59.1-502.14 - Electronic error; consumer defenses. - Virginia Statutes

§ 59.1-502.14. Electronic error; consumer defenses.

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

(b) In an automated transaction, a consumer is not bound by an electronicmessage that the consumer did not intend and which was caused by anelectronic 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 reasonableinstructions received from the other party, delivers to another person ordestroys all copies of the information; and

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

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

(2000, cc. 101, 996.)