Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally
Section 22-214 - Electronic Error: Consumer Defenses

(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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