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By the Committee on Governmental Operations
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to a review under the Open
3 Government Sunset Review Act regarding social
4 security numbers and financial account numbers;
5 amending s. 119.071, F.S., which provides a
6 general exemption from inspection or copying of
7 public records for social security numbers and
8 bank account, debit, charge, and credit card
9 numbers; reorganizing the exemption for social
10 security numbers; providing definitions;
11 revising reporting requirements; clarifying
12 penalty provisions; making editorial changes;
13 removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption
14 under the Open Government Sunset Review Act;
15 creating s. 119.0714, F.S., and renumbering and
16 amending s. 119.07(6), F.S.; consolidating and
17 revising current public-records exemptions
18 applicable to court files, court records, and
19 official records; revising the date on which
20 automatic redaction of social security numbers
21 and financial account numbers by court clerks
22 is required; amending s. 215.322, F.S.;
23 eliminating a public-records exemption for
24 credit card account numbers in the possession
25 of a state agency, a unit of local government,
26 or the judicial branch; amending s. 119.07,
27 F.S., to conform; providing an effective date.
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29 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and
2 paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (5) of section 119.071,
3 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
4 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying
5 of public records.--
6 (4)
7 (a)1. The social security numbers of all current and
8 former agency employees which numbers are contained in agency
9 employment records are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a),
10 Art. I of the State Constitution.
11 2. An agency that is the custodian of a social
12 security number specified in subparagraph 1. and that is not
13 the employing agency shall maintain the exempt status of the
14 social security number only if the employee or the employing
15 agency of the employee submits a written request for
16 confidentiality to the custodial agency. However, upon a
17 request by a commercial entity as provided in subparagraph
18 (5)(a)7.b. (5)(a)5., the custodial agency shall release the
19 last four digits of the exempt social security number, except
20 that a social security number provided in a lien filed with
21 the Department of State shall be released in its entirety.
22 This subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset
23 Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
24 repealed on October 2, 2009, unless reviewed and saved from
25 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
26 (5) OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION.--
27 (a)1.a. The Legislature acknowledges that the social
28 security number was never intended to be used for business
29 purposes but was intended to be used solely for the
30 administration of the federal Social Security System. The
31 Legislature is further aware that over time this unique
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1 numeric identifier has been used extensively for identity
2 verification purposes and other legitimate consensual
3 purposes.
4 b. The Legislature recognizes is also cognizant of the
5 fact that the social security number can be used as a tool to
6 perpetuate fraud against an individual a person and to acquire
7 sensitive personal, financial, medical, and familial
8 information, the release of which could cause great financial
9 or personal harm to an individual.
10 c. The Legislature intends to monitor the commercial
11 use of social security numbers held by state agencies in order
12 to maintain a balanced public policy.
13 2.a. An agency may not collect an individual's social
14 security number unless the agency has stated in writing the
15 purpose for its collection and unless it is:
16 (I) Specifically authorized by law to do so; or
17 (II) unless the collection of the social security
18 number is otherwise Imperative for the performance of that
19 agency's duties and responsibilities as prescribed by law.
20 Social security numbers collected by an agency must be
21 relevant to the purpose for which collected and may not be
22 collected until and unless the need for social security
23 numbers has been clearly documented.
24 b. Social security numbers collected by an agency may
25 not be used by that agency for any purpose other than the
26 purpose provided in the written statement.
27 3. An agency that collects social security numbers
28 shall also segregate that number on a separate page from the
29 rest of the record, or as otherwise appropriate, in order that
30 the social security number be more easily redacted, if
31 required, pursuant to a public records request. An agency
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1 collecting an individual's a person's social security number
2 shall, upon that person's request, at the time of or prior to
3 the actual collection of the social security number by that
4 agency, provide that individual person with a copy of the
5 written statement required in subparagraph 2. of the purpose
6 or purposes for which the social security number is being
7 collected and used. Social security numbers collected by an
8 agency may not be used by that agency for any purpose other
9 than the purpose stated.
10 4.a. Each social security numbers collected by an
11 agency before May 13, 2002, shall review whether its
12 collection of social security numbers is in be reviewed for
13 compliance with subparagraph 2. this subparagraph. If the
14 agency determines that collection of a social security number
15 before May 13, 2002, is not in compliance with subparagraph 2.
16 found to be unwarranted, the agency shall immediately
17 discontinue the collection of social security numbers for that
18 purpose.
19 b. Each agency shall certify to the President of the
20 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives its
21 compliance with this subparagraph no later than January 31,
22 2008.
