Terms and conditions
Legal Disclaimer
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and high-level explanations and information on how to draft your own Terms and Conditions document. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or recommendations on what you should actually do, as we cannot know in advance what the specific terms you want to establish between your business and your customers and visitors are. We recommend that you seek legal advice to help you understand and assist you in drafting your own Terms and Conditions.
Terms and conditions - basics
Having said that, the Terms and Conditions (“T&Cs”) are a set of legally binding terms and conditions defined by you as the owner of this website. The T&Cs establish the legal boundaries governing the activities of website visitors or your customers while visiting or interacting with this website. The T&Cs are intended to establish the legal relationship between the website visitors and you as the owner of the website.
The TOS should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website offering products to customers in electronic transactions requires TOS that are different from the TOS of a website providing only information (such as a blog, landing page, etc.).
U&S give you the ability to protect yourself as a website owner from potential legal exposure, but this can vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so make sure you get local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal exposure.
What to include in the W&S document
Generally speaking, TOS often address these types of issues: Who is authorized to use the website; the possible payment methods; a statement that the website owner may change its offering in the future; the types of warranties the website owner gives to its customers; a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues, where applicable; the website owner's right to suspend or cancel a member's account; and much, much more.
To learn more about this, check out our article “Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy”.
