What is a Terms of Service Agreement?
As stated above, a Terms of Service agreement is a legal agreement where you disclose your rules and guidelines that your users or visitors must agree to in order to use your website or app.
Some common rules and guidelines include the following:
Advantages
- Not stealing your content and violating copyright laws
- Not spamming other users
- Not using your site for illegal activities
- Disclose the rules and restrictions that your users must adhere to
- Maintain your right to terminate abusive accounts
- Make your copyright, trademark and intellectual property rights known
- Payment terms
- Subscription information
These agreements are commonly abbreviated as ToS and are also referred to as a Terms and Conditions, Terms of Use, Conditions of Use, or User Agreement. You may see it referred to as an End User Service Agreement (EUSA) but this isn't as common as the others.