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§ 14-3704. Parental control requirements

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCommercial LawEffective: October 1, 2009

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Commercial Law
Title 14. Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions
Subtitle 37. Online Child Safety Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2009
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 14-3704
§ 14-3704. Parental control requirements
Currentness
(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an Internet access provider shall make a parental control that satisfies the requirements of this section available to each subscriber in the State.
(2) The Internet access provider may not be required to provide a parental control that is not reasonably and commercially available for the technology that the subscriber uses to obtain access to the Internet.
(b) A parental control shall allow the subscriber, in a commercially reasonable manner, to:
(1) Block all access to the Internet; and
(2)(i) Block a child's access to Web sites by specifying prohibited Web sites or by selecting a category of sites to block;
(ii) Restrict a child's access exclusively to Web sites that the subscriber approves or a category of Web sites that the subscriber approves;
(iii) Restrict a child's access to Web sites that the parental control provider designates; or
(iv) Monitor a child's use of the Internet by providing a report to the subscriber indicating:
1. Each specific Web site that the child has attempted to visit but was unable to view because the subscriber blocked or restricted access to the Web site; or
2. Each specific Web site that the child has visited.

Credits

Added by Acts 2009, c. 557, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009.
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 14-3704, MD COML § 14-3704
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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