23 5.3. Effective October 1, 2002, all Social security
24 numbers held by an agency are confidential and exempt from s.
25 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This
26 exemption applies to all social security numbers held by an
27 agency before, on, or after the effective date of this
28 exemption.
29 6.4. Social security numbers may be disclosed to
30 another agency or governmental entity or its agents,
31 employees, or contractors if disclosure is necessary for the
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1 receiving agency or entity to perform its duties and
2 responsibilities. The receiving governmental entity and its
3 agents, employees, and contractors shall maintain the
4 confidential and exempt status of the numbers.
5 7.a. For purposes of this subsection, the term:
6 (I) "Commercial activity" means the provision of a
7 lawful product or service by a commercial entity. Commercial
8 activity includes verification of the accuracy of personal
9 information received by a commercial entity in the normal
10 course of its business; use for insurance purposes; use in
11 identifying and preventing fraud; use in matching, verifying,
12 or retrieving information; and use in research activities. It
13 does not include the display or bulk sale of social security
14 numbers to the public or the distribution of such numbers to
15 any customer that is not identifiable by the commercial
16 entity.
17 (II) "Commercial entity" means any corporation,
18 partnership, limited partnership, proprietorship, sole
19 proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, or association
20 that performs a commercial activity in this state.
21 b.5. An agency may not deny a commercial entity
22 engaged in the performance of a commercial activity, which,
23 for purposes of this paragraph, means an activity that
24 provides a product or service that is available from a private
25 source, or its agents, employees, or contractors access to
26 social security numbers, provided the social security numbers
27 will be used only in the performance of a commercial activity
28 normal course of business for legitimate business purposes,
29 and provided the commercial entity makes a written request for
30 the social security numbers. The written request must:,
31 (I) Be verified as provided in s. 92.525;,
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1 (II) Be legibly signed by an authorized officer,
2 employee, or agent of the commercial entity;.
3 (III) The verified written request must Contain the
4 commercial entity's name, business mailing and location
5 addresses, and business telephone number;, and
6 (IV) Contain a statement of the specific purposes for
7 which it needs the social security numbers and how the social
8 security numbers will be used in the performance of a
9 commercial activity normal course of business for legitimate
10 business purposes. The aggregate of these requests shall serve
11 as the basis for the agency report required in subparagraph
12 9.8.
13 c. An agency may request any other information
14 reasonably necessary to verify the identity of a commercial
15 the entity requesting the social security numbers and the
16 specific purposes for which the numbers will be used.;
17 however, An agency has no duty to inquire beyond the
18 information contained in the verified written request. A
19 legitimate business purpose includes verification of the
20 accuracy of personal information received by a commercial
21 entity in the normal course of its business; use in a civil,
22 criminal, or administrative proceeding; use for insurance
23 purposes; use in law enforcement and investigation of crimes;
24 use in identifying and preventing fraud; use in matching,
25 verifying, or retrieving information; and use in research
26 activities. A legitimate business purpose does not include the
27 display or bulk sale of social security numbers to the general
28 public or the distribution of such numbers to any customer
29 that is not identifiable by the distributor.
30 8.a.6. Any person who makes a false representation in
31 order to obtain a social security number pursuant to this
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1 paragraph, or any person who willfully and knowingly violates
2 this paragraph, commits a felony of the third degree,
3 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
4 b. Any public officer who violates this paragraph
5 commits is guilty of a noncriminal infraction, punishable by a
6 fine not exceeding $500 per violation. A commercial entity
7 that provides access to public records containing social
8 security numbers in accordance with this paragraph is not
9 subject to the penalty provisions of this subparagraph.
10 7.a. On or after October 1, 2002, a person preparing
11 or filing a document to be recorded in the official records by
12 the county recorder as provided for in chapter 28 may not
13 include any person's social security number in that document,
14 unless otherwise expressly required by law. If a social
15 security number is or has been included in a document
16 presented to the county recorder for recording in the official
17 records of the county before, on, or after October 1, 2002, it
18 may be made available as part of the official record available
19 for public inspection and copying.
20 b. Any person, or his or her attorney or legal
21 guardian, has the right to request that a county recorder
22 remove, from an image or copy of an official record placed on
23 a county recorder's publicly available Internet website or a
24 publicly available Internet website used by a county recorder
25 to display public records or otherwise made electronically
26 available to the general public by such recorder, his or her
27 social security number contained in that official record. The
28 request must be made in writing, legibly signed by the
29 requester and delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic
30 transmission, or delivered in person, to the county recorder.
