Maryland Online Data Privacy Act implementation

Maryland's Online Data Privacy Act is in effect and creates consumer data rights and controller obligations that can affect care-adjacent digital services.

Maryland · Effective · Implementation Apr 1, 2026

What it is

What changed: Maryland enacted a comprehensive privacy law regulating how controllers and processors handle consumer personal data, including rights and obligations relevant to sensitive care-adjacent data.
Why it matters: Caregiver tools can hold household, health, location, and support-needs data; Maryland is a useful state model for privacy rights and vendor obligations outside HIPAA-only framing.
Who it touches: Family caregivers, People using AI and digital health tools, People receiving care, Businesses and agencies that must complyMaryland residents, family caregivers, care recipients, digital health users, care technology vendors
What it does: Gives people a right or protection

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Last reviewed Jun 18, 2026. This is information, not legal advice; check the source for the current text.