Terms and Conditions
A legal notice
The clarifications and information provided on this page are intended solely as general, high-level explanations and information on how to draft your own Terms and Conditions document. 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 establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to help you understand and assist you in creating your own Terms and Conditions.
Terms and Conditions - the basics
That 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 establish the legal limits that govern the activities of website visitors or your customers while visiting or interacting with this website. The T&C are intended to establish the legal relationship between website visitors and you, as the website owner.
Terms and Conditions should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website that offers products to customers in e-commerce transactions requires different terms and conditions than a website that provides only information (such as a blog, a landing page, and so on). Terms and Conditions allow you, as the website owner, to protect yourself from potential legal exposure, but this can differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so be sure to seek local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal exposure.
What to include in the T&C document
In general terms, the T&Cs often address these types of issues: Who can 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; a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues, where relevant; the website owner's right to suspend or cancel a member's account; and more.
To learn more about this, see our article "Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy."