Terms and Conditions
Legal Disclaimer
This page provides general overviews and information on how to write your own Terms and Conditions document. Because we cannot know in advance what specific terms and conditions you want to create between your business and your customers and visitors, you should not take this article as legal advice or suggestions on what you should actually do. If you need help and information on creating your own terms and conditions, we recommend that you seek legal advice.
Basic Information on Terms and Conditions
The Terms and Conditions are a legally binding set of terms defined by you as the owner of this website. The Terms and Conditions set out the legal boundaries governing the activities of website visitors or your customers when visiting or interacting with this website. The Terms and Conditions are intended to establish the legal relationship between website visitors and you as the website owner.
The Terms and Conditions should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, the terms and conditions of an e-commerce website that offers products to customers will be different from the terms and conditions of a website that only provides information (blog, landing page, etc.).
The Terms and Conditions provide you, the website owner, with the ability to protect yourself from potential legal risks, but this can vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so if you are trying to protect yourself from legal risks you should ensure that you seek legal advice in accordance with local regulations.
Requirements in the Terms and Conditions Document
The Terms and Conditions generally address such matters as: Who can use the website; possible payment methods; a statement that the website owner may change what it offers in the future; the types of guarantees the website owner gives to its customers; reference to intellectual property or copyright issues where relevant; the website owner's right to suspend or cancel a member's account; and much more.
You can read more about this in our article “Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy”.