# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 14. Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions

### Subtitle 37. Online Child Safety Act

#### Section 14-3704

(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 websites by specifying prohibited websites or by selecting a category of sites to block;

    (ii) Restrict a child's access exclusively to websites that the subscriber approves or a category of websites that the subscriber approves;

    (iii) Restrict a child's access to websites 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 website that the child has attempted to visit but was unable to view because the subscriber blocked or restricted access to the website; or

      (2) Each specific website that the child has visited.

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)