I am working on a project where I am taking public data (sourced from the town, county, state and other organizations i.e. FEMA, census, etc.). I live in Florida and due to sunshine laws, this info is readily available. If I take this project and turn it into a business, will there be any legal issues with me using this data? Basically, in looking online, I am finding other companies that offer services that seem to use the same data (i.e. parcel data) and I would assume that they are not doing the primary research to determine this data. I just want to make sure there is not legal issue for me to do the same. Most data that I am finding that I need is available to the public. I understand that some info is not claiming to be 100% accurate and I understand that. There is some data that I am generating on my own, which will correlate to the data from public sources. Any help would be appreciated - if I need to pay for the data, or legally add disclaimers, I can do that, I am just trying to get prepared moving forward.
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