WEBSITE USE TERMS & CONDITIONS - Interactive Website

What the terms and conditions contain

 The following agreement provides a framework within which the user agrees to use the website.  It contains terms and conditions, under which the user will navigate the website, upload to the website and make use of facilities, such as bulletin boards and chat areas. It also deals with standard online issues such as cancellation and suspension and queries and complaints.

How to use the terms and conditions and why you should use them

 Before you allow the public to use your website, you should clearly set out the terms and conditions on which that use is based.  Potential users may want to know whether you have a privacy policy, what constitutes acceptable use of the website and what services are provided and these are all laid out in the terms and conditions.

 A good set of terms and conditions will save both time and money in the long run, should any disputes or queries arise further down the line.  If you have dealt with issues such as cancellation of a user’s account and the procedure for dealing with queries and complaints, as well as covering yourself with disclaimers and a limitation of liability, then you lower your risk of encountering future problems with dissatisfied users of the site, or being unable to take action where the site is used incorrectly.  There is no need to ask a user to agree to the terms and conditions specifically as this acceptance is deemed to have been made as soon as the user begins to use the website.

Standard content

 These terms and conditions contain all the standard ‘boilerplate’ clauses for an interactive website.  These cover the mechanics of the transaction and are listed below:

• Acceptance of terms and conditions occurs when website is used.
• Services provided by the website.
• Use of website is at user’s own risk.
• Intellectual property information.
• Importance of parental supervision.
• Incorporation of privacy policy.
• Conditions with respect to user account, password and security.
• Links to third party websites.
• What constitutes acceptable use.
• Queries, complaints, notice and take down policy.
• Cancellation and suspension of the website and of user accounts.
• Disclaimers and limitation of liability.
• Indemnity.
• Termination.
• Severance.
• Governing law and jurisdiction.

This document is specifically designed to provide terms and conditions for an interactive website

 This document will not provide an effective structure for anything other than terms and conditions for an interactive website.

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