You can mitigate liability for your website. When things go wrong, people want to find someone to blame. If you do not use disclaimer warranties on your website, then the blame could easily be put on you. If you do have a disclaimer warranty on your website, then they cannot blame you if something goes wrong. An example of this happening would be if one of your users’ devices became infected with malware. Without the disclaimer, they could say it was caused by your website. Another example would be if your website was down for a specific period of time; your users may try to sue you if they needed your website to conduct their business. A disclaimer will protect you from these actions so you do not have to worry about them or deal with them and waste precious time.

You can define the permitted conduct for your website. In the terms of use, you can detail what users are and are not allowed to do on your website. It will define how they can use your website and the scope of the license that any of your users have in terms of your content. Depending on the nature of your website, you may even want to include terms on what users can upload or submit to your website. This makes sense for websites that allow users to post comments on content and blog posts, and especially if they are allowed to upload media files. Anything that ends up on your website is a direct reflection of your brand, so it makes sense to determine what is and is not acceptable. Also, if you allow people to use your content elsewhere, your brand will be showcased by your users and you want to make sure your brand is reflected in a positive manner.

You can define the permitted conduct for your website. In the terms of use, you can detail what users are and are not allowed to do on your website. It will define how they can use your website and the scope of the license that any of your users have in terms of your content. Depending on the nature of your website, you may even want to include terms on what users can upload or submit to your website. This makes sense for websites that allow users to post comments on content and blog posts, and especially if they are allowed to upload media files. Anything that ends up on your website is a direct reflection of your brand, so it makes sense to determine what is and is not acceptable. Also, if you allow people to use your content elsewhere, your brand will be showcased by your users and you want to make sure your brand is reflected in a positive manner.