Terms of Service

General

Welcome to the Virginia Farm Bureau Products website. By using this website, you are agreeing to the terms set forth below. If you do not want to be subject to these terms please do not use our website. Virginia Farm Bureau may periodically change these terms, and we encourage you to review them periodically.

These Terms of Use were last updated on July 9, 2019.

Online Store

By using our Website, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state of residence.  Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any personal information to or on the website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at legal@vafb.com.

Accuracy and Completeness of Information

Although measures are taken to ensure the information in our catalogs and on our Website is as timely and accurate as possible, Virginia Farm Bureau assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of such information or its relevance to a specific use or application. Actual performance of products may vary based upon many factors and may be less than stated. Actual products may differ slightly in appearance to images shown.  Please refer to the part number and description for product specifications.  The material on our Website is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information.  Any reliance on the material on this Website is at your risk.

Modifications to the Website and Prices

Prices for all products are subject to change without notice.  We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue any product or service without notice. Virginia Farm Bureau should not be liable to your or to any third party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of any product or service. We reserve the right, but are not obligated to, limit the sales of our products or services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may limit the quantities of, or discontinue any products or services we offer. All descriptions are subject to change at any time without notice, at our sole discretion. We do not warrant the quality of any products, services information, or other material purchased or obtained by you will meet your expectations, or that any errors will be corrected.

Accuracy of Billing and Account Information

We reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us.  We may in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household or per order.  These restrictions may include orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same credit card, and/or orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address.  In the event that we make a change to or cancel an order, we may attempt to notify you by contacting the email and/or billing address provided at the time the order was made. 

You agree to provide current, complete and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made on our Website.  You agree to promptly update your account and other information, including your email address and credit card numbers and expiration dates, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed.

Information Collected

As you access our website, we may obtain certain information about you which we will hold in confidence according to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy (which describes how we will and will not use information).

Provided that Virginia Farm Bureau will not use your information in a way that identifies you personally (unless required by law), please understand that information submitted to or gathered by Virginia Farm Bureau via this website, may be treated as non-confidential.

Links

For your convenience, Virginia Farm Bureau may provide links to third party websites. Virginia Farm Bureau does not assume any responsibility with regards to these websites. The link to a third-party website provided on our Website does not imply endorsement of or responsibility for such linked website by Virginia Farm Bureau and we are not responsible for any information you submit to them.

Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right to:

  • Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
  • Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website.

YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COVERED PARTIES FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE COVERED PARTIES DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER THE COVERED PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

DISCLAIMER AND LIMIT OF LIABILITY

THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. A COVERED PARTY (AS DEFINED BELOW) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND LOST PROFITS OR SAVINGS) TO YOU CONNECTED WITH USE OF THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING ITS CONTENT AND REGARDLESS OF ANY NEGLIGENCE OF ANY COVERED PARTY. “Covered Party” means Virginia Farm Bureau Service Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and any officer, director, employee, subcontractor, agent, licensor, successor, or assign of any of them.

Virginia Farm Bureau disclaims all responsibility for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting from, arising out of, or in any way related to: any errors in or omissions from this website, including but not limited to technical inaccuracies and typographical errors; any third-party websites or content therein directly or indirectly accessed through links in this website; the unavailability of this website or any portion of this website; or your use of this website.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Jurisdictional

Use of this website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America, as they apply to agreements made and solely performed in Virginia. Disputes arising based on this website or in any way related to this website shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts of the United States of America and/or the State Courts of Virginia, and jurisdiction therefore shall be solely in Goochland County, Virginia.

Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Website is based in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use incorporate by reference any notices contained on this website and constitute the entire agreement with respect to your access to and use of this website. If any provision of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms.

Privacy & Security

For an explanation of Virginia Farm Bureau’s practices and policies related to the collection, use and storage of online information supplied directly or indirectly by you as a result of your use of Virginia Farm Bureau’s website, please read our Privacy Policy. By accessing this website, you are consenting to our information collection and use practices described in these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy .

Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement.

We take claims of copyright infringement seriously. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any materials accessible on or from this website infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the website by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated below. In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) (“DMCA”), the written notice (the “DMCA Notice”) must include substantially the following:

  • Your physical or electronic signature
  • Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the website, a representative list of such works
  • Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material
  • Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address)
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
  • A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate
  • A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner

Our designated copyright agent to receive DMCA Notices is:
Marc Follmer
Virginia Farm Bureau Service Corporation
12580 West Creek Pkwy, Richmond VA. 23238
804 290 1000
Legal@vafb.com

If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Website is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

Counter Notification Procedures

If you believe that material you posted on the Website was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter notification with us (a “Counter Notice”) by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated above. Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter Notice must include substantially the following:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • An identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access disabled.
  • Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).
  • A statement under penalty of perjury by you that you have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
  • A statement that you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States for any judicial district in which the Website may be found) and that you will accept service from the person (or an agent of that person) who provided the Website with the complaint at issue.

The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter Notice.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Website was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

Repeat Infringers

It is our policy in appropriate circumstances to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Virginia Farm Bureau and other Covered Parties from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of our Website, including, but not limited to, your contributions, any use of the Website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from our Website.