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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 501.721

  • Consumer: means an individual who is a resident of or is domiciled in this state acting only in an individual or household context. See Florida Statutes 501.702
  • Controller: means :
    (a) A sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, or legal entity that meets the following requirements:
  • Personal data: means any information, including sensitive data, which is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual. See Florida Statutes 501.702
  • processing: means an operation or set of operations performed, whether by manual or automated means, on personal data or on sets of personal data, such as the collection, use, storage, disclosure, analysis, deletion, or modification of personal data. See Florida Statutes 501.702
  • Processor: means a person who processes personal data on behalf of a controller. See Florida Statutes 501.702
This part is a matter of statewide concern and supersedes all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, and other laws adopted by a city, county, city and county, municipality, or local agency regarding the collection, processing, sharing, or sale of consumer personal data by a controller or processor. The regulation of the collection, processing, sharing, or sale of consumer personal data by a controller or processor is preempted to the state.