Terms and Conditions

Legal notice The explanations and information provided on this page are for general and overall guidance only on how to write your own Terms and Conditions document. You should not consider this article to be legal advice or recommendations on what you should actually do, as we cannot know in advance the specific terms you wish to establish between your business and your customers or visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice for understanding and drafting your own Terms and Conditions.

General Conditions: the fundamentals

That said, Terms and Conditions («T&Cs») are a set of legally binding terms defined by you, as the owner of this website. The T&Cs set the legal boundaries that govern the activities of website visitors, or your customers, when they visit or engage with this website. The T&Cs aim to establish the contractual relationship between the website visitors and you, as the owner of the aforementioned site.

The T&Cs must be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website offering products to customers within the scope of e-commerce operations requires different T&Cs than those of a website providing only information (such as a blog, a homepage, etc.).

The Ts&Cs grant you, as the website owner, the ability to protect yourself from legal liability; however, this can vary from one jurisdiction to another. Therefore, make sure to seek local legal advice if you are looking to protect yourself from any legal liability.

What needs to be included in the Terms and Conditions document

In general, Terms and Conditions usually cover the following points: who is permitted to use the website, possible payment methods, a statement stipulating that the website owner can change their offering in the future, the types of warranties the website owner offers to its customers, a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues (if applicable), the website owner's right to suspend or delete a member's account, and much more.

For more information, read our article: How to create a terms and conditions policy.