Two Things
Every Website
Needs
to protect you legally
by Donata Kalnenaite
I
f you have a business, chances are that you have
a website as well. You are a badass, aren’t you? It
is the perfect medium to introduce yourself and
your amazing ideas, as well as to grow your business to new heights.
even help increase positive customer relationships by setting the ground rules and establishing
that you are transparent. You obviously want that.
What are some of these great advantages of having Terms and Conditions?
However, did you know that if your website does
not have good Terms and Conditions that you may
be giving up certain rights and not protecting your
business and yourself as well as you should? Furthermore, did you know that if you do not have a
Privacy Policy, you are breaking the law?
The beauty of Terms and Conditions is that visitors
and users of your website are automatically subject to the rules simply by being on your website;
there is nothing to sign and no extra steps to take.
These documents are contracts between you and
every person who visits your website and may
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A big advantage of these rules is something that
will improve customer experience: you can specify
what actions are acceptable and what actions will
not be tolerated. For example, you can specify that