TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Legal disclaimer
The clarifications and information provided on this page are for general and not very specific purposes regarding how to draft your own Terms and Conditions documents. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or recommendations on what you should actually do, as we cannot know in advance what specific terms you wish to stipulate between your company and your clients and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice if you need help understanding and creating your own Terms and Conditions.
Terms and Conditions - fundamental concepts
That being said, Terms and Conditions (“T&Cs”) are a set of legally binding terms defined by you, as the owner of this website. The T&Cs establish the legal framework governing the activities of website visitors, or your clients, during their visit to or interaction with this website. The intent of the T&Cs is to establish the legal relationship between website visitors and you, the website owner.
Terms and conditions (T&Cs) should be established according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website that offers products to customers involving e-commerce transactions needs to have T&Cs that are different from those of a website that only offers information (such as a blog, a homepage that redirects to other websites, and so on).
The Terms and Conditions give you, as the website owner, the opportunity to protect yourself against potential legal exposure. However, this may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so seek local legal advice if you intend to protect yourself from legal exposure.
What to include in the T&C document
In general terms, the Terms and Conditions usually govern the following matters: who is allowed to use the website; the available payment methods; a statement that the website owner may change its offerings in the future; the types of warranties the website owner provides to its customers; a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues, when applicable; the website owner’s right to suspend or cancel a member’s account; and much more.
To learn more about this topic, please refer to our article.