Terms and Conditions
Legal notice
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and broad explanations and information on how to write your own Terms and Conditions document. You should not consider this article as legal advice or recommendations on what you should really do, because we cannot know in advance what are the specific terms you want to establish between your business and your clients and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to understand and draw up your own Terms and Conditions.
Terms and Conditions: basics
That 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 limits that govern the activities of website visitors, or your customers, while visiting or participating in this website. The T&C aim to establish the legal relationship between the visitors of the site and you as the owner of said site.
The T&C must be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website that offers products to customers in electronic commerce operations requires T&C different from the T&C of a website that only provides information (such as a blog, home page, etc.).
The T&C gives you, as the owner of the website, the ability to protect yourself from legal liability, but this may differ from one jurisdiction to another, so be sure to get local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal liability.
What must be included in the Terms and Conditions document
In general, the T&C usually address these types of questions: who is authorized to use the website, the possible payment methods, a statement that the owner of the website can change its offer in the future, the types of guarantees that the website owner offers to its clients, a reference to intellectual property or copyright issues (if relevant), the website owner's right to suspend or cancel a member's account and much more.
For more information, read our articleHow to create a Terms and Conditions policy.