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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 03.12.01.01" title_num="03" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="01" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Access” means the transmittal, display, embedding, or other availability to a user for viewing or interaction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Device” means any medium through which digital advertising services may be accessed, including stationary or portable computing devices, tablets, phones, and smart devices.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Digital Advertising Services.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Digital advertising services” means advertising services on a digital interface that are:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Programmatic; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Visually conveyed.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Digital advertising services” includes advertisement services on a digital interface, including advertisements in the form of banner advertising, search engine advertising, interstitial advertising, and other comparable advertising services; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>“Digital advertising services” does not include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Advertisement services on digital interfaces owned or operated by or operated on behalf of a broadcast entity or news media entity as defined in Tax-General Article, §7.5-101, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Any advertising services that are not programmatic; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Any advertising services that are not visually conveyed.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Digital interface.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Digital interface” means any type of software, including a website, part of a website, or application, that a user is able to access; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Can be accessed or conveyed either on or off the Internet.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Location” means the actual, physical location of a digital interface when a digital advertising service is accessed by a user.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Other comparable advertising services” includes the following digital advertising services:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Display advertising;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Internet programmatic video advertising;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Multichannel video programming distributor advertising conveyed via cable television, satellite television, or a digital fiber-optic distribution system;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Advertising on social media;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Native advertising; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Incentivized or rewarded advertising.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Programmatic.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Programmatic” means capable of automating advertising services.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Programmatic digital advertising services may be sold in real time by employing technology that uses computer- or software-driven workflow or machine learning algorithms to deliver advertisements to users based on advertiser-defined parameters, including precise user targeting data such as user:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Geographic locations;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Types of devices;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Recent online search behaviors;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Browsing history;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Shopping history;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Purchase history; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Biographical and other information compiled in databases.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“User” means an individual or any other person who accesses a digital interface with a device.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>