State of Florida nixes firearm purchase tracking
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation into law on Friday that prevents credit card companies from tracking and harvesting data related to firearm and ammunition purchases.
The bill, referred to as the ‘Florida Arms and Ammo Act,’ was filed after the Switzerland-based International Standards Organization, a non-governmental organization that develops international purchasing guidelines, approved a new categorization for firearm and ammunition merchants.
Some of the world’s largest credit companies, including Visa, American Express, and Mastercard announced last September that they would adopt the new standard, leading gun rights activists to claim that corporations could use the data to preven...
