Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 7040 Ì407984RÎ407984 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 03/23/2015 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Legg) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 19 - 49 4 and insert: 5 (c) E-mail addresses collected by the Department of Highway 6 Safety and Motor Vehicles pursuant to s. 319.40(3), s. 7 320.95(2), or s. 322.08(8) are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 8 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption applies 9 retroactively. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government 10 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 11 repealed on October 2, 2020, unless reviewed and saved from 12 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 13 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 14 necessity that customers’ e-mail addresses collected and held by 15 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for the 16 purpose of conducting motor vehicle record and driver license 17 transactions be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, 18 and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. The federal 19 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. ss. 2721 et 20 seq., as enacted and last amended in 2000, does not include e 21 mail addresses among the types of personal information protected 22 from disclosure. Customer use of e-mail addresses in conducting 23 motor vehicle and driver license record transactions 24 electronically with the department has significantly increased 25 since 1994 and 2000. Under current law, the e-mail addresses 26 collected by the department are public records and can be 27 obtained by anyone for any purpose. However, these e-mail 28 addresses are unique to each individual and, when combined with 29 other personal identifying information, can be used for identity 30 theft, consumer scams, unwanted solicitations, or other invasive 31 contacts. The public availability of personal e-mail addresses 32 puts department customers at increased risk of these problems. 33 This risk may be significantly limited by permitting the 34 department to keep customer e-mail addresses confidential. The 35 Legislature finds that the risks to consumers outweigh the 36 state’s public policy favoring open government. 37 38 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 39 And the title is amended as follows: 40 Delete line 4 41 and insert: 42 records requirements for e-mail addresses