Florida HB 357: Motor Vehicle Operator Privacy

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to motor vehicle operator privacy; 2
providing a short title; amending s. 119.0712, F.S.; 3
providing definitions; prohibiting certain personal 4
information and e-mail addresses from being sold to or 5
shared with a third-party company, foreign country of 6
concern, or foreign principal; providing for 7
retroactive application; providing penalties for a 8
third-party company that uses or releases certain 9
information for a specified purpose; providing an 10
effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Driver Privacy 15
Act." 16
Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 119.0712, Florida 17
Statutes, is amended to read: 18
119.0712 Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from 19
inspection or copying of public records.— 20
(2) DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES.— 21
(a) For purposes of this subsection, the term: 22
1. "Foreign country of concern" has the same meaning as in 23
s. 692.201. 24
2. "Foreign principal" has the same meaning as in s. 25

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692.201. 26
3. "Motor vehicle record" means any record that pertains 27
to a motor vehicle operator's permit, motor vehicle title, motor 28
vehicle registration, or identification card issued by the 29
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. 30
4. "Public-facing portal" means a web portal or computer 31
application accessible by the public over the Internet, whether 32
through a mobile device, a website, or any other electronic 33
means, which is established for administering chapter 319, 34
chapter 320, chapter 322, chapter 328, or any other provision of 35
law conferring duties upon the department. 36
5. "Secure login credentials" means information held by 37
the department for purposes of authenticating a user logging 38
into a user account on a computer, a computer system, a computer 39
network, or an electronic device; an online user account 40
accessible over the Internet, whether through a mobile device, a 41
website, or any other electronic means; or information used for 42
authentication or password recovery. 43
6. "Third-party company" means any marketing firm, debt 44
collector, insurance company, or data broker. 45
(b) Personal information, including highly restricted 46
personal information as defined in 18 U.S.C. s. 2725, contained 47
in a motor vehicle record is confidential pursuant to the 48
federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. ss. 49
2721 et seq. Such information may be released only as authorized 50

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by that act; however, information received pursuant to that act 51
may not be used for mass commercial solicitation of clients for 52
litigation against motor vehicle dealers and may not be sold to 53
or shared with a third-party company, foreign country of 54
concern, or foreign principal. 55
(c) E-mail addresses collected by the Department of 56
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles pursuant to s. 319.40(3), s. 57
320.95(2), or s. 322.08(10) are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 58
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and may not be sold to 59
or shared with a third-party company, foreign country of 60
concern, or foreign principal. This exemption applies 61
retroactively. 62
(d)1. Emergency contact information contained in a motor 63
vehicle record is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 64
s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 65
2. Without the express consent of the person to whom such 66
emergency contact information applies, the emergency contact 67
information contained in a motor vehicle record may be released 68
only to: 69
a. Law enforcement agencies for purposes of contacting 70
those listed in the event of an emergency. 71
b. A receiving facility, hospital, or licensed 72
detoxification or addictions receiving facility pursuant to s. 73
394.463(2)(a) or s. 397.6772(1)(a) for the sole purpose of 74
informing a patient's emergency contacts of the patient's 75

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whereabouts. 76
(e) Any person or third-party company that who uses or 77
releases any information contained in the Driver and Vehicle 78
Information Database for a purpose not specifically authorized 79
by law commits a noncriminal infraction, punishable by a fine 80
not exceeding $2,000. 81
(f)1. Secure login credentials held by the Department of 82
Highway Safety and