Terms & Conditions
Legal Notice
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and high-level explanations about how to draft your own Privacy Policy document. You should not consider this text as legal advice or as recommendations on what you should actually do, as we cannot know in advance the specific privacy policies you wish to establish between your business and your clients and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to understand and create your own Privacy Policy.
Terms and Conditions: Fundamentals
That said, the Terms and Conditions (“T&C”) are a set of legally binding terms defined by you as the owner of this website. The T&C establish the legal boundaries that govern the activities of the website’s visitors or your customers while they visit or engage with this site. The purpose of the T&C is to establish the legal relationship between the site’s visitors and you as the owner of the site.
The T&C must be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website that offers products to customers through e-commerce operations requires different T&C than a website that only provides information (such as a blog, homepage, etc.).
The T&C give you, as the website owner, the ability to protect yourself from legal liability. However, this can differ from one jurisdiction to another, so be sure to obtain local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal liability.
What Should Be Included in the Terms and Conditions Document
In general, the T&C usually address issues such as: who is authorized to use the website; possible payment methods; a statement that the website owner may change their offering in the future; the types of warranties the website owner provides to their customers; a reference to intellectual property or copyright matters (if relevant); the website owner’s right to suspend or terminate a member’s account; and more.
For more information, read our article How to Create a Terms and Conditions Policy.