Website Terms And Conditions Explained

Terms and conditions are a set of rules. These rules generally form a contract between you, the user, and the service provider, whose website you are visiting. The terms of that contract are set out in the website's terms and conditions, which explain what you are and are not permitted to do on the website and with its content.

Terms and conditions assist service providers in two ways: in setting out ownership rights over a website's content and in defining what type of access and (re)use is permitted for visitors.

Where terms and conditions are located

Terms and conditions are often found in the "Terms of Use" section of a website, but not always. In fact, the rules can be contained anywhere on a website and called anything from "Legal Notice" to "Permissions" to "Website Policy." Where the terms and conditions are located is not always obvious or intuitive.