Terms Used In Maryland Code, COMMERCIAL LAW 14-3704

  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(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 Web sites by specifying prohibited Web sites or by selecting a category of sites to block;

(ii) Restrict a child’s access exclusively to Web sites that the subscriber approves or a category of Web sites that the subscriber approves;

(iii) Restrict a child’s access to Web sites 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 Web site that the child has attempted to visit but was unable to view because the subscriber blocked or restricted access to the Web site; or

2. Each specific Web site that the child has visited.