Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1030
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Stargel) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 117 - 124
    4  and insert:
    5         and text messaging. Electronic mail and cellular
    6  telephones, rather than traditional postal mail, are
    7  increasingly used as a means for communicating and conducting
    8  business, including official state and local business.
    9  Electronic mail addresses and cellular telephone numbers are
   10  unique to the individual and, when combined with other personal
   11  identifying information, can be used for identity theft,
   12  taxpayer scams, and other invasive contacts. The public
   13  availability of personal electronic mail addresses and cellular
   14  telephone numbers invites and exacerbates thriving and well
   15  documented criminal activities and puts citizens at increased
   16  risk of harm. Such harm will be significantly curtailed by
   17  allowing the DHSMV and tax collectors to preserve the
   18  confidentiality of taxpayer e-mail addresses. Therefore, the
   19  Legislature finds that it