Terms & Conditions for Online Course Program
Legal Disclaimer for Online Course Program
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and high-level explanations and information on how to establish Terms & Conditions for your online course program. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or as recommendations regarding what you should actually include in your Terms & Conditions, because we cannot know in advance what are the specific terms you wish to establish between your program and your participants. We recommend that you seek legal advice to help you understand and to assist you in the creation of your own Terms & Conditions for your online course program.
Terms & Conditions - the basics for Online Course Program
Having said that, Terms and Conditions (“T&C”) for an online course program are a set of legally binding terms defined by you, as the owner of the program. The T&C set forth the legal boundaries governing the activities of the participants while they engage with your online course program. The T&C are meant to establish the legal relationship between the participants and you as the program owner.
T&C should be defined according to the specific needs and nature of each program. For example, an online course program offering professional skills training requires T&C that are different from the T&C of a program offering fitness training.
T&C provide you as the program owner the ability to protect yourself from potential legal exposure, but this may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so make sure to receive local legal advice if you are trying to protect yourself from legal exposure.
What to include in the T&C document for Online Course Program
Generally speaking, T&C for an online course program often addresses these types of issues: Who is allowed to enroll in the program; the payment methods and refund policy; a declaration that the program owner may change the program content in the future; the types of warranties the program owner gives the participants; a reference to issues of intellectual property or copyrights, where relevant; the program owner’s right to suspend or terminate a participant's access; and much, much more.
To learn more about this, check out our article “Creating Terms and Conditions for Your Online Course Program”.