By: Tracy M. Evans, Esq., Associate, Saxon, Gilmore, Carraway & Gibbons, P.A. The Florida Information Protection Act of 2014, Florida Statutes Section 501.171 (FIPA) went into effect just last year and substantially expanded Florida’s previous law regarding data breach notifications. FIPA replaced the previous data breach notification statute, Florida Statutes Section 817.5681, and clarified and...Read More

By Tracy M. Evans, Esq., Associate, Saxon, Gilmore, Carraway & Gibbons, P.A. Published in FAHROgram March/April 2014 Under a recently enacted Florida Statute, certain individuals and entities entering into contracts to perform services for public agencies will now be contractually required to comply with Florida’s Public Records Act. Florida Statutes § 119.0701 went into effect...Read More