Website terms & conditions template

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This T&C template governs the use of websites that provide membership-based services, such as introduction sites, dating sites, fan clubs, enthusiast sites and support networks. Inclusion of terms that comply with Consumer Law make it suitable for consumer- and business-related sites. It includes strong protection against misuse use of your site and posting of offensive or inappropriate content - terms likely to be important when members can interact with other on the site.
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About this website terms and conditions template

This template provides T&C for a website that offers a membership based service. You could charge a subscription or provide some or all of the services for free. The template includes terms that help you to comply with consumer protection law making it suitable whether your members are private individuals or businesses.

Typically, member-based sites allow users a high level of interaction with the site, and with other members. This template includes extensive terms relating to acceptable use and removal of offensive content. These aim both to dissuade your members from mis- or malicious use of your site, and to give you additional protection from claims relating to the actions of, or content posted by, your members.

Examples of sites that would use this template include:

  • introduction and connection sites, whether personal (such as dating sites) or business related;
  • fan clubs;
  • enthusiast websites;
  • support networks;
  • discussion boards;
  • associations and organisations.

This template has been written to cover international use because sites that would use such a template are likely to attract visitors from across the world. It has been written to comply with Canadian law, but much is likely to be enforceable in many other legal jurisdictions as well.

The benefit of using these clear terms and conditions

Using this document on your website will help you:

  • set out clearly how your business works and what your members can expect;
  • present a professional image of your business. Our use of plain English helps ensure members do not feel intimidated by overly formal or legalistic language;
  • prevent misunderstandings and make solving disputes easier;
  • protect your website from misuse (we include paragraphs that form an Acceptable Use Policy, essential if your visitors interact with your website, for example, by posting reviews or exchanging messages in a customer forum);
  • protect your business from complaints about content that your subscribers posted – particularly important if your members can contribute content to your site that you might not moderate in real time.

Similar templates

We have another very similar template if you operate a site used only by businesses. See Website terms and conditions template: member services for businesses.

If your site creates a marketplace for goods or services (where buyers are connected with sellers and transactions occur through your site), one of our terms and conditions templates for marketplace websites might be more appropriate. See Website terms & conditions for marketplace sites.

If you are in any doubt as to which T&C template you should choose, please contact us.

The law in this document

The law in this T&C template is largely common law that deals with the basics of contracts: offer, acceptance, price and payment, delivery, liabilities and risk. That means that, by and large, you can set the commercial terms you want. Our guidance notes will tell you what you can change safely.

This document also contains paragraphs that provide intellectual property protection, both governing how your site content is used by your visitors and subscribers and how information posted to your site by your visitors can be used by you.

Document contents

The terms and conditions template includes provisions relating to:

  • Definitions;
  • Responsibility of the member to provide accurate information;
  • Terms of membership;
  • Consumer Protection law
  • Prices;
  • Acceptable Use Policy;
  • Restrictions on use of your website;
  • Removal of offensive content;
  • Security of your website;
  • Storage of data;
  • Duration and termination;
  • Disclaimers;
  • Indemnities;
  • Miscellaneous legal matters to protect your business.
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28 December 2023
We used Net Lawman to assist us with an T's & C's template - membership based services. Not only did the document fulfil our expectations in terms of providing legal aspects to safeguard our business - our T's & C's are important with regards to safeguarding website visitors. We were able to adapt and extend upon the document to tailor it to our needs.

The document fulfils the DPA and GDPR aspects of website law - ensuring data protection and GDPR are understood by website owners and visitors and remind website owners of their responsibilities (and accountability) of providing the best service for their website visitors.

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