Terms and Conditions
Legal Disclaimer
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general explanations and information about 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 what 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.
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 establish the legal boundaries governing the activities of website visitors, or your customers, while they visit or engage with this website. The purpose of the T&C is to establish the legal relationship between the website visitors and you as the owner of the site.
The T&C 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 operations requires different T&C than a website that only provides information (such as a blog, homepage, etc.).
The T&C grant you, as the website owner, the ability to protect yourself from legal liability, but this may differ from one jurisdiction to another, so make sure to seek local legal advice if you are seeking to protect yourself from legal liability.
What should be included in the Terms and Conditions document
In general, the Terms and Conditions (T&C) typically address issues such as who is authorized to use the website, potential payment methods, a statement that the website owner may change their offering in the future, the types of warranties the website owner offers to their customers, a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues (if relevant), the website owner's right to suspend or cancel a member's account, and much more.
For more information, read our article "How to Create a Terms and Conditions Policy."