Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 262, known as the “Florida Digital Bill of Rights” (“FDBR”), on June 6, 2023.
The FDBR will go into effect on July 1, 2024, which means businesses subject to it will have just over a year to prepare for compliance. The law significantly expands the definition of “personal information” in Florida’s existing Information Protection Act, Chapter 501.171, to include (i) “biometric data,” which includes fingerprints, voiceprints, retina scans and other unique biological patterns used to identify specific individuals, and (ii) information regarding an individual’s geolocation.
