{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-506.11","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 59.1-506.11","heading":"Access contracts","body":"(a) If an access contract provides for access over a period of time, the following rules apply:(1) The licensee's rights of access are to the information as modified and made commercially available by the licensor from time to time during that period.(2) A change in the content of the information is a breach of contract only if the change conflicts with an express term of the agreement.(3) Unless it is subject to a contractual use term, information obtained by the licensee is free of any use restriction other than a restriction resulting from the informational rights of another person or other law.(4) Access must be available:(A) at times and in a manner conforming to the express terms of the agreement; and(B) to the extent not expressly stated in the agreement, at times and in a manner reasonable for the particular type of contract in light of the ordinary standards of the business, trade, or industry.(b) In an access contract that gives the licensee a right of access at times substantially of its own choosing during agreed periods, an occasional failure to have access available during those times is not a breach of contract if it is:(1) consistent with ordinary standards of the business, trade, or industry for the particular type of contract; or(2) caused by:(A) scheduled downtime;(B) reasonable needs for maintenance;(C) reasonable periods of failure of equipment, computer programs, or communications; or(D) events reasonably beyond the licensor's control, and the licensor exercises such commercially reasonable efforts as the circumstances require.2000, cc. 101, 996.","path":["Title 59.1. TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 43. UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATION TRANSACTIONS ACT","Article 6. PERFORMANCE"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/59.1-506.11/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:49Z","sha256":"b6c6fca06c7342218dd747729ac7e20116da674f80695b863c6ebbaca42e7e57","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-506.10","next":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-506.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}