Terms and Conditions
- Parties: This section identifies the parties involved in the agreement, typically the website owner and the website visitors.
- Continued Use of Website as Acceptance of T&C: To ensure your T&C are enforceable, introduce a clause saying that your website visitors’ continued use of your website constitutes their acceptance of your T&C.
- Definitions: Clearly define key terms used throughout the document to avoid any ambiguity.
- Obligations of End Consumers: Specify what obligations your users must abide by when using the website, such as providing accurate information, maintaining the security of their passwords and other data, and complying with the T&C.
- Acceptable Use Policy: Detail what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable behavior on the website. This can include prohibitions on illegal activities, spamming, interference with your systems, use of malware and bots, and misuse of the website’s content (in a way that infringes on your or others’ intellectual rights or constitutes other illegal activity).
- Licenses; Intellectual Property: Protect your rights to your intellectual property (such as website content) by outlining what use of your content is and isn’t allowed. For example, you can prohibit visitors from copying your content manually or using web crawlers on your site for any reason, including for machine learning purposes. If users can upload or create their own content on your website, you may be interested in securing the right to use it for your own legitimate purposes.
- Disclaimers: Include a disclaimer stating that the service is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind. This helps to limit your liability for issues beyond your control.