Florida Data Removal Guide (2026)
Florida's Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR) is narrower than California's law, it applies only to businesses with $1B+ in global revenue that meet specific data-processing thresholds, but residents can still exercise broader rights through the CCPA against California-based brokers and under general consumer protection laws.
At a glance
- Comprehensive state privacy law
- No (CCPA opt-out rights apply)
- Broker response deadline
- 45 days from verifiable request
- Enforcement
- Florida Department of Legal Affairs
- Residents
- 22.6M (approx.)
Florida Privacy Landscape
FDBR, effective July 2024, grants Floridians rights to access, delete, correct, port, and opt out of the sale of personal data, but only against "controllers" with over $1 billion in global gross revenue that also meet secondary thresholds (e.g., 50% of revenue from advertising). For most data brokers below that threshold, Florida residents rely on cross-state leverage. CCPA (for California-registered brokers), GDPR (for brokers with EU operations), and Florida's general deceptive trade practices statute (FDUTPA).
What rights do Florida residents have?
- →Right to delete (§ 501.705), for qualifying controllers only
- →Right to opt out of sale, targeted ads, and profiling
- →Right to confirm processing and obtain a copy of personal data
- →FDUTPA remedies for unfair/deceptive practices ($10,000/violation)
Where does your data leak from in Florida?
Data brokers don’t guess your address, they scrape specific public-record sources. The ones most relevant in Florida:
- Florida Department of Highway Safety driver records
- Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange County property appraiser records
- Florida Sunshine law public records
- Florida Court Clerk public case search (scraped by many brokers)
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File a complaint with the Florida Department of Legal Affairs’s consumer protection division. Deceptive-practice statutes often provide remedies even without a state-specific privacy law.
File a complaint with Florida Department of Legal Affairs ↗FAQ: Florida data removal
Does Florida FDBR cover every data broker?+
No. FDBR only applies to controllers with over $1B in global revenue plus other thresholds. For smaller data brokers (most of the 500+ in the space), Florida residents typically rely on the broker`s existing CCPA or GDPR compliance infrastructure, which they honor regardless of state.
Why do Florida court records appear on data broker sites?+
Florida's Sunshine law makes court filings, property records, and many government databases publicly accessible. People-search sites scrape these sources continuously. The opt-out process is still available, data brokers must honor CCPA and GDPR-style requests from any user regardless of the source record's origin.
How do I report a broker to the Florida AG?+
File via myfloridalegal.com/consumer-protection. The AG can pursue FDUTPA claims with up to $10,000 per willful violation, which applies even when FDBR itself does not reach the broker.