Legal Disclaimer

A legal disclaimer

The Terms & Conditions provided are for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as legal advice. Each business has unique needs, and it's important to seek professional legal assistance to create customized Terms & Conditions that align with your specific requirements and jurisdiction. The Terms & Conditions document establishes the legal relationship between the website owner and its visitors or customers. It's essential to define the terms according to the nature of the website, including user permissions, payment methods, warranties, intellectual property rights, account suspension or cancellation, and more. For detailed guidance on creating a comprehensive Terms & Conditions policy, we recommend consulting with legal experts.

Terms & Conditions - the basics

Having said that, Terms and Conditions (“T&C”) are a set of legally binding terms defined by you, as the owner of this website. The T&C set forth the legal boundaries governing the activities of the website visitors, or your customers, while they visit or engage with this website. The T&C are meant to establish the legal relationship between the site visitors and you as the website owner. 

T&C should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website offering products to customers in e-commerce transactions requires T&C that are different from the T&C of a website only providing information (like a blog, a landing page, and so on).     

T&C provide you as the website owner the ability to protect yourself from potential legal exposure, but this may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so make sure to receive local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal exposure.

What to include in the T&C document

Generally speaking, T&C often address these types of issues: Who is allowed to use the website; the possible payment methods; a declaration that the website owner may change his or her offering in the future; the types of warranties the website owner gives his or her customers; a reference to issues of intellectual property or copyrights, where relevant; the website owner’s right to suspend or cancel a member’s account; and much, much more. 

To learn more about this, check out our article “Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy”.