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Terms & Conditions

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  • 31-08-2006 7:30pm
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    axer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I am nearly finished a redesign of an old website for an Irish town. In the old website their were terms & conditions that were basically taken from another irish website and changed to suit.

    The website is for a large town and includes local news updates, a forum, a guestbook, a photos section, a few webcams, a few maps, planning notices and general information about the town.

    Are website terms & conditions/disclaimers really necessary? Would they make a difference if somebody tried to sue you? i.e. is there any need for me to make/get one made?

    I notice that boards.ie doesn't show terms & conditions.

    Thanks,
    Noel.


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    axer wrote:
    I notice that boards.ie doesn't show terms & conditions.
    I thgink there might be a box that you have to tick when you sign up or something..correct me if i'm wrong though


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    kjt
    Registered Users Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭kjt


    sean_keevey wrote:
    I thgink there might be a box that you have to tick when you sign up or something..correct me if i'm wrong though
    Yup Sean is right, their is a terms and conditions when you register on boards, you can't register unless you accept the t&c :)


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    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    axer wrote:
    Are website terms & conditions/disclaimers really necessary? Would they make a difference if somebody tried to sue you? i.e. is there any need for me to make/get one made?
    Do not take the following as legal advice, only opinion.

    The prevailing legal opinion, AFAIK, is that T&C’s, disclaimers and the like will not stop you from being liable if a user does so, in the case of defamation, but they may mitigate with regard to damages awarded. Similarly, in an e-commerce scenario, agreeing to T&C’s does not constitute a contract, however it can mitigate with regard to a dispute.

    In short, it is at best a fig leaf of legal protection, but better that than being naked.


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