Gate Keys

I have a question, the board members are requesting the gate cards that have access to the pool and gym, that residents pictures and home address are added in the gate cards...is that legal how can we prevent from that happening?

Is the board requesting or requiring?

This 2013 site indicates Florida has a new statute that could pose problems if this is a requirement:

https://www.jimersonfirm.com/blog/2013/08/new-florida-law-affects-hoas-and-condo-associations-abilities-to-swipe-drivers-licenses-at-community-entrances/

I don't get it. The statute restricts who can swipe state-issued drivers licenses. And even that restriction can be gotten around:

Florida’s associations, therefore, have no statutory right to swipe a driver’s license, but an association can do so if the individual consents. Fla. Stat. 322.143(6)(a). To give valid consent, “the individual must be informed what information is collected and the purpose or purposes for which it will be used.”

It seems irrelevant to this question. There is nothing to prevent an association from including extra information on its own privately-issued id card.

I guess I have to wonder why anyone who uses his Key Fob or other card to access Amenities would have a problem assuring the HOA that only people that belong in the area are allowed. Homeowners pay to keep up and maintain the equipment with their dues. If outside people are using FObs illegally it is not to anyone other than the person using its benefit.

Systems need to be kept current and old access needs to be removed when people sell or move out of the community.
The PMC that we just replaced had been selling Key Fobs to access our Pool for 7 years. I asked them how many active Fobs were in the system currently. They told me 2000+ and I asked if they had a procedure for deactivating Fobs when someone moves out or Sells. They said no so this means if someone buys a new home in a different subdivision that may or may not have a Pool or Amenities they can just come to ours. CRAZY right. I have also seen in my years in a Ca. HOA where homeowners were actually selling FObs online to people that wanted to use our Pool. It was much cheaper than joining a club. This causes many problems but here is just a few.

1) People that are not paying Dues could care less about your stuff.
2) They are much more likely to not follow Rules that they do not know about.
3) If they get hurt who are they going to going to file a suit against.
4) Crowded Pools make owners upset.
5) When a bad crowd arrives and get rowdy they families usually take the kids home. Mobs have the place to themselves.

When in a Public place you give up your right to privacy.

I still think the article and statute are talking about a state-issued id card (a non-driver can get a state-issued id), not a privately-issued card.

With all due respect, that's not the statute. That's an excerpt from Senate Bill 7125 that was proposed in 2013. The entire history of the bill during that legislative session is here. It was eventually passed and signed into law by the Governor after merging it with the House version and amedments were made. The quoted text, however, remains accurate.

The governing statute is currently Chapter 322 (Driver Licenses)" of the Florida Statutes.

Definitions regarding state-issued Identification Cards are found in Chapter 322.01(45) which defines them as a "personal identification card issued by the department which conforms to the definition in 18 U.S.C. s. 1028(d)."

That's a state-issued ID card. Privately-issued ID cards are a completely different animal and while FS 322.051 goes into detail about state-issued cards, I'm not sure where (or even if) private ID cards are mentioned in the statutes.

Geno, If the bill differed from the final law, I would have noted it. If you object to the way I use the word "statute," take it up with dictionary.com and the like. Else thank you for correcting my mistake re "identification card."

Geno, I wanted to be consistent with the article, which linked the bill. The article pointed out the bill had been passed into law.