§ 22-214

Maryland § 22-214

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article gcl: Commercial Law
• Title: 22

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(a) In this section, “electronic error” means an error in an electronic message created by a consumer using an information processing system if a reasonable method to detect and correct or avoid the error was not provided.

(b) In an automated transaction, a consumer is not bound by an electronic message that the consumer did not intend and which was caused by an electronic error, if the consumer:

(1) Promptly on learning of the error:

(A) Notifies the other party of the error; and

(B) Causes delivery to the other party or, pursuant to reasonable instructions received from the other party, delivers to another person or destroys all copies of the information; and

(2) Has not used, or received any benefit or value from, the information or caused the information or benefit to be made available to a third party.

(c) If subsection (b) of this section does not apply, the effect of an electronic error is determined by other law.