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Jackson Lewis P.C.

A Brief Reminder About the Florida Information Protection Act

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

#StatusUpdate on Social Media, Apps, and Children’s Privacy

Regulations impacting children’s use of social media continues to be a space in motion the past few months. There have been developments at both the state level, as well as with the FTC. And there is no sign of slowing down....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Preparing for Change: 2024 Brings Bevy of New Privacy Laws

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

Carlton Fields

Florida Passes New Privacy Law: What It Means for Businesses

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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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Florida Added to Growing List of New Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Laws

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On June 6, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis approved the passage of Senate Bill 262, which establishes the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR), set to go into effect July 1, 2024. Florida is now the tenth state to pass...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Another Governor Signs: Florida Privacy Law Will be Effective July 2024

Florida has become the latest state to enact a comprehensive privacy law this year when SB 262 was signed by Governor DeSantis last week. It combines some new, and some familiar, provisions. It has also passed a child privacy...more

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Florida Governor Signs Data Privacy Law Focused on Children, Search Engines and Billion Dollar Businesses

Florida has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive privacy laws. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”) into law on June 6th. How does it compare?...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

EyeMed Data Breach Multistate Settlement

EyeMed recently entered into a settlement with the Attorneys General of Oregon, New Jersey, Florida and Pennsylvania around a 2020 breach of an EyeMed email account that contained the data of more than 2 million individuals....more

Bilzin Sumberg

New Year, New Florida Privacy Law?

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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

Baker Donelson

New Florida Genetic Privacy Law Imposes Criminal Penalties

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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

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

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

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Florida Legislature Considers Sweeping Data-Privacy Legislation Supported by Governor

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

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Will Florida’s DNA Privacy Law Start a Trend?

New Florida Law Expands Privacy Protections of Genetic Testing to Life and Disability Insurance: Advances in genetic testing and the advent of commercially available testing kits, such as 23andMe and Ancestry DNA, has led to...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

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

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

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Will Your Business Be Affected By the New California Privacy Law

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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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