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Legal articles in easy to understand language.
Draft Limitation or Exclusion of Liability Clauses
Limitation of liability clauses are typically viewed by the courts as acceptable, while exclusion clauses are not. Courts in many jurisdictions look very carefully at these clauses, and so it's important to ensure that they are drafted reasonably and correctly or they might be overturned. In many Terms and Conditions agreements...
Ecommerce Terms & Conditions Template
Having a Terms and Conditions agreement in place for your ecommerce store can protect both you and your customers, while providing customers with confidence in their purchase decisions. While no law requires any ecommerce store to have a Terms and Conditions agreement (unlike the Privacy Policy that is required by law),...
Avoid these mistakes with your Privacy Policy
Practically every website and mobile app collect some form of personal information from those who use or visit websites and mobile apps. The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") dictates requirements of how personal data must be handled, and how people must be notified of data collection practices in place on a website...
EU Cookie Law
The EU Cookie Law sets rules on how websites and apps set cookies and other trackers. It's part of an important EU law called the ePrivacy Directive. The law requires website and app operators to get consent for certain types of cookies. The law also states that website and app operators...
Arbitration Clause in Terms & Conditions
Arbitration clauses are commonly used in general consumer contracts, but also in Terms and Conditions agreements (also known as Terms of Use or Terms of Service) for websites and mobile apps. Simply put, the arbitration clause requires that the two parties to an agreement will go through arbitration rather than either...
When in doubt, disclose it in your agreement
While an activity or action may not be illegal on its own when it comes to your website or mobile app, sometimes not disclosing that activity or action to your users can make the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") step in. Consider the case of AmeriFreight. The FTC found that AmeriFreight, a company...