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1 contains the social security number to be redacted. The county
2 recorder has no duty to inquire beyond the written request to
3 verify the identity of a person requesting redaction. A fee
4 may not be charged for the redaction of a social security
5 number pursuant to such request.
6 c. A county recorder shall immediately and
7 conspicuously post signs throughout his or her offices for
8 public viewing and shall immediately and conspicuously post,
9 on any Internet website or remote electronic site made
10 available by the county recorder and used for the ordering or
11 display of official records or images or copies of official
12 records, a notice stating, in substantially similar form, the
13 following:
14 (I) On or after October 1, 2002, Any person preparing
15 or filing a document for recordation in the official records
16 may not include a social security number in such document,
17 unless required by law.
18 (II) Any person has a right to request a county
19 recorder to remove, from an image or copy of an official
20 record placed on a county recorder's publicly available
21 Internet website or on a publicly available Internet website
22 used by a county recorder to display public records or
23 otherwise made electronically available to the general public,
24 any social security number contained in an official record.
25 Such request must be made in writing and delivered by mail,
26 facsimile, or electronic transmission, or delivered in person,
27 to the county recorder. The request must specify the
28 identification page number that contains the social security
29 number to be redacted. A fee may not be charged for the
30 redaction of a social security number pursuant to such a
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1 d. Until January 1, 2008, if a social security number,
2 made confidential and exempt pursuant to this paragraph, or a
3 complete bank account, debit, charge, or credit card number
4 made exempt pursuant to paragraph (b) is or has been included
5 in a court file, such number may be included as part of the
6 court record available for public inspection and copying
7 unless redaction is requested by the holder of such number, or
8 by the holder's attorney or legal guardian, in a signed,
9 legibly written request specifying the case name, case number,
10 document heading, and page number. The request must be
11 delivered by mail, facsimile, electronic transmission, or in
12 person to the clerk of the circuit court. The clerk of the
13 circuit court does not have a duty to inquire beyond the
14 written request to verify the identity of a person requesting
15 redaction. A fee may not be charged for the redaction of a
16 social security number or a bank account, debit, charge, or
17 credit card number pursuant to such request. The clerk of the
18 circuit court has no liability for the inadvertent release of
19 confidential and exempt social security numbers or exempt bank
20 account, debit, charge, or credit card numbers, unknown to the
21 clerk of the circuit court in court records filed with the
22 clerk of the circuit court on or before January 1, 2008.
23 e. Any person who prepares or files a document to be
24 recorded in the official records by the county recorder as
25 provided in chapter 28 may not include a person's social
26 security number or complete bank account, debit, charge, or
27 credit card number in that document unless otherwise expressly
28 required by law. Until January 1, 2008, if a social security
29 number or a complete bank account, debit, charge, or credit
30 card number is or has been included in a document presented to
31 the county recorder for recording in the official records of
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1 the county, such number may be made available as part of the
2 official record available for public inspection and copying.
3 Any person, or his or her attorney or legal guardian, may
4 request that a county recorder remove from an image or copy of
5 an official record placed on a county recorder's publicly
6 available Internet website, or a publicly available Internet
7 website used by a county recorder to display public records
8 outside the office or otherwise made electronically available
9 outside the county recorder's office to the general public,
10 his or her social security number or complete account, debit,
11 charge, or credit card number contained in that official
12 record. Such request must be legibly written, signed by the
13 requester, and delivered by mail, facsimile, electronic
14 transmission, or in person to the county recorder. The request
15 must specify the identification page number of the document
16 that contains the number to be redacted. The county recorder
17 does not have a duty to inquire beyond the written request to
18 verify the identity of a person requesting redaction. A fee
19 may not be charged for redacting such numbers. If the county
20 recorder accepts or stores official records in an electronic
21 format, the county recorder must use his or her best efforts
22 to redact all social security numbers and complete bank
23 account, debit, charge, or credit card numbers from electronic
24 copies of the official record. The use of an automated program
25 for redaction shall be deemed the best effort and complies
26 with the requirements of this sub-subparagraph. The county
27 recorder is not liable for the inadvertent release of
28 confidential and exempt social security numbers, or exempt
29 bank account, debit, charge, or credit card numbers, filed
30 with the county recorder on or before January 1, 2008.
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1 f. Subparagraphs 5. and 6. do not apply to the clerks
2 of the court or the county recorder with respect to circuit
3 court records and official records.
