Maryland consumer data privacy act

Identifier

Identifier

Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-4601 et seq.

Level

State MD

Status

In force

Adopted

2024-05-09

Applies from

2025-10-01

Supervisory bodies

Maryland AG

Named requirements

• Applicability and thresholds

  Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-4601 et seq.

  35,000 consumers, or 10,000 consumers with more than a fifth of gross revenue from the sale of personal data.

• Privacy notice

  Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-4601 et seq.

  A reasonably accessible notice naming the categories processed, the purposes, the categories shared and how rights are exercised.

• Consumer rights

  Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-4601 et seq.

  Access, deletion, portability, correction and opt-out of targeted advertising, sale and certain profiling, with an appeal route.

• Sensitive data

  Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-4601 et seq.

  Consent, or in some states a strict necessity standard, before sensitive categories are processed.

• Data protection assessment

  Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-4601 et seq.

  A documented assessment for targeted advertising, sale, sensitive data and profiling that carries a heightened risk.

• Processor contract

  Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-4601 et seq.

  A written contract that sets instructions, confidentiality, deletion or return, and audit rights.

• Enforcement

  Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-4601 et seq.

  Enforced by the state authority. Data minimisation is written as a strict standard, and the sale of sensitive data is prohibited.

Official source

• mgaleg.maryland.gov
• www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov

EU acts on the same ground

• gdpr

  Covers the same ground as the GDPR on notice, rights and processor contracts, with a narrower scope and no general lawful basis requirement.