Overview
- Attorney General James Uthmeier unveiled the Consumer Harm from International Nefarious Actors Prevention Unit and assigned existing staff to work on it full time.
- Uthmeier said subpoenas have gone to several China-based companies, including fast-fashion retailer Shein, as part of ongoing consumer data investigations.
- Demand letters are being sent to health-tech and other companies to verify compliance with Florida data privacy laws, with subpoenas promised for noncooperation.
- Active probes include Lorex, TP-Link, and Contec over alleged data security risks and routing of personal or patient information through Chinese servers.
- Supporters described the effort as the first state unit of its kind and tied it to broader policy moves, including SB 1178’s advance and a court-upheld ban on Chinese land purchases, while some sensational biological claims at the event were reported without evidence.