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The Fields
Every field that reveals a sex life or orientation, strictly necessary or gone, and never sold
Does It Apply
Maryland users, and the share of revenue from selling data - the two lines the Act draws.
 
The Fields
Each field the site collects, the sensitive ones marked, the service each is strictly necessary for.
 
These Records
Where they are kept, and how to hand the file to counsel.
 
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Maryland's Online Data Privacy Act took effect October 1, 2025 and reaches processing from April 1, 2026. It applies to a site that controls or processes the personal data of 35,000 or more Maryland consumers a year (not counting data handled only to complete a payment), or 10,000 or more while taking over 20% of its gross revenue from selling personal data. It is one of the strictest in the country.

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Data revealing a person's sex life or sexual orientation is sensitive - on an adult site, a viewing history, a favourites list, a chosen category. Maryland lets a site collect or process it only when strictly necessary to provide or maintain a product or service the consumer specifically asked for - consent is not enough on its own. And it bans the sale of sensitive data outright, with or without consent. A field that fails that test comes out; a field is retired with the day, never erased.

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