On June 20, the governor signed the Florida Information Protection Act of 2014. Passed by the Legislature as CS/SC/SB 1524, the law imposes stringent new requirements on numerous Florida businesses that handle personal information.

Florida becomes one of a growing number of states that require notices of breaches of health information as well. FIPA’s requirements are more stringent than the privacy rules implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The new law took effect July 1.

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