Florida

The Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR)

Florida’s comprehensive privacy law is the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR), enacted under Florida SB 262 and effective July 1, 2024. OutboardListings.com^℠ is a Florida-based business, so this is the law closest to home for us.

What the FDBR gives consumers

• Control over your data — confirm what is held, access it, correct it, delete it, and get a portable copy.
• Opt out of targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, and collection of precise geolocation.
• Biometric opt-out — say no to the collection of biometric data.
• No retaliation — a business cannot discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

Which businesses it binds

• The core controller duties apply to very large companies — generally those with more than $1 billion in global revenue.
• Certain platforms must be transparent about how search results are ranked.
• Covered businesses must publish privacy notices and run data protection risk assessments.

How it is enforced

• There is no private right of action — individuals cannot sue under the FDBR.
• Enforcement sits with the Florida Attorney General.
• The law also bars government from forcing platforms to take down lawful content.

What this means for your listing here

We are well under the $1 billion revenue threshold, and directory entries are publicly available commercial information about a business rather than personal consumer data. So the FDBR’s controller deletion duties generally do not require us to remove a business listing.

We still do the right thing anyway: we correct and merge listings on request, we hold back street address, phone and email until an owner claims a listing, we let one-person operations keep their street address private for good, and we review genuine privacy concerns case by case — a home address, a closed business, a safety issue.

Official sources: Florida Statutes § 501.701 and the Florida Attorney General .

How your listing works here

Our marine business directory is built from publicly available commercial information so boaters in Florida can find a mechanic, dealer, marina or broker near them.

• Unclaimed listings show city and state only. Street address, phone and email stay private until the owner claims it.
• Claiming is free and puts you in control of what shows.
• One-person operations can keep their street address off the public page permanently.
• We preserve accurate commercial listings rather than deleting them, so the directory stays useful — but genuine privacy concerns get a real review.

Florida — common questions