Terms & Conditions
Legal Notice
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general explanations and an overview of how to draft your own Terms and Conditions document. You should not consider this article as legal advice or recommendations about what you actually should do, since we cannot know in advance what specific terms you wish to establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to understand and create 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 that govern the activities of website visitors or your customers while they visit or engage with your website. Their purpose is to define the legal relationship between the 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 that offers products to customers through e-commerce requires different T&C than a website that only provides information (such as a blog or a homepage).
The T&C give you, as the website owner, the ability to protect yourself from legal liability. However, this may vary from one jurisdiction to another, so make sure to seek local legal advice if you want to protect yourself from legal responsibility.
What should be included in a Terms and Conditions document
In general, the T&C usually cover topics 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 provides to 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 much more.
For more information, read our article How to Create a Terms and Conditions Policy.