Terms Used In Florida Statutes 668.801

  • Business: means any trade or business regardless of its for-profit or not-for-profit status. See Florida Statutes 668.802
  • Computer: means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other high-speed data processing device that performs logical, arithmetic, or storage functions and includes any data storage facility, data storage device, or communications facility directly related to, or operating in conjunction with, the device. See Florida Statutes 668.802
  • Harm: means any impairment to the integrity, access, or availability of data, programs, systems, or information. See Florida Statutes 668.802
  • Loss: means any of the following:
    (a) Any reasonable cost incurred by the owner, operator, or lessee of a protected computer or the owner of stored information, including the reasonable cost of conducting a damage assessment for harm associated with the violation and the reasonable cost for remediation efforts, such as restoring the data, programs, systems, or information to the condition it was in before the violation. See Florida Statutes 668.802
  • Protected computer: means a computer that is used in connection with the operation of a business and stores information, programs, or code in connection with the operation of the business in which the stored information, programs, or code can be accessed only by employing a technological access barrier. See Florida Statutes 668.802
This part shall be construed liberally to:

(1) Safeguard an owner, operator, or lessee of a protected computer used in the operation of a business from harm or loss caused by unauthorized access to such computer.
(2) Safeguard an owner of information stored in a protected computer used in the operation of a business from harm or loss caused by unauthorized access to such computer.