General Conditions
Legal Disclaimer
The explanations and information provided in this section are general, high-level explanations and information on drafting your own terms and conditions. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or recommendations regarding what you should actually do, as we cannot know in advance what specific terms you wish to establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend consulting a lawyer to help you understand and assist you in creating your own terms and conditions.
The basics of general conditions
That said, the Terms and Conditions (“T&Cs”) are a set of legally binding terms defined by you, as the owner of this website. The T&Cs establish the legal boundaries governing the activities of website visitors or your customers when they visit or interact with this website. The T&Cs are intended to establish the legal relationship between website visitors and you as the website owner.
What to include in the T&Cs document
Typically, T&Cs often address these types of issues: who is allowed 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 provides to its customers; a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues, if any; the website owner's right to suspend or cancel a member's account; and much more.
To learn more, see our article “Developing a Terms and Conditions Policy.”