Florida's primary website law is the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR), effective July 1, 2024, but its threshold is unusually high — it only applies to businesses with over $1B in global revenue that engage in specific activities. For most businesses, the more relevant Florida obligations are FIPA (data breach), Florida HB 3 (online minor protections), and federal ADA accessibility liability.
Last reviewed 2026-06-01 · Risk rating rationale: The FDBR's $1B revenue threshold exempts most businesses, but enforcement on covered companies is aggressive and HB 3 affects any site with significant minor users.
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Key Florida laws affecting websites
The statutes most likely to apply to a commercial website serving Florida residents. Click a citation to read the official text where available.
FDBR
— Florida Digital Bill of Rights· Effective 2024
Applies to: Businesses that conduct business in Florida AND have over $1 billion in global gross annual revenue AND meet one of: (a) derive 50%+ of revenue from online ad sales, (b) operate a smart speaker/voice assistant, or (c) run an app store with 250k+ apps.
What your website must do
Privacy notice describing categories of personal data collected and purposes
Consumer rights: access, correction, deletion, opt-out of sale, opt-out of targeted advertising, opt-out of profiling
Mechanism to honor opt-out preference signals
Opt-in consent for processing sensitive personal data
Applies to: Social media platforms with addictive features that allow minor accounts. Largely blocked by federal court pending appeal, but compliance is still being structured by major platforms.
What your website must do
Prohibit Florida minors under 14 from creating accounts (under 16 with parental consent)
Provide age-verification mechanism that does not retain ID data
Anonymize age-verification to prevent re-identification
Citation: Fla. Stat. § 501.1736
FIPA
— Florida Information Protection Act· Effective 2014
Applies to: Any commercial entity that acquires, maintains, stores, or uses personal information of Florida residents.
What your website must do
Take reasonable measures to protect and secure personal information in electronic form
Notify affected Florida residents within 30 days of a breach discovery
Notify the Florida Department of Legal Affairs for breaches affecting 500+ residents
Destroy customer records containing personal information when no longer needed
Citation: Fla. Stat. § 501.171
Florida compliance by topic
Consumer data protection
State-specific rule applies
What your site has to disclose, ask consent for, and allow consumers to do with their personal information.
The FDBR is functionally a 'big-tech-only' privacy law — its applicability triggers exclude virtually all small and mid-market businesses. For most Florida websites, FIPA (breach notification + reasonable security) is the operational privacy floor. The FDBR matters mainly for ad networks, smart-speaker manufacturers, and app stores.
Practical requirements for your website
Publish a privacy policy disclosing data practices (good practice across all businesses)
If you cross FDBR's $1B / smart-speaker / app-store thresholds: implement consumer rights and opt-out mechanisms
Implement reasonable security under FIPA
Maintain breach-notification procedures
Cookies and tracking
Federal law applies
When you need consent, opt-outs, or universal-signal honor for cookies and analytics scripts.
Florida has no specific cookie consent statute. If you're an FDBR-covered business, your opt-out obligations cover advertising and analytics cookies. Most Florida sites design cookie compliance to satisfy California and EU rules; that satisfies Florida by default.
Practical requirements for your website
If FDBR-covered: provide opt-out from cookies used for targeted advertising and sale
WCAG conformance expectations and how the state's accessibility cases tend to be litigated.
Florida has no state-specific website accessibility statute. The federal ADA Title III applies, and Florida is a top-five jurisdiction for ADA web-accessibility cases. The Florida Civil Rights Act (Fla. Stat. § 760.01) tracks federal protections for places of public accommodation.
Practical requirements for your website
Conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA
Maintain an accessibility statement with contact for barrier reports
Document remediation efforts
Cybersecurity and breach response
State-specific rule applies
What 'reasonable security' looks like under state law and how fast you have to notify after a breach.
FIPA requires reasonable security measures and 30-day breach notification to Florida residents. The 30-day window is one of the shortest in the country and is the focal point of most Florida regulatory enforcement.
Practical requirements for your website
Implement reasonable measures to protect electronic personal information
Maintain documented data-retention and destruction procedures
Notify affected residents within 30 days of breach discovery
Notify the Florida Department of Legal Affairs for breaches affecting 500+ residents
Email and SMS marketing
Federal law applies
How federal CAN-SPAM and TCPA interact with state-level marketing rules in this jurisdiction.
Florida follows federal CAN-SPAM with no significant state-level additions for commercial email. SMS marketing is governed by federal TCPA. Florida's no-call list (Fla. Stat. § 501.059) applies to telemarketing calls.
Practical requirements for your website
Comply with federal CAN-SPAM for email
Comply with federal TCPA for SMS
Maintain working unsubscribe mechanisms
AI regulation
Federal law applies
Which AI uses the state has chosen to regulate, who's covered, and what the website has to disclose.
Florida has no comprehensive AI law as of 2026. Generative AI used in political campaigns must disclose AI use under recent legislation; AI-generated child sexual abuse material is criminalized. Broader AI governance bills have been introduced but not advanced.
Practical requirements for your website
If using AI in political campaign communications: disclose AI generation
Apply federal sectoral AI rules in healthcare and financial services
Frequently asked questions about Florida website compliance
Does my Florida e-commerce site need to comply with the FDBR?
Almost certainly not — the FDBR only applies to businesses with over $1 billion in global annual revenue that also engage in specific activities (online ad sales, smart speakers, or app stores). For typical small or mid-market Florida e-commerce, the relevant Florida obligations are FIPA's reasonable-security and 30-day breach-notification requirements.
Do I need a Florida-specific privacy policy?
A privacy policy is good practice for any business and FIPA effectively assumes one. There is no separate 'Florida privacy policy' requirement, but if you serve California, Colorado, Connecticut, or Virginia residents you'll need rights mechanisms for those states, and a single multi-state privacy policy is the standard approach.
How does Florida HB 3 affect my website?
HB 3 targets social-media platforms with addictive features used by minors. The federal court has blocked enforcement pending appeal (as of mid-2026), but major platforms have built compliance flows. If your site is consumer social media or a similar surface, your legal team should be tracking the federal appeals court ruling closely.
What's the Florida breach-notification timeline?
Thirty days from discovery to affected Florida residents, and for breaches affecting 500+ residents you must also notify the Florida Department of Legal Affairs within the same window. Florida's 30-day window is one of the strictest in the country — California is 'expedient and without unreasonable delay,' which usually translates to 45–60 days in practice.
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Important: Scantra is a software tool and a non-profit publisher, not a law firm. The summaries on this page are written for general business orientation and reflect the editors' reading of the statutes as of 2026-06-01. They are not legal advice and should not be the only source you rely on for compliance decisions. For your specific situation, consult a licensed attorney in Florida.