Website Policy Statement

Post this Intellectual Property Protection Statement on your website to protect against unauthorized use of your materials.

• The form contains standard notices, policies and restrictions with respect to copyright and trade mark, use of proprietary markings, use of licensed materials.
• The file is available in MS Word format, which can be converted to html for posting on your website.
• Easy to customize so you can tailor it for your exact needs.

If you have a website, you must post a Website Privacy Policy to clearly set out how your site will use and protect any personal information gathered from your site visitors.

• The Policy explains how personal information is gathered and what the site operator does with the information.
• The template contains a special section that addresses specific information for users residing in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Brazil, to comply with various legal requirements applicable to those zones.
• The policy outlines how they protect children who visit the site. Users must be at least 13 years of age (16 in the EEA) to set up an account or access the website services.
• A description of how the website uses cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to store and manage information.
• Details of when and how access to information is given to third parties and for what purposes.
• The website operator is responsible to provide information to legal or government authorities as required by law.
• A description of what types of security measures are used to protect the information stored on the website.
• This is a downloadable template in MS Word format.

Download and post these Terms and Conditions of Use on your website to clarify for your site visitors the rules governing how they can use the site.

• Visitors must observe proper Internet etiquette in all public areas such as chat rooms, forums, and discussion groups.
• The site operator does not endorse third party products or services offered through the site.
• Disclaimer and limitation of the website owner's liability for any loss or injury resulting from the visitor's use of the website.
• Visitors are granted a limited license to use the site content for their own personal use.
• Ownership of content and intellectual property rights in materials found on the site remain with the owners of such content and materials.
• Security and privacy issues.

Having your website's terms and conditions of use posted on every part of your site ensures that your site visitors are properly notified about your website policies and rules.