Whats a Terms and Conditions Agreement
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Terms and Conditions Agreement
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Terms and Conditions Agreement
(1) Link to https://termsfeed.com/terms-conditions/generator/
A Terms and Conditions (1) agreement is the agreement that users must agree to in order to
use or access your website and mobile app.
It includes the terms, the rules and the guidelines of behavior you’ll accept on your website and/or
mobile.
It can also include other useful sections that you want to include.
It’s you who decides what rules and guideline users must follow in order to
use your website or app.
they abuse your website/app
they do not follow the rules
they spam other users
and so on
Think of your Terms and Conditions agreement as the contract where you maintain your rights to remove users from your website/app in the event that:
A Terms and Conditions can be used anywhere.
Websites
WordPress blogs or blogs on any kind of platform:
Joomla!, Drupal etc.
E-commerce shops
Mobile apps: iOS, Android or Windows phone
Facebook apps (2)
Desktop apps
SaaS apps (3)
(2) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/facebook-terms-of-service-login-details-app-details/
(3) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/terms-use-privacy-policy-saas-applications/
What to include in a Terms and Conditions
A Limit What Users Can Do clause.
Here’s an example from 500px’ (4) Terms and
Conditions agreement:
(4) Link to https://500px.com/terms
The Intellectual Property clause.
(5) Link to http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/personal.shtml#4
Here’s how the Terms and Conditions of BBC (5) uses this clause:
SurveyMonkey (6) uses a Termination clause in their
Terms and Conditions agreement.
(6) Link to https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/policy/terms-of-use/
And many more.
RegistrationTermination of registrationUse of material appearing Disclaimer of liabilityThird party advertising User content
Through this Terms and Conditions agreement, you can:
If you sell products, you’ll want Terms and Conditions for your store (7).
(7) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/terms-conditions-ecommerce-stores/
Inform users how different aspects of transactions on your ecommerce store will be handled
Inform users about your returns and refunds policies.
You can also do this through a separate agreement, called a Return/Refund Policy.
Notify users about what are the acceptable payment terms on your store (8)
Notify users about your shipping policies
(8) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/payment-terms-terms-conditions/
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Is a Terms and Conditions required?
A Terms and Conditions is not required.
And it’s not mandatory by law.
Unlike Privacy Policies, there’s no law or regulation on Terms and Conditions.
But having a Terms and Conditions gives you rights.
If users abuse your website/app in any way, you have the right to terminate their account because
they didn’t follow the rules.
A “Termination” clause in your Terms & Conditions can inform users that their accounts would be
terminated if they abuse your service.
If users can post content on website /app, you can retain the right to remove any content they
created if it infringes copyright.
Your Terms and Conditions can inform users that they can only create and/or share content
they own rights to.
Where to link to Terms and Conditions
Here’s how The Guardian (9) is placing the link to its Terms and Conditions webpage at
the bottom of its webpages:
(9) Link to https://www.theguardian.com/help/terms-of-service
The link to the Terms & Conditions of KAYAK (10) is also placed in the footer:
(10) Link to https://www.kayak.com/terms-of-use
The Terms of Instagram (11) are placed in the footer of Instagram’s website:
(11) Link to https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511
And in the mobile app:
Go to https://termsfeed.com/blog/sample-terms-and-conditions-template/
and download the template.
Download Terms and Conditions Template