4 g. On January 1, 2008, and thereafter, the clerk of
5 the circuit court and the county recorder must keep complete
6 bank account, debit, charge, and credit card numbers exempt as
7 provided for in paragraph (b), and must keep social security
8 numbers confidential and exempt as provided for in
9 subparagraph 3., without any person having to request
10 redaction.
11 9.a.8. Beginning January 31, 2004, and each January 31
12 thereafter, Every agency shall must file a report with the
13 Executive Office of the Governor Secretary of State, the
14 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
15 Representatives by January 31 of each year.
16 b. The report required under sub-subparagraph a. shall
17 list:
18 (I) listing The identity of all commercial entities
19 that have requested social security numbers during the
20 preceding calendar year; and
21 (II) The specific purpose or purposes stated by each
22 commercial entity regarding its need for social security
23 numbers.
24 c. If no disclosure requests were made, the agency
25 shall so indicate.
26 10.9. Any affected person may petition the circuit
27 court for an order directing compliance with this paragraph.
28 11.10. This paragraph does not supersede any other
29 applicable public records exemptions existing prior to May 13,
30 2002, or created thereafter.
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1 11. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government
2 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
3 repealed October 2, 2007, unless reviewed and saved from
4 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
5 (b) Bank account numbers and debit, charge, and credit
6 card numbers held by an agency are exempt from s. 119.07(1)
7 and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption
8 applies to bank account numbers and debit, charge, and credit
9 card numbers held by an agency before, on, or after the
10 effective date of this exemption. This paragraph is subject to
11 the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s.
12 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2007, unless
13 reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
14 Legislature.
15 Section 2. Section 119.0714, Florida Statutes, is
16 created, and subsection (6) of section 119.07, Florida
17 Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (1) of that section and
18 amended, to read:
19 119.0714 Court files; court records; official
20 records.--
21 (1)(6) COURT FILES.--Nothing in this chapter shall be
22 construed to exempt from s. 119.07(1) subsection (1) a public
23 record that was made a part of a court file and that is not
24 specifically closed by order of court, except:
25 (a) A public record that was prepared by an agency
26 attorney or prepared at the attorney's express direction as
27 provided in s. 119.071(1)(d).
28 (b) Data processing software as provided in s.
29 119.071(1)(f).
30 (c) Any information revealing surveillance techniques
31 or procedures or personnel as provided in s. 119.071(2)(d).
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1 (d) Any comprehensive inventory of state and local law
2 enforcement resources, and any comprehensive policies or plans
3 compiled by a criminal justice agency, as provided in s.
4 119.071(2)(d).
5 (e) Any information revealing the substance of a
6 confession of a person arrested as provided in s.
7 119.071(2)(e).
8 (f) Any information revealing the identity of a
9 confidential informant or confidential source as provided in
10 s. 119.071(2)(f).
11 (g) Any information revealing undercover personnel of
12 any criminal justice agency as provided in s. 119.071(4)(c).
13 (h) and (f), (2)(d),(e), and (f), and (4)(c) and
14 except Information or records that may reveal the identity of
15 a person who is a victim of a sexual offense as provided in s.
16 119.071(2)(h).
17 (i) Social security numbers as provided in s.
18 119.071(5)(a).
19 (j) Bank account numbers and debit, charge, and credit
20 card numbers as provided in s. 119.071(5)(b).
21 (2) COURT RECORDS.--
22 (a) Until January 1, 2011, if a social security number
23 or a bank account, debit, charge, or credit card number is
24 included in a court file, such number may be included as part
25 of the court record available for public inspection and
26 copying unless redaction is requested by the holder of such
27 number or by the holder's attorney or legal guardian.
28 (b) A request for redaction must be a signed, legibly
29 written request specifying the case name, case number,
30 document heading, and page number. The request must be
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1 person to the clerk of the court. The clerk of the court does
2 not have a duty to inquire beyond the written request to
3 verify the identity of a person requesting redaction.
4 (c) A fee may not be charged for the redaction of a
5 social security number or a bank account, debit, charge, or
6 credit card number pursuant to such request.
7 (d) The clerk of the court has no liability for the
8 inadvertent release of social security numbers, or bank
9 account, debit, charge, or credit card numbers, unknown to the
10 clerk of the court in court records filed on or before January
11 1, 2011.
12 (e)1. On January 1, 2011, and thereafter, the clerk of
13 the court must keep social security numbers confidential and
14 exempt as provided for in s. 119.071(5)(a), and bank account,
15 debit, charge, and credit card numbers exempt as provided for
16 in s. 119.071(5)(b), without any person having to request
17 redaction.
