Law status
Verified comprehensive law
Yes - Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024
- Official name / citation
- Md. Code, Com. Law §§ 14-4601 to 14-4614 (Ch. 454 (HB 567) / Ch. 455 (SB 541))
- Status / effective date
- Enacted; effective October 1, 2025 per the enrolled chapter
- Principal enforcer
- Maryland Attorney General (Consumer Protection Division)
Direct attached-library attribution
0 cases · $0
These totals are assigned solely by the attachment’s state heading. Shared multistate totals are not allocated in full to every state.
The attached library does not enumerate participant-level allocations for every multistate matter; shared settlement totals are presented once at the national level and are not duplicated into state totals.
Official law sources
Other generally applicable PII law
Also: Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-3504 (breach notification) - https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/laws/StatuteText?article=gcl§ion=14-3504&enactments=False&archived=False
Public enforcement context
Tier 1
23andMe (bankruptcy claims)
$18 million state recovery (of $150 million allowed claims) · July 14, 2026
Maryland joined the 42-AG 23andMe settlement; the Maryland AG page does not state a Maryland share.
Legal basis: State privacy/consumer-protection claims in bankruptcy
Mapped control outcomes
1 personal data inventory/data map; 2 sensitive-data discovery; 3 downstream copy tracking; 8 breach blast-radius analysis; 9 retention/minimization; 10 regulator audit evidence
Kestryl can evidence where regulated personal data actually resides across structured stores and unstructured attachments/images, produce audit rows and evidence packs showing when each location was discovered and reviewed, and apply structured-data remediation modes (mask, vault, strip) to reduce exposure. It does not alter source attachments or documents, and its output is technical evidence supporting controls, not proof of legal compliance.
Educational information, not legal advice. The supplied snapshot is dated August 25, 2026; confirm current law, applicability, exceptions, official status, and reporting decisions with qualified counsel and the relevant authority.