Terms and Conditions

Disclaimer
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general explanations and information on 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, because we cannot know in advance the specific terms you wish to establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to understand and draft your own Terms and Conditions.

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Terms and Conditions: Basics

That being 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 set the legal boundaries governing the activities of the website’s visitors or your customers while they visit or interact with this website. The T&C are intended to establish the legal relationship between the site’s visitors and you as the site owner.

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The T&C should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website offering products to customers through e-commerce operations will require different T&C than a website that only provides information (such as a blog, homepage, etc.).

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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 you obtain local legal advice if you are seeking to protect yourself from legal liability.

What to Include in the Terms and Conditions Document

In general, the T&C often 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 much more.

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For more information, read our article on How to Create a Terms and Conditions Policy.