Yes. Contracts are the most important way to legally protect your business. Contracts make sure you get paid for your products or services, set clear expectations for your clients, protect you from liability, and secure your intellectual property interests.

Yes. A website Terms of Use is your contract with your users and anyone else who visits your website. It tells your users how to behave and what kind of behavior is and is not acceptable. It is where you disclaim liability for any errors or misinformation on your site and claim ownership of any intellectual property. Your Terms of Use outlines other important policies, like your payment and refund policy, and sets forth how and where disputes about your website are handled.

Yes. If you collect personal information from any viewers located in California or the EU you are legally required to have a Privacy Policy. Aside from the fact that some jurisdictions have laws that require commercial websites to have Privacy Policies (CalOPPA, EU GDPR, COPPA), it’s good practice to have a Privacy Policy. Your customers want to know how their private information is being shared and stored. And if you run Google or Facebook ads, or use Google Analytics and collect user information, these third parties require you to have a Privacy Policy.

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These templates were drafted, reviewed, and edited by five experienced, licensed attorneys with a compilation of 60+ years of experience, and were reviewed and edited by a creative professional in each relevant field, to make sure industry-specific scenarios are covered.

Each contract has a binding arbitration provision. In the event of a conflict, a panel of three arbitrators will decide the final result.

Your contract will come with a detailed User Guide with instructions on how to fill in your template. The User Guide will include a glossary of legal terms used in the contract so that you can understand the contract terms and be able to explain them to clients. If you have any questions we are available for support at INFO@BERKLEYSWEETAPPLE.COM.

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