Terms and Conditions, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, GDPR, CCPA
Maintaining a website/platform or an application without having a well-drafted Terms of Service and Privacy Policy statement is extremely risky and possibly very costly from a legal perspective. Your Terms of Service is essentially an easily accessible and visible statement and enforceable contract with your users that defines the relationship between your site, your company, and its visitors.
A TOS agreement explains what you find acceptable and unacceptable. It lays out specific rules of behavior and conduct and gives you the right to terminate the relationship if those rules are violated. It also gives you a chance to remove or limit any liability that you could potentially incur, and that could cause you to become the victim of a devastating lawsuit.
A carefully drafted TOS agreement protects your copyrighted materials and intellectual property from theft. Creating an enforceable TOS and Privacy Policy requires first carefully analyzing the nature of your business. The exact components of a TOS and the Privacy Policy will vary depending on the nature of your business. Although the initial expense may seem an annoyance or unnecessary, keep in mind that a written TOS statement, professionally drafted by an attorney, could potentially save you much more in the future in terms of money and time.
My Terms of Service include significant Copyright and Trademark protection (Intellectual Property rights), grant of license by users of your site to republish their content, protection from Class Action lawsuits, use of Arbitration rather than litigation as a means of conflict resolution, and include special California required disclosures for any California users of your site.
The following are only a small example of the products or services that I have drafted the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for (Website and/or App), many of which require account creation, log-in, subscription plans, and online payment for services: Location-Based Social Search Mobile Apps (similar To Tinder); Marketplace To Sell Or Purchase Women's High-End Fashion Apparel And Accessories From Other User's Personal Collection (similar to Poshmark); Marketplace Venue to Connect Instructors and Students for Skill Learning Courses (similar to UDEMY); Marketplace for Academic Tutors; Marketplace Venue That Sells Digital Content (Photos, Music, Documents); Marketplace for Handyman Services and General Service;