US States · 1 law · 8 requirements
Maryland: the laws your website or app must follow
If your customers are in Maryland, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so.
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Maryland Online Data Privacy Act
In force since 1 Oct 2025, for processing from 1 April 2026.
Who it covers: Businesses handling data of 35,000+ Maryland residents a year, or 10,000+ while earning 20% of revenue from selling data.
What it requires of a website or app (8)
- A privacy notice: categories, purposes, rights and how to appeal, data shared and with whomCheckedMODPA Com. Law §14-4707
- Rights to access, correct, delete and port data, and to opt out of targeted ads, sale and profiling; appealsCheckedMODPA §14-4705
- Honour universal opt-out signals such as Global Privacy ControlCheckedMODPA §14-4705 (opt-out preference signals)
- Consent (or where the law allows, notice and an opt-out) before processing sensitive data; children's data handled under COPPAYour answersMODPA §14-4707 (only where strictly necessary; sale banned)
- Reasonable data securityCheckedMODPA §14-4707
- Data protection assessments for targeted ads, sale, profiling and sensitive dataPreparedMODPA §14-4710
- Collect only what is reasonably necessary for what the person asked for; sensitive data only where strictly necessary, and never sell itAI review§14-4707(a)
- No targeted ads to, or sale of data of, anyone you know or should know is under 18AI review§14-4707(a)
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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.