Terms and Conditions
Legal Notice
The explanations and information provided on this page are general and broad explanations about how to draft your own Terms and Conditions document. You should not consider this article as legal advice or recommendations on what you should actually do, as we cannot anticipate the specific terms you wish to establish between your business and your clients and visitors. We recommend seeking legal advice to understand and develop your own Terms and Conditions.
Privacy Policy: 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 governing the activities of website visitors or your customers while they visit or interact with this site. The T&C aim to establish the legal relationship between the site's visitors and you as the site owner.
The T&C should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website offering products to customers in e-commerce operations requires different T&C compared to a website that only provides information (such as a blog, homepage, etc.).
The T&C grant you, as the website owner, the ability to protect yourself from legal liability, but this may vary from one jurisdiction to another, so make sure to seek 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 typically address issues such as: who is authorized to use the website, possible payment methods, a statement that the website owner may change their offerings in the future, the types of warranties the website owner offers to their customers, a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues (if relevant), the website owner's right to suspend or cancel a member's account, and much more.
For more information, read our article on How to Create a Terms and Conditions Policy.