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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-3502" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="35" subtitle_name="Maryland Personal Information Protection Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “customer” means an individual residing in the State who provides personal information to a business for the purpose of purchasing or leasing a product or obtaining a service from the business.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When a business is destroying a customer’s, an employee’s, or a former employee’s records that contain personal information of the customer, employee, or former employee, the business shall take reasonable steps to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the personal information, taking into account:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The sensitivity of the records;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The nature and size of the business and its operations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The costs and benefits of different destruction methods; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Available technology.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
