Florida Data Removal Guide (2026)
Florida's Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR) has a narrower controller scope than some state privacy laws and includes specific thresholds and exemptions. Florida residents should confirm whether the provider is covered, then use any applicable statutory, provider, or consumer-protection route.
Research status: published state guide pending fresh official-source re-verification.
This page is educational orientation, not legal advice. Scope, exemptions, deadlines, penalties, regulator powers and broker routes can change. Verify the current statute and state regulator guidance before relying on a right or deadline.
At a glance
- Comprehensive state privacy law
- No comprehensive law recorded in this snapshot
- Broker response deadline
- 45 days in this research snapshot for qualifying requests; extensions and exemptions may apply
- Enforcement
- Florida Department of Legal Affairs
Florida Privacy Landscape
The FDBR, effective July 2024, grants covered Florida residents rights that can include access, deletion, correction, portability, and opt-out rights. Its controller definition, revenue and processing thresholds, exemptions, verification rules, and remedies determine whether a particular data broker is covered. A provider may also offer a voluntary route or be subject to another law, but a broker's location alone does not establish CCPA or GDPR eligibility.
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
- →Department of Legal Affairs enforcement under § 501.72: up to $50,000 per violation, with possible trebling for specified violations
Where does your data leak from in Florida?
The FTC explains that people-search sites may combine public records, public social profiles, and information from other brokers. The examples below are a research snapshot, not an exhaustive or person-specific source map for 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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What if a broker ignores your request?
Review the broker's policy and any applicable consumer-protection rule, then consider the Florida Department of Legal Affairs consumer-protection complaint route. A complaint may be reviewed only within the authority's jurisdiction.
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Does Florida FDBR cover every data broker?+
No. FDBR only applies to controllers with over $1B in global revenue plus other thresholds. The 1,009 recorded US/global workflow profiles are not all within FDBR scope; check the provider's role, thresholds, exceptions and any separate privacy route.
Why do Florida court records appear on data broker sites?+
Florida public records can be available through courts, property systems, and government databases, but the source record and a broker's copy are separate issues. Request removal through the provider's current route and identify the law, eligibility, exemption, or voluntary policy that supports the request; CCPA and GDPR rights do not automatically apply to every Florida resident.
How do I report a broker to the Florida AG?+
File via myfloridalegal.com/consumer-protection. A complaint does not itself establish FDBR coverage or a deletion right. Under FDBR § 501.72, the Department of Legal Affairs may enforce covered violations with civil penalties up to $50,000 per violation, with possible trebling for specified violations; separate consumer-protection remedies depend on the facts and statutory route.