Conditions Générales
A legal disclaimer
Les conditions générales d'utilisation (“CGU”) sont un ensemble de termes légalement contraignants définis par Puffvozol, le propriétaire de ce site web. Les CGU définissent les limites légales régissant les activités des visiteurs du site ou de vos clients lorsqu'ils visitent ou interagissent avec ce site web. Les CGU visent à établir la relation juridique entre les visiteurs du site et Puffvozol en tant que propriétaire du site web.
Les CGU doivent être définies en fonction des besoins spécifiques et de la nature de chaque site web. Par exemple, un site web offrant des produits à des clients dans le cadre de transactions de commerce électronique nécessite des CGU différentes de celles d'un site web fournissant uniquement des informations (comme un blog, une page de destination, etc.).
Pour en savoir plus à ce sujet, consultez notre article «Création d'une politique de conditions générales d'utilisation».
Terms & Conditions - the basics
Having said that, Terms and Conditions (“T&C”) are a set of legally binding terms defined by you, as the owner of this website. The T&C set forth the legal boundaries governing the activities of the website visitors, or your customers, while they visit or engage with this website. The T&C are meant to establish the legal relationship between the site visitors and you as the website owner.
T&C should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each website. For example, a website offering products to customers in e-commerce transactions requires T&C that are different from the T&C of a website only providing information (like a blog, a landing page, and so on).
T&C provide you as the website owner the ability to protect yourself from potential legal exposure, but this may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so make sure to receive local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal exposure.
What to include in the T&C document
Generally speaking, T&C often address these types of issues: Who is allowed to use the website; the possible payment methods; a declaration that the website owner may change his or her offering in the future; the types of warranties the website owner gives his or her customers; a reference to issues of intellectual property or copyrights, where relevant; the website owner’s right to suspend or cancel a member’s account; and much, much more.
To learn more about this, check out our article “Creating a Terms and Conditions Policy”.