{"id":1027,"date":"2020-05-17T16:44:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amp.legal\/blog\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2021-02-16T14:56:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:56:33","slug":"florida-data-privacy-bill-in-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amp.legal\/blog\/florida-data-privacy-bill-in-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Data Privacy Bills In Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lawmakers attempted to pass a Florida data privacy law in early 2020. Recently, many countries around the world enacted privacy laws to protect the data of consumers. So far, there are only a handful of states in the U.S. to enact a law to protect the personal information of their residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late 2019, the Florida House of Representatives introduced HB 963<\/a> with the title \u201cConsumer Data Privacy\u201d to protect the personal information of Florida residents. In early 2020, the Florida Senate introduced a duplicate bill under SB 1670<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida\u2019s attempt to pass a data privacy law failed. The Florida House \u201cindefinitely postponed\u201d HB 963 and withdrew the bill from consideration. On March 14, 2020, HB 963<\/a> died in the Oversight, Transparency, and Public Management Subcommittee. At the same time, the Florida Senate also \u201cindefinitely postponed\u201d SB 1670 and withdrew the bill from consideration. As a result, SB 1670<\/a> died in the Commerce and Tourism Committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed Florida law aimed to prohibit \u201cthe use of personal data contained in public records for certain marketing, soliciting, and contact without the person\u2019s consent.\u201d  If Florida passed the law, covered operators of a commercial website or online service would have to post a Privacy Notice to explain their data collecting and sharing practices. Additionally, the law would require operators to establish a method to allow consumers to opt-out of having their personal data sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Proposed Florida law copied Nevada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Both of the Florida privacy bills seemed to be an incomplete version of the existing Nevada privacy law<\/a>. The Nevada privacy legislation became law in 2017 and received an update in 2019. Likewise, the Nevada privacy law includes similar definitions of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n