Terms and conditions (“Terms”) are a set of legal terms defined by the owner of a website. They set forth the terms and conditions governing the activities of the website visitors on the said website and the relationship between the site visitors and the website owner. 

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Terms must 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 Terms that are different than the Terms of a website only providing information. 

   

The Terms are an agreement between the website owner and the users of the website; they detail the policies and procedures conducted by the website. In many ways, the Terms provide the website owner the ability to protect themselves from potential legal exposure.

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In addition, there are legal obligations to notify the website users of such activities, and in many cases the Terms are the place to do so.