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A Brief Reminder About the Florida Information Protection Act

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/4/2025

According to one survey, Florida is fourth on the list of states with the most reported data breaches. No doubt, data breaches continue to be a significant risk for all business, large and small, across the U.S., including...more

Preparing for Change: 2024 Brings Bevy of New Privacy Laws

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/11/2024

CALIFORNIA - On March 29, 2024, the amended California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations will take effect. These regulations were originally slated to take effect in 2023, but a court ruling (that is being appealed)...more

Florida Passes New Privacy Law: What It Means for Businesses

Carlton Fields on 6/14/2023

On June 6, 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed S.B. 262 into law, adding Florida to the list of states passing new privacy laws this year. While much of S.B. 262 will only impact companies with annual revenues of more than $1...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 1, January 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/1/2023

Big Boosts to Cybersecurity and Tech Funding in $1.7T Omnibus Bill Signed by Biden - “The bipartisan fiscal 2023 omnibus spending agreement includes $2.9 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a...more

New Year, New Florida Privacy Law?

Bilzin Sumberg on 1/11/2022

Florida appears to be gearing up for another partisan battle on data privacy. On Friday, January 7, 2022, Florida Senator Jennifer Bradley (R-Dist. 5), introduced Florida Senate Bill 1864, titled the “Florida Privacy...more

New Florida Genetic Privacy Law Imposes Criminal Penalties

Baker Donelson on 10/15/2021

Effective October 1, 2021, Florida's Protecting DNA Privacy Act (HB 833 or DNA Privacy Act) amends Florida's genetic privacy law (Fla. Stat. section 760.40) to establish new crimes arising out of the unlawful use of a...more

The Long Game: Why Parler Has Everything To Do With Florida’s Privacy Legislation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 4/23/2021

Within the week, we will know whether Florida will adopt the most aggressive privacy law in the country, something more moderate, or nothing at all. But an issue that has not received enough attention is the reason HB 969 and...more

Florida Legislature Considers Sweeping Data-Privacy Legislation Supported by Governor

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/29/2021

Florida has joined the wave of states considering new comprehensive data privacy legislation. On February 15, 2021, Rep. Fiona McFarland introduced HB 969, modeled after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The bill is...more

Florida’s Proposed Privacy Legislation: An In-Depth Analysis for Corporate Counsel

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 1/28/2020

The Florida Senate and House of Representatives are considering two bills (SB 1670 and HB 963) that, if adopted, will amend Florida law to create the state’s first comprehensive privacy law (though they do not go nearly as...more

Will Your Business Be Affected By the New California Privacy Law

Lowndes on 1/15/2020

The first communication between two computers occurred on October 29, 1969. One computer was located at UCLA and the other at Stanford. One communicated to the other “LOGIN” and it promptly crashed after receiving “LO”. From...more

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