Florida state privacy bill squashed after backlash from local businesses

Fearing that it would lead to a flurry of lawsuits for local businesses, the Florida Senate killed a once-promising comprehensive data privacy bill. This comes after comparable bills from Washington state and Oklahoma met a similar fate. Here’s the scoop.
The Florida state House passed a comprehensive California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA)-like consumer data privacy bill with overwhelming support – a rare demonstration of bipartisanship coming out of a notorious swi