Terms of Service Agreement in India

LONG TERM SERVICE AGREEMENT IN INDIA

An agreement of Term of Service is used in almost every kind of mobile app or website that one is developing such as Android apps, blogs, or simple websites. It lays down guidelines and rules that are to be followed by its visitors or users to get benefit of a mobile app or a website. It is not required in law that one has to sets general rules and guidelines in the agreement for his website, mobile app etc. Get agreement of Term of Service Agreement drafted with help of Company Vakil Drafting Experts

WHAT ARE TERMS OF SERVICE

It is a legal agreement that must be agreed to by the users to access or use a website or an app. It is the same as a Terms of Use or a Terms and Conditions agreement and is also abbreviated as ToS or TOU and TOS.

TERMS OF SERVICE DRAFTING PROCESS

• It is important to have such agreement but one needs to keep in mind that these are legal agreements and are enforceable. Terms of Services that can be made enforceable is dependent on one’s mobile app, website and a lot of other factors including one’s app/website design, business model, etc.
• It depends on what one is interested to cover or on what he wants to put a ban, industry in which one operates, his business model and on all these basis Terms of Service may exclude or include more rules.
• If many third parties are involved in one’s mobile app or website making it complex, one can split the legal agreements to make users understand well the agreements with which they are bound.

WHY TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT IS NEEDED

Agreements of this kind enables the service providers to set important guidelines for their customers/ users/ visitors irrespective of the kind of medium or platform one is using such as:

• Users can be informed about the website, the logo, its content, etc. and that it is the property of service provider and has protection of copyright laws.
• Users may be informed that they have the choice of disabling their account in case users create an account with them and disabling access to the website in case of any abuse such as if others spam.
• It enables the service providers to also set community guidelines if their mobile apps or website is used by consumers who know how to create content and share it with other users. Such guidelines may include banning users to share or upload any content that is not theirs.
• How users can use the content you’ve created or use the content other users created on your website/mobile app
• It helps in giving directions to users regarding how they have to use the content content of those providing the service or other users using the website.

ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS OF TERM OF SERVICE AGREEMENT IN INDIA

Terms of service are also known as terms of use and terms and conditions are rules by which one must agree to abide in order to use a service. Terms of service can also be merely a disclaimer, especially regarding the use of websites.

The Terms of Service Agreement is mainly used for legal purposes by companies which provide software or services, such as browsers, e-commerce, search engines, social media, and transport services.

The terms of service agreement is a legal document that contains certain terms and conditions which are to be followed by the user using the website.

The Terms & Conditions are displayed on the website and they can be seen easily as they are put up at a noteworthy section of the site.

The terms of service benefits in the following ways:-

• This makes the customers and visitors of the site aware of the legal restrictions on the use of information available on the site.
• This helps in restricting the use of information and any other sensitive data or details displayed on the website.
• It facilitates defining the privacy policy and accountability of the organization. It creates public awareness