Terms and conditions
1. Introduction and acceptance
Draft placeholder — not the terms. No terms have been written for this site yet. Every section below names what belongs in it, so the client’s own document can be mapped onto this structure and replace the text entirely.
This section will name the company the agreement is with, and state that continuing to use the website counts as accepting it.
2. Definitions
This section will list the words the rest of the document leans on — who “we” and “you” are, what counts as the website, the services and the content — so nothing later has to be guessed at.
3. Use of the website
This section will describe what a visitor may do here and what they may not, and note when access can be withdrawn.
4. Services and eligibility
This section will say which services are offered through the site, who is eligible to use them, and what a person has to supply in order to register.
5. Intellectual property
This section will state who owns the text, images, branding and software on the site, and on what terms any of it may be copied or reused.
6. User content and conduct
This section will cover material a visitor submits — what rights the company receives over it — and the conduct that is not permitted.
7. Third-party links
This section will explain that the site links out to websites nobody here controls, and that those sites answer for their own content and their own terms.
8. Disclaimers
This section will set out what is and is not promised about the site and its content: availability, accuracy, and fitness for any particular purpose.
9. Limitation of liability
This section will state the limits of the company’s liability and the losses it does not take responsibility for. The wording belongs to the client’s legal adviser and is not drafted here on their behalf.
10. Indemnity
This section will describe the circumstances in which a user covers costs the company incurs because of how that user used the site.
11. Changes to these terms
This section will explain that the terms can be revised, how a revision is announced, and that the date at the top of this page is what tells a reader which version they are looking at.
12. Governing law and jurisdiction
This section will name the law this agreement is read under and the courts that would hear a dispute about it.
13. Contact
This section will give the address, email address and phone number to use with a question about these terms. The details will be the same ones the privacy policy carries.