18 2. Section 119.071(5)(a)7. and 8. does not apply to
19 the clerks of the court with respect to court records.
20 (3) OFFICIAL RECORDS.--
21 (a) Any person who prepares or files a record for
22 recording in the official records as provided in chapter 28
23 may not include in that record a social security number or a
24 bank account, debit, charge, or credit card number unless
25 otherwise expressly required by law.
26 (b)1. If a social security number or a bank account,
27 debit, charge, or credit card number is included in an
28 official record, such number may be made available as part of
29 the official records available for public inspection and
30 copying unless redaction is requested by the holder of such
31 number or by the holder's attorney or legal guardian.
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1 2. If such record is in electronic format, on January
2 1, 2011, and thereafter, the county recorder must use his or
3 her best effort, as provided in paragraph (h), to keep social
4 security numbers confidential and exempt as provided for in s.
5 119.071(5)(a), and to keep complete bank account, debit,
6 charge, and credit card numbers exempt as provided for in s.
7 119.071(5)(b), without any person having to request redaction.
8 3. Section 119.071(5)(a)7. and 8. does not apply to
9 the county recorder with respect to official records.
10 (c) The holder of a social security number or a bank
11 account, debit, charge, or credit card number, or the holder's
12 attorney or legal guardian, may request that a county recorder
13 redact from an image or copy of an official record placed on a
14 county recorder's publicly available Internet website or on a
15 publicly available Internet website used by a county recorder
16 to display public records, or otherwise made electronically
17 available to the public, his or her social security number or
18 bank account, debit, charge, or credit card number contained
19 in that official record.
20 (d) A request for redaction must be a signed, legibly
21 written request and must be delivered by mail, facsimile,
22 electronic transmission, or in person to the county recorder.
23 The request must specify the identification page number of the
24 record that contains the number to be redacted.
25 (e) The county recorder does not have a duty to
26 inquire beyond the written request to verify the identity of a
27 person requesting redaction.
28 (f) A fee may not be charged for redacting a social
29 security number or a bank account, debit, charge, or credit
30 card number.
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1 (g) A county recorder shall immediately and
2 conspicuously post signs throughout his or her offices for
3 public viewing, and shall immediately and conspicuously post
4 on any Internet website or remote electronic site made
5 available by the county recorder and used for the ordering or
6 display of official records or images or copies of official
7 records, a notice stating, in substantially similar form, the
8 following:
9 1. On or after October 1, 2002, any person preparing
10 or filing a record for recordation in the official records may
11 not include a social security number or a bank account, debit,
12 charge, or credit card number in such document unless required
13 by law.
14 2. Any person has a right to request a county recorder
15 to remove from an image or copy of an official record placed
16 on a county recorder's publicly available Internet website or
17 on a publicly available Internet website used by a county
18 recorder to display public records, or otherwise made
19 electronically available to the general public, any social
20 security number contained in an official record. Such request
21 must be made in writing and delivered by mail, facsimile, or
22 electronic transmission, or delivered in person, to the county
23 recorder. The request must specify the identification page
24 number that contains the social security number to be
25 redacted. A fee may not be charged for the redaction of a
26 social security number pursuant to such a request.
27 (h) If the county recorder accepts or stores official
28 records in an electronic format, the county recorder must use
29 his or her best efforts to redact all social security numbers
30 and bank account, debit, charge, or credit card numbers from
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1 automated program for redaction shall be deemed to be the best
2 effort in performing the redaction and shall be deemed in
3 compliance with the requirements of this subsection.
4 (i) The county recorder is not liable for the
5 inadvertent release of social security numbers, or bank
6 account, debit, charge, or credit card numbers, filed with the
7 county recorder.
8 Section 3. Subsection (6) of section 215.322, Florida
9 Statutes, is amended, and subsections (7) and (8) of that
10 section are renumbered as subsections (6) and (7),
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12 215.322 Acceptance of credit cards, charge cards, or
13 debit cards by state agencies, units of local government, and
14 the judicial branch.--
15 (6) Credit card account numbers in the possession of a
16 state agency, a unit of local government, or the judicial
17 branch are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s.
18 119.07(1).
19 Section 4. Subsections (7), (8), and (9) of section
20 119.07, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (6),
21 (7), and (8), respectively.
22 Section 5. This act shall take effect October 1, 2007.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 Senate Bill 1468
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4 Repeals a redundant exemption for credit card numbers
contained in s. 215.322, F.S.
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Reorganizes and standardizes the social security number
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Defines "commercial entity" and "commercial activity."
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Transfers portions related to court files and official records
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