On May 9, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (MODPA) into law. The MODPA stands as the 17th comprehensive data privacy law that has been enacted in the U.S, and surprisingly, the fifth just this year.
While most state privacy laws have been fashioned as refinements of pre-existing frameworks—tweaking language here, adding nuances there, Maryland’s approach is deemed remarkable for its nuance by privacy experts.
Pilling uniqueness upon this development, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act will come into effect on Oct. 1, 2025 and will act to introduce new cautious protections for children’s data and biometric data, along with certain other singular requirements. You can find more details and keep up with updates regarding the act on the Law.com Legaltech News page.