On June 6, 2023, Florida became the tenth state in the U.S. to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation with Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, signing Florida Senate Bill 262 (the Florida Digital Bill of Rights or FLDBOR). The FLDBOR will come into effect on July 1, 2024.
Rob Shelt - Division Director, Consumer Affairs - Palm Beach County | LinkedIn.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Division of Consumer Services is the state's clearinghouse for consumer complaints, information and protection.
The Attorney General's Office is an enforcing authority of Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, which is meant to protect individual consumers and legitimate businesses from various types of illegal conduct in trade or commerce.
In 1985 the Florida Supreme Court decided that buyer beware does not apply to residential real estate. From then, Florida law placed an affirmative duty on sellers to disclose to buyers all material defects that they actually know about and that are unobservable to the buyers.
Within the Attorney General's Office is the Office of Statewide Prosecution that targets widespread criminal activities throughout Florida including identity theft, drug trafficking and gang activity. The Attorney General's Office also conducts various programs to assist victims of crime.
Panelist. Mary Blakeney is the Director of the Palm Beach County Public Safety Department's Division of Emergency Management.
Pursuant to the Act, the attorney general investigates and files civil actions against persons who engage in unfair methods of competition, unfair, unconscionable or deceptive trade practices, including, but not limited to, pyramid schemes, misleading franchise or business opportunities, travel scams, fraudulent ...
Since being set up in 1978, ODCA has played a valuable role in protecting consumer interests. ODCA has been an Office of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and has primarily concentrated on enforcing consumer legislation and providing information to consumers.