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. This article should not be relied upon as legal advice or as recommendations on what you should do in practice, as we cannot know in advance what the specific terms and conditions you wish 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
That being said, 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 framework 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 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 that offers products to customers in electronic transactions requires TOS that are different from the TOS of a website that provides only information (such as a blog, landing page, etc.).
U&S give you the opportunity to protect yourself from potential legal risks, but this may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so make sure you get local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal risks.
What to include in the W&S document
Generally speaking, TOS often deal with these types of issues: Who has the right to use the website; the possible payment methods; a statement that the website owner may change its offering in the future; the types of guarantees the website owner gives to its customers; mention of intellectual property or copyright issues, where applicable; the website owner's right to terminate or cancel a member's account; and many others.
To learn more about this, check out our article “Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy.”