Terms and Conditions
Legal disclaimer
The explanations and information provided on this page are for general purposes only and are not specific to how you should draft your own Terms and Conditions. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or as 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 customers 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 said, 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 framework governing the activities of website visitors, or your customers, during their visit or interaction with this website. The purpose of the T&C is to establish the legal relationship between website visitors and you, the website owner.
The 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 the T&Cs of a website that only offers information (such as a blog, a home page that links to other sites, and so on).
T&Cs give you, as the website owner, the ability to protect yourself against potential legal exposure. However, this may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so seek local legal advice if you wish to protect yourself from legal exposure.
What to include in the T&C document
In general terms, T&Cs usually regulate the following issues: who can use the website; the possible payment methods; a statement that the website owner may change its offers in the future; the types of guarantees that the website owner gives to its customers; a 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.
To learn more, check out our article.