Basic and Standard Website Terms and Conditions Templates
These solicitor drafted, up-to-date website terms and conditions are designed for simple, informational websites which have no transactional interaction. Websites that are purely informational are not legally required to provide terms and conditions. However, to help reduce risk, enforce rights and provide clarity of user expectations it is best practice to provide terms and conditions.
What are the Key Distinctions Between these Terms and Conditions?
The Basic Website Terms and Conditions is very lightweight and minimal and suitable only for simple brochure websites with static content. The template includes basic acceptable use policy and IP protection, liability disclaimer, linking policy, privacy policy reference and optional cookie policy reference, and personal data use clause. It is best suited to static "brochure" websites with no contact forms, accounts or interactive features with no sales, user submissions or personal data collection (other than basic analytics).
The Small Business Brochure Website Terms and Conditions includes the above provisions but has has stronger provisions for acceptable use, general liability and IP protection. The template includes anti-scraping and AI training restrictions. It is suitable for small businesses without interactive features such as consultants, local trades, designers and freelancers, and law/accounting and architecture businesses with informational only sites.
The Small Business Brochure (+ Contact Tools) Website Terms and Conditions provides the same as the above template but includes provision in respect of user interaction such as rules for using “Contact Tools”, reference Acceptable Use Policy, content moderation and monitoring, and use of submitted data. The template is suitable for service based businesses as defined above which seek to generate leads via the website. It is not suitable for any form of e-commerce or platforms/websites with user accounts.
What other Templates Work with these Website Terms and Conditions?
Each of these terms and conditions make reference (some optional) to privacy and cookie policies. Within the subscription to Business is a selection of Website Privacy Policies, each explaining how personal data is collected, stored and used. Also a Cookie Policy is required providing users with clear and comprehensive information on which types of cookies are applied and their purpose. All these and much, much more are available within the subscription.
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Basic and Standard Website Terms and Conditions Templates is part of Business . Just £38.50 + VAT provides unlimited downloads from Business for 1 year.
Frequently Asked Questions
I have a simple brochure website with no online shop. Which terms and conditions do I need? +
Choose by how interactive your site is. The Basic Website Terms and Conditions suit a static brochure site with no forms, accounts or data collection beyond basic analytics. The Small Business Brochure version adds stronger acceptable use, liability and intellectual property protection, including anti-scraping and AI-training restrictions, and suits consultants, trades and freelancers. If visitors can contact you through a form, use the Small Business Brochure with Contact Tools version. None of these cover selling online.
What is the difference between the Basic and the Small Business Brochure website terms and conditions? +
Both suit information-only sites, but the Small Business Brochure version is stronger. The Basic template is lightweight, covering a simple acceptable use policy, intellectual property, a liability disclaimer, a linking policy and a personal data clause, for static brochure sites. The Small Business Brochure template keeps all of that and hardens the acceptable use, liability and IP provisions, adding restrictions on scraping and using your content to train AI. Choose the stronger set if your content matters commercially.
My website has a contact or enquiry form. Do my terms and conditions need to cover it? +
Yes, and you also need a privacy policy. A contact form makes your site interactive and collects personal data, so the Small Business Brochure with Contact Tools template adds rules for using contact tools, content moderation and monitoring, and use of submitted data. Because you are collecting personal data, the UK GDPR requires you to tell users how you handle it, which is done through a privacy policy. A plain brochure template will not cover either point.
Can I use these basic website terms if I start selling products or taking payments online? +
No. These brochure templates are drafted for information-only sites and stop short of any e-commerce. Once you sell goods, services or digital content, or take payment, you need terms of sale that deal with pricing, orders, delivery, cancellation and refunds, and that comply with the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013. Move to the relevant Simply-Docs e-commerce template for your product, such as sale of goods, services or digital content.
Do simple website terms protect my content from being scraped or used to train AI? +
They can, if you pick the right one. The Small Business Brochure templates include express restrictions on scraping and on using your content to train AI systems, which the minimal Basic template does not. These are contractual restrictions that sit alongside your copyright in the content, giving you a clearer basis to object if someone harvests your site. If protecting your text and images matters, choose a template that spells this out.
