Terms and Conditions

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The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and broad explanations and information on 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 that govern the activities of website visitors, or your customers, while visiting or participating in this website. The T&C are intended to establish the legal relationship between website visitors and you as the owner of this website.

T&Cs should be defined based on the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website that offers products to customers in e-commerce transactions requires different T&Cs than a website that only provides information (such as a blog, home page, etc.).

The T&Cs give you, as the website owner, the ability to protect yourself from legal liability, but this can differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so be sure to obtain local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal liability.

What should be included in the Terms and Conditions document

Typically, T&Cs will address these types of issues: who is authorized to use the website, possible payment methods, a statement that the website owner may change its offering in the future, the types of warranties the website owner offers its customers, a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues (if relevant), the website owner's right to suspend or terminate a member's account, and much more.

For more information, read our article How to Create a Terms and Conditions Policy .