Florida Data Privacy & Data Broker Removal

Florida has a comprehensive privacy law that gives you the right to access, delete, and control your personal data. Here is how those rights work in practice and how to remove yourself from data brokers.

Your rights in Florida

Florida residents are protected by the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR).

• Right to Access & Know — Request a copy of the personal information a company holds about you.
• Right to Correct — Request corrections to inaccurate personal information.
• Right to Delete — Ask a company to delete your personal information.
• Right to Data Portability — Get your data in a portable format you can take to another service.
• Right to Opt Out of Sale — Tell a company to stop selling your personal information.
• Right to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising — Stop companies from targeting you with ads based on your personal data.
• Right to Opt Out of Profiling — Stop companies from building a behavioral profile about you.
• Right to Opt out of collection of sensitive data
• Right to Opt out of collection via voice/facial recognition

Does this cover the company that has my data?

Only very large companies are covered by this law.

A company is covered if it meets any of these thresholds:

• Annual revenue of at least $1 billion

How to remove yourself from data brokers in Florida

Your state law gives you the right to request deletion — but exercising it across hundreds of brokers takes real effort. Here are the most effective steps, in order.

1. Enable Global Privacy Control

Global Privacy Control is a free browser setting that automatically tells every website you visit not to sell or share your data. It takes two minutes to enable and works silently in the background on every site. Florida does not mandate it yet, but most major companies honor it voluntarily because they must comply with California's law anyway.

2. Submit direct opt-out requests

For brokers not covered by the registry or GPC, you can submit requests directly. Look for the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link in each company's website footer — most major brokers have one. You can also submit formal access, deletion, or correction requests through each company's privacy policy page.

Under Florida's law, covered companies must respond within the statutory deadline. If they don't, you have grounds to file a complaint with the Florida Department of Legal Affairs.

3. Automate ongoing removal

Here is the part nobody tells you: even after you complete every step above, brokers re-ingest your information from public records, data-sharing networks, and commercial databases. Within a few months, your profiles reappear. Staying removed from hundreds of brokers is not a one-time task — it is an ongoing commitment that most people cannot maintain manually.

Florida's data broker law: what it means for you

Florida does not have a dedicated data-broker registry. Most national data brokers are registered in California and honor opt-out requests from residents of any state — but without a Florida-specific law requiring it, you have no legal recourse if a broker ignores your request. Services like Delist handle this across states and brokers in one place.

Other privacy protections in Florida

Beyond the comprehensive privacy law, Florida has additional protections that may apply to you:

• Florida public-records exemption Fla. Stat. §119.071(4)(d) (judge-specific text at 4(d)2.e; state attorneys at 4(d)2.f; magistrates/ALJs at 4(d)2.g; active/former law enforcement in the lead clause) shields home address, phone, DOB, and photographs (plus spouse/children info and children's schools) of judges, justices, prosecutors, law-enforcement and other listed officials.
• CRITICAL — this is a public-records exemption binding STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ONLY — it does NOT reach private data brokers or publishers (per OPPAGA Report 20-06) and is NOT a Daniel's-Law-style broker-takedown right.
• The judge/judicial-assistant exemption is subject to Open Government Sunset Review, currently set to repeal Oct 2, 2028 unless reenacted.
• Separately, Florida runs a victim Address Confidentiality Program via the Attorney General (Fla. Stat. §741.465).gov, 2026-06-21.
• Biometric data — No standalone biometric statute with a private right of action (biometric data is 'sensitive data' under the FDBR).

How to file a privacy complaint in Florida

Florida Attorney General (Department of Legal Affairs), Consumer Protection — https://www.myfloridalegal.com/consumer-protection

Most state agencies enforce privacy laws in the aggregate — they investigate patterns of violations rather than resolving individual disputes. Filing a complaint still matters: it creates a record that helps trigger enforcement actions.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• cookieyes.com
• dwt.com
• myfloridalegal.com