Paid Business Directory Website Terms of Use

These Website Terms of Use for Paid Business Directories are designed for websites that provide directory listings in return for a fee. They can be used for broad directories covering many types of business or for sites focused on a particular trade, industry, or sector.

This template is designed to work alongside a separate set of terms of sale. It governs use of the website itself, while the sale of paid directory listings is dealt with in the counterpart terms of sale.

How these terms work

These Terms of Use are intended to be accepted through use, so users are deemed to accept them when they visit the website. Optional wording also allows acceptance to form part of the sign-up process.

Although many users of paid directory websites are likely to be businesses, the template caters for both business users and consumer users.

What the template covers

This template deals with the main issues involved in operating a paid business directory website, including:

• access to the site and user accounts;
• intellectual property rights and acceptable use;
• links to and from the site;
• disclaimers, legal rights, liability, and security;
• privacy, cookies, and data protection.

Optional provisions also cover free directory listings and third-party advertising.

Scraping, listings, and advertising

This template includes a clause prohibiting scraping and text and data mining, making those activities a direct breach of the terms of use. Technical measures may also be advisable to help protect website content.

Optional wording can be used where the site includes free listings, with or without third-party advertising.

Legal protections and website operation

The template also covers disclaimers, legal rights, liability, privacy, and data protection, helping to set out the basis on which the website is made available to users.

Paid Business Directory Website Terms of Use is part of Business . Just £38.50 + VAT provides unlimited downloads from Business for 1 year.