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Chapter 501

Fla. Stat. ch. 501

Consumer Protection

501.001Florida Anti-Tampering Act 501.005Consumer report security freeze 501.0051Protected consumer report security freeze 501.011Credit cards; unsolicited delivery or mailing prohibited 501.0113Unsolicited goods; no obligation on part of recipient 501.0115Service station credit cards and franchise agreements; certain restrictions on sales and purchasers prohibited 501.0117Credit cards; transactions in which seller or lessor prohibited from imposing surcharge; penalty 501.0118Restrictions on information printed on receipts for payment-card transactions; penalties 501.012Health studios; legislative findings 501.0125Health studios; definitions 501.013Health studios; exemptions 501.014Health studios; powers and duties of the department 501.015Health studios; registration requirements and fees 501.016Health studios; security requirements 501.017Health studios; contracts 501.018Health studios; change of ownership or location 501.019Health studios; penalties 501.021Home solicitation sale; definitions 501.022Home solicitation sale; permit required 501.025Home solicitation sale; buyer’s right to cancel 501.031Home solicitation sale; written agreement 501.035Home solicitation sale; exclusions 501.041Home solicitation sale; restoration of down payment 501.045Home solicitation sale; duty of buyer 501.046Home solicitation sale; duty of businesses conducting home solicitation sales 501.047Home solicitation sale; prohibited practices 501.052Home solicitation sale; enforcement authority; injunctive relief 501.053Home solicitation sale; judicial review 501.055Home solicitation sale; penalties 501.057Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; short title 501.0571Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; definitions 501.0573Weight-loss provider requirements 501.0575Weight-Loss Consumer Bill of Rights 501.0577Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; exemptions 501.0579Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; unlawful practices 501.0581Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act; civil remedies 501.0583Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving weight-loss pills to persons under age 18; penalties; defense 501.059Telephone solicitation 501.122Control of nonionizing radiations; laser; penalties 501.135Consumer unit pricingRepealed 501.137Mortgage lenders; tax and insurance payments from escrow accounts; duties 501.1375Deposits received for purchase of residential dwelling units; placement in escrow; waiver; exceptions 501.1377Violations involving homeowners during the course of residential foreclosure proceedings 501.138Advertising of previews or trailers; standards 501.139Advertisements for legal services 501.1391Fraud prevention in the advertisement of immigration services 501.141Delivery of crated goods; written statement of satisfaction; right to cancel 501.142Retail sales establishments; preemption; notice of refund policy; exceptions; penalty 501.143Dance Studio ActRepealed 501.145Bedding Label Act 501.155Electronic dissemination of commercial recordings or audiovisual works; required disclosures; injunctive relief 501.160Rental or sale of essential commodities during a declared state of emergency; prohibition against unconscionable prices 501.164Civil penalties 501.165Automatic renewal of service contracts 501.171Security of confidential personal information 501.1735Protection of children in online spaces; public records exemption 501.1736Social media use for minors 501.1737Age verification for online access to materials harmful to minors 501.1738Anonymous age verification 501.201Short title 501.202Purposes; rules of construction 501.203Definitions 501.204Unlawful acts and practices 501.2041Unlawful acts and practices by social media platforms 501.2042Unlawful acts and practices by online crowd-funding campaigns 501.205Rulemaking authority 501.206Investigative powers of enforcing authority 501.2065Confidentiality of intelligence or investigative information 501.207Remedies of enforcing authority 501.2075Civil penalty 501.2077Violations involving senior citizen, person who has a disability, military servicemember, or the spouse or dependent child of a military servicemember; civil penalties; presumption 501.2078Violations involving individual homeowners during the course of residential foreclosure proceedings; civil penaltiesRepealed 501.2079Violations involving discrimination in the provision of video services 501.208Cease and desist orders; procedures 501.209Other supervision 501.2091Stay of proceedings pending trialRepealed 501.2101Enforcing authorities; moneys received in certain proceedings 501.2105Attorney’s fees 501.211Other individual remedies 501.212Application 501.213Effect on other remedies 501.30Short title 501.31Legislative purpose 501.32Definitions 501.33Disclosure 501.34Enforcement 501.601Short title 501.602Purpose 501.603Definitions 501.604Exemptions 501.605Licensure of commercial telephone sellers and entities providing substance abuse marketing services 501.606Disclosures required of commercial telephone sellers and entities providing substance abuse marketing services 501.607Licensure of salespersons 501.608License or affidavit of exemption; occupational license 501.609License renewal 501.611Security 501.612Grounds for departmental action against licensure applicants or licensees 501.613General disclosures 501.614Disclosures of gifts and premiums 501.615Written contract; cancellation; refund 501.616Unlawful acts and practices 501.617Investigative powers of enforcing authority 501.6175Recordkeeping 501.618General civil remedies 501.619Civil penalties 501.621Attorney’s fees and costs 501.622Criminal prosecuting authority 501.623Criminal penalties 501.624Exempt businesses; burden of proof 501.625Other individual remedies 501.626Rulemaking power 501.701Short title 501.702Definitions 501.703Applicability 501.704Exemptions 501.705Consumer rights 501.706Controller response to consumer requests 501.707Appeal 501.708Waiver or limitation of consumer rights prohibited 501.709Submitting consumer requests 501.71Controller duties 501.711Privacy notices 501.712Duties of processor 501.713Data protection assessments 501.714Deidentified data, pseudonymous data, and aggregate consumer information 501.715Requirements for sensitive data 501.716Exemptions for certain uses of consumer personal data 501.717Collection, use, or retention of data for certain purposes 501.718Disclosure of personal data to third-party controller or processor 501.719Processing of certain personal data by controller or other person 501.72Enforcement and implementation by the Department of Legal Affairs 501.721Preemption 501.722Public records exemption 501.91Short title 501.911Administration of act 501.912Definitions 501.913Registration 501.914Cancellation of registration 501.915Adulteration of antifreeze 501.916Mislabeling of antifreeze 501.917Inspection by department; sampling and analysis 501.918Prohibited activity 501.919Enforcement; stop-sale order 501.92Formula may be required 501.921Standards 501.922Violation 501.923Injunctive relief 501.925Used watches; sales regulated 501.93Copyright owners and performing rights societies 501.937Industrial hygienists and safety professionals; use of professional titles; failure to comply 501.95Gift certificates and credit memos 501.97Deceptive trade practices; print advertisement; penalties 501.971Fictitious Name Act not abrogated 501.972Actions based upon use of a creation that is not protected under federal copyright law 501.973Chambers of commerce 501.974Veterans’ organizations; prohibition against advertising 501.9741Assisting in veterans’ benefits matters 501.975Definitions 501.976Actionable, unfair, or deceptive acts or practices 501.98Demand letter 501.991Legislative intent; construction 501.992Definitions 501.993Bad faith assertions of patent infringement 501.994BondRepealed 501.995Private right of action 501.996Enforcement 501.997Exemptions