Florida Enacts Privacy Law, Targets Big Tech

This alert has been amended to highlight the FDBR's impact on Big-Tech companies.

On June 6, 2023, Florida's Governor, Ron DeSantis, signed SB 262, which contains the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”), making Florida the fifth state in the past few months to enact a new privacy law. For the most part, these laws have followed a consistent framework and applied similarly to companies. However, Florida took a different approach. Instead of a comprehensive privacy law aimed at a wide number of businesses, the scope of the FDBR is distinctly narrower than the other state laws because most of its provisions will only apply to large technology companies. As a result, companies should carefully analyze the applicability of the FDBR to their respective operations. The FDBR will take effect on July 1, 2024 giving subject companies a little over a year to comply.