The Actual Law about Recording..
Fla. Stat. ch. 934.03: All parties must consent to the recording or the disclosure of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication in Florida. Recording or disclosing without the consent of all parties is a felony, unless the interception is a first offense committed without any illegal purpose, and not for commercial gain, or the communication is the radio portion of a cellular conversation. Such first offenses and the interception of cellular communications are misdemeanors. State v. News-Press Pub. Co., 338 So. 2d 1313 (1976), State v. Tsavaris, 394 So. 2d 418 (1981).
Under the statute, consent is not required for the taping of a non-electronic communication uttered by a person who does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in that communication. See definition of "oral communication," Fla. Stat. ch. 934.02.
Anyone whose communications have been illegally intercepted may recover actual damages or $100 for each day of violation or $1,000, whichever is greater, along with punitive damages, attorney fees and litigation costs. Fla. Stat. ch. 934.10.
A federal appellate court has held that because only interceptions made through an "electronic, mechanical or other device" are illegal under Florida law, telephones used in the ordinary course of business to record conversations do not violate the law. The court found that business telephones are not the type of devices addressed in the law and, thus, that a life insurance company did not violate the law when it routinely recorded business-related calls on its business extensions. Royal Health Care Servs., Inc. v. Jefferson-Pilot Life Ins. Co., 924 F.2d 215 (11th Cir. 1991).
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[QUOTE=Sponge Worthy]That isn't correct. In Florida, the law requires you to be informed that you are being recorded, but your consent is not a requirement. If you're informed, you have the choice of speaking or not.
It's a small difference, but an important one. Recording audio/voice without any notification is illegal.[/QUOTE]
I thought it was pretty common knowledge.
[QUOTE=Dodger Bulldog]I hate in when people won't give out an exact address or phone.
It is even worse when one calls a place by a code name or some slang that cannot possibly be found by looking in the phone book or searching on the web.
Someone could go crazy driving up and down Lois Avenue looking for a place named "Stixxx." He would never find it!!!
The police already know where it is, so there is absolutely no reason to play coy and frustrate our friends who have politely asked for our help.
DB[/QUOTE]I mean it does have its own Thread in the Tampa Section.
Any highlights I shouldn't miss at YS?
I generally try to make a stop at Ybor Strip whenever I'm in Tampa, and will be bringing a friend of mine this time. He's been hearing about the place for years, so I hate to disappoint, but the last few years I only get into town a few times a year, so my familiarity with the offerings isn't what it once was. Any suggestions who we ought to give some special attention to when we're there?
