TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Legal Disclaimer.
The information and explanations provided on this page are for general and non-specific purposes only on 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 establish between your company and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice if you need help understanding and drafting 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 site. The T&C establish the legal framework governing the activities of site visitors or customers during their visit or interaction with this site. The intention of the T&C is to establish the legal relationship between site visitors and you, the site owner.
The T&C should be tailored to the specific needs and nature of each site. For example, a site offering products to customers involving e-commerce transactions needs to have T&C that differ from those of a site that only provides information (such as a blog, a landing page directing to others, and so on).
T&C give you, as the site owner, the ability to protect yourself against potential legal exposures. However, this can vary 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 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 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.
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