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These documents are a plain-English starting point. They don’t make your site compliant with any law by themselves: check every sentence against what your site really does, and have a lawyer review them before you rely on them.
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Terms of Use

Effective date: [Effective date]

These Terms of Use (“terms”) are an agreement between you and [Company name] (“we”, “us” or “our”) and govern your use of [Website or app name] and the services we offer through our website.

Agreement to these terms

By accessing or using [Website or app name] you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, do not use our website. If you use it on behalf of an organisation, you confirm that you are authorised to accept these terms for that organisation.

Who may use our services

You must be at least 13 years old, or the age of digital consent where you live if that is higher, to use our services. You must also be able to form a binding contract and not be barred from using the services under applicable law.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

  • break any law or infringe anyone's rights, including intellectual property and privacy rights;
  • upload or send malware, spam, or content that is unlawful, harassing, hateful or misleading;
  • try to gain unauthorised access to our systems or other users' accounts, or interfere with the security or operation of our services;
  • scrape, copy or resell the services, or use automated means to access them in a way that places an unreasonable load on them, except as we allow;
  • impersonate any person or misrepresent your connection with anyone.

Our intellectual property

The services, including their design, text, graphics, logos and software, belong to [Company name] or its licensors and are protected by law. We grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable licence to use the services in line with these terms. You may not use our name or logos without our written permission.

Third-party services and links

Our services may contain links to, or features provided by, third parties. We do not control them and are not responsible for their content or practices. Their own terms and privacy policies apply.

Disclaimers

We work to keep our services available and accurate, but we provide them “as is” and “as available”. To the extent permitted by law, we do not make warranties of any kind, including that the services will be uninterrupted, error-free or fit for a particular purpose.

Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by law, [Company name] will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses, or for loss of profits, data or goodwill, arising from your use of the services. Our total liability for any claim relating to the services is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or 100 US dollars if you paid nothing.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, such as liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. If you are a consumer, you keep the rights the law of your country gives you.

Suspension and termination

You may stop using the services at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you break these terms, if we must do so by law, or if we stop offering the services, and where reasonable we will give you notice. Sections that by their nature should continue, such as intellectual property and limitation of liability, survive termination.

Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of [Country or state whose law applies], and the courts of [Country or state whose law applies] have jurisdiction over disputes, except where the law of your country of residence gives you the right to bring a claim in your local courts or applies mandatory consumer protections. Please contact us first so we can try to resolve any problem informally.

Changes to these terms

We may change these terms. We will post the updated version on this page with a new effective date and, for material changes, give you reasonable notice. If you keep using the services after the changes take effect, you accept the new terms.

Contact us

If you have questions about this document or want to exercise your rights, contact [Company name] at [Contact email].

Still to fill in: [Effective date], [Company name], [Website or app name], [Country or state whose law applies] and 1 more.

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How to use Terms & conditions generator

  1. 1

    Name the parties

    Fill in your business name, the site or app name, a contact email and the minimum age of your users.

  2. 2

    Describe the service

    In Terms of use, tick whether people have accounts, post content or buy from you, and set the refund window and the governing law.

  3. 3

    Read the draft

    Check every clause on the Terms tab; placeholders in yellow mark answers that are still missing.

  4. 4

    Publish a reviewed copy

    Copy the formatted text or download HTML, Markdown or plain text, and link it from your footer and sign-up form.

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About Terms & conditions generator

This terms and conditions generator writes the agreement between you and the people who use your website or app. The draft always covers acceptance of the terms, eligibility and minimum age, acceptable use, your intellectual property, third-party links, disclaimers, a limitation of liability, suspension and termination, governing law, changes and contact details. Optional clauses follow your answers: account responsibilities when users sign up, a content licence and moderation rights when they post, and price, payment, automatic renewal, cancellation and refund terms when you sell products or subscriptions.

Consumer protection shapes the wording. Liability limits are stated “to the extent permitted by law” and never exclude liability for death, personal injury or fraud; the refund clause keeps the 14-day withdrawal right consumers have for many online purchases in the EU and UK; and the governing-law clause preserves the right to sue in a consumer's home courts. Where you haven't answered a question, the draft shows a highlighted placeholder instead of inventing a value.

The same questionnaire also produces a privacy policy and a cookie policy, on the neighbouring tabs. None of this is legal advice: terms for marketplaces, financial products, health services or anything regulated need clauses this template does not contain, so have a lawyer review the result.

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Terms & conditions generator: frequently asked questions

Are terms and conditions legally required?
Few laws require terms of use as such, but they are how you set the rules: what users may not do, who owns content, how refunds work and which courts hear disputes. Online shops and subscription services in many countries must give specific pre-contract information, and app stores and payment providers usually ask for terms. Without them you rely on default law, which may not suit you.
Can I limit my liability completely?
No. Courts in many countries will not enforce a clause that excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for consumers' statutory rights. That is why the generated clause limits liability only to the extent the law allows, caps it at what the customer paid in the previous 12 months, and says plainly that consumer rights are unaffected.
What refund terms should I offer?
Enter the number of days you accept refund requests, or 0 if you only refund where the law requires. Either way the clause keeps the 14-day right of withdrawal that EU and UK consumers have for many online purchases, which can be lost for digital content only with their express consent. For subscriptions the terms also explain automatic renewal and how to cancel.
Which governing law should I choose?
Usually the country or US state where your business is registered, since that is the law your lawyer knows and where you can enforce the terms. Choosing a law does not remove protections that consumers' own countries guarantee, so the clause says so. Businesses selling only to other businesses can agree on courts more freely; ask a lawyer before adding arbitration.
How do I make the terms binding?
Make them easy to find and get clear agreement. Link the terms in your footer and next to sign-up and checkout buttons, and for accounts or purchases use an unticked checkbox or a clear statement that continuing means accepting them. Keep the version people accepted, show an effective date, and tell users before material changes take effect.

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