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True hires FL lobbyist

According to the Palm Beach Post, True.com has hired a well-connected lobbyist from Tampa — former Secretary of the Department of Management Services Cynthia Henderson — to push it’s legislative measures. Henderson, a first-term appointee of Gov. Jeb...

Elliot Spitzer gunning after Myspace

Myspace is disputing charges in the press that its downloadable toolbars “spy” on consumers. The announcement came in the face of being investigated by the New York Attorney General for practices associated with spyware. The company has decided to cease...

Florida Approves disclosure requirement legislation

The House Criminal Justice Committee voted 5-to-2 in favor of HB 1035, and members of the Senate Commerce and Consumer Services Committee voted 6-to-2 in support of SB 1768. The bills would require providers of online dating services to disclose if they do or do not...

ID verification shootout postponed

I’m swamped with a bunch of different project so I’m going to postpone the ID verification shootout. After thinking about diving into the details of adjudication processes, the “who’s data is better” arguments and all the rest I’ve...

Too much Florida sun?

Rep. Kevin Ambler, R-Tampa and Sen. Victor Crist probably wish they were out fishing in the Keys instead of wrangling with the current online dating legistation. Associated Press points out that in his more than six years with the Florida Department of Law...