Maryland Commercial Law Section 22-214

Article - Commercial Law

§ 22-214.

      (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.



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