GEICO limits its financial responsibility to you for any harm caused by using the website to the amount you paid to access the site. Since geico.com is a free website, this cap is effectively zero for most users.
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If GEICO's website causes you harm, such as displaying incorrect policy information that leads to a coverage gap, the financial recovery available under this clause is functionally nil for most users who access the site for free.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of the liability cap and consequential-damage waiver varies by jurisdiction; some states do not permit such waivers in consumer contracts regardless of contractual choice-of-law provisions.
The updated terms remove explicit language that previously stated Geico would not be responsible for damages resulting from website use, technical failures, viruses, or service interruptions. Previously, the terms detailed specific categories of harm (performance failures, computer viruses, line failures) that Geico disclaimed responsibility for. The new terms no longer include these itemized liability limitations, though they establish a general acceptance framework requiring agreement to the terms as a condition of site access. The operational consequence is that the explicit liability shield for website-related harms is no longer stated in these terms.
View change record →This clause means that if errors, outages, viruses, or inaccurate information on geico.com cause you financial harm, your ability to recover damages from GEICO under these terms is capped at the cost of accessing the site, typically zero. The exclusion of consequential and incidental damages extends this limitation even to foreseeable harms.
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REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates the FTC Act's prohibition on unfair or deceptive acts or practices, particularly where website errors or omissions affect insurance purchase or claims decisions by consumers.
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If GEICO's website causes you harm, such as displaying incorrect policy information that leads to a coverage gap, the financial recovery available under this clause is functionally nil for most users who access the site for free.
This clause means that if errors, outages, viruses, or inaccurate information on geico.com cause you financial harm, your ability to recover damages from GEICO under these terms is capped at the cost of accessing the site, typically zero. The exclusion of consequential and incidental damages extends this limitation even to foreseeable harms.
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