Website terms and conditions

That express licence contains certain limitations. If you use this document, you must retain our credit; and if you publish terms and conditions based on this document on a website, you must link to this website. If you want to be free from these restrictions, you can buy a full licence here:

Need more specialised T&Cs?

Many types of website will need specialised terms and conditions to ensure legal compliance and adequate management of legal risks. In addition to this generic template, we supply a wide range of more specific website terms of use templates. As well as a premium version of these free terms of use, we have terms especially tailored for, amongst other things:

• blogs
• corporate brochure websites
• directories, whether paid for, free or mixed
• online shops / ecommerce stores  
• subscription-based websites
• dating websites
• recruitment websites
• social networking websites

Our free website terms and conditions document is intended for use in England and Wales in relation to websites with common kinds of interactive features, such as blogs, bulletin boards, forums and chat rooms.

The terms and conditions document includes the following provisions:

• a licence of the copyright in the website (and restrictions on what may be done with the material on the website);
• a disclaimer of liability;
• a clause governing the use of passwords and restricted areas of the website;
• an acceptable use clause;
• a variation clause;
• an entire agreement clause;
• a clause specifying the applicable law and the jurisdiction in which disputes will be decided; and
• a provision specifying some of the information which needs to be disclosed under the Ecommerce Regulations.

Please read the notes accompanying the terms and conditions very carefully. You will of course need to adapt the terms to suit your website and business.