Florida Statutes 560.312 – Database of payment instrument transactions; confidentiality
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(1) Payment instrument transaction information held by the office pursuant to s. 560.310 which identifies a licensee, payor, payee, or conductor is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and Fla. Const. Art. I, § 24(a).
(2)(a) A licensee may access information that it submits to the office for inclusion in the database.
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 560.312
- Conductor: means a natural person who presents himself or herself to a licensee for purposes of cashing a payment instrument. See Florida Statutes 560.103
- Department: means the Department of Financial Services. See Florida Statutes 560.103
- Licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Florida Statutes 560.103
- Office: means the Office of Financial Regulation of the commission. See Florida Statutes 560.103
- Payment instrument: means a check, draft, warrant, money order, travelers check, electronic instrument, or other instrument used for the transmission, exchange, or payment of currency or monetary value, regardless of whether it is negotiable. See Florida Statutes 560.103
(b) The office, to the extent permitted by state and federal law, may enter into information-sharing agreements with the department, law enforcement agencies, and other governmental agencies and, in accordance with such agreements, may provide the department, law enforcement agencies, and other governmental agencies with access to information contained in the database for use in detecting and deterring financial crimes and workers’ compensation violations, pursuant to chapter 440. Any department or agency that receives confidential information from the office under this paragraph must maintain the confidentiality of the information, unless, and only to the extent that, a court order compels production of the information to a specific party or parties.
(3) The office may release payment instrument transaction information in the aggregate, so long as the information released does not reveal information that identifies a licensee, payor, payee, or conductor.