatory E-Filing, documents may be submitted conventionally to the clerk's office for filing. A party who has a legal basis for filing a document under seal without a prior court order must electronically file a motion for leave to file under seal. The motion must include an explanation of how the document meets the legal standards for filing sealed documents. The document in question may not be attached to the motion as an attachment.
Any document submitted electronically that is improperly marked in a vendor E-File system as confidential without a valid legal basis may be filed by the Circuit Clerk as a non-confidential filing.
In addition to any other materials referenced in Supreme Court Rules 15 and 138, parties and their counsel shall refrain from including, or shall redact where inclusion is necessary, the following personal identifiers from all documents electronically filed with the court unless otherwise ordered by the court.
Ill. R. Cir. Ct. McHenry Cnty. 21.09