Website agreement attorney, representing clients from over 53 countries – Your website agreements are the contract between you and users, visitors, registered users, eCommerce customers, and anyone interacting with your business website. A website agreement lawyer can help customize your website agreements to protect your company and set visitor expectations.
People use the term ‘website agreement’ to refer to the terms of use, terms of service, privacy policies, and copyright policies that are typically published in the footer of every web page. As noted below, website agreements should be considered distinct from software as a service agreement or platform as a service agreement. The difference between these two groups of visitor, user, and subscriber terms is that user is the level of interaction each category has with your website and online service offering. Everyone who visits your website is a website user. Your goal is that all website visitors are bound by the terms of use, privacy policies, copyright policies, and other policies put forth in the footer of every web page. These visitors may be unknown to you since they don’t register or provide contact information. It is best to reduce your liability risk and set the terms of visitation using website agreements. Our website agreement attorneys and lawyers know how to draft your terms of use, privacy policy, copyright policy, and other website terms to increase the chance that they will be enforced by a court of law in a venue of your choosing, applying laws in your home state or territory.
For websites that offer services to registered users, you need the standard website agreements noted above. You also need a ClickWrap service agreement (SAAS Agreement), which is far more detailed than the agreement you put forth for all website visitors. An experienced SAAS Agreement lawyer will know how to draft your service terms based on your specific business model and service offering. One difference between your standard website agreements and your SAAS agreement is how you gain the offer and acceptance contract elements. In a browser wrap agreement listing the terms in the footer, website visitors are not required to click I agree or indicate affirmative agreement with the terms. This can make website terms less enforceable, depending on the jurisdiction. Because your paid subscribers or users receive cloud-based services from you, when they log in, you need those customers to click I agree or engage in more interactive and conspicuous consent to the contract terms. This will make those software-as-a-service agreements more enforceable if you should have to litigate them in court. A SAAS lawyer with expertise can help you draft a SAAS agreement, reducing your risks and increasing the chance that those terms will be enforced in a court of law.
Some clients are tempted to cut and paste website terms from a competitor. This is a terrible idea that comes with significant risk. You do not know whether a lawyer prepared the competitor’s terms. You may be infringing copyright by cutting and pasting. In short, you need an attorney who has drafted hundreds of website and software-as-service agreements working with cloud-based services.
Here’s what you need to know about Traverse Legal. We’ve been doing new and emerging technology law since 1992 when the new and emerging technology was the internet. We have represented thousands of technology companies and brick-and-mortar clients, developing and drafting website and software-as-a-service agreements. We also help these clients across other key issues such as intellectual property protection, technology law representation, corporate and business law issues, and virtually every aspect of startup. We know how to draft your terms of use, privacy policy, and service agreements with your subscribers specific to your business needs and goals. We will help you grow your business, reduce your risk, and be part of your future success.
Traverse Legal’s Attorneys are globally recognized for their experience and results in the legal areas of: Complex Litigation, Internet, Trademark, Copyright, Patent, Cybersquatting, Drone, Defamation, Trade Secret, Non-Compete, and Business Law.
This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by attorney Enrico Schaefer, who has more than 20 years of legal experience as a practicing Business, IP, and Technology Law litigation attorney.
