01Who may use the service
Eligibility, the minimum age of eighteen, and the consequences of misrepresenting age. Cross-references the underage policy.
02What the service provides
A plain description of what is offered here and what is provided by third parties reached through this site. This section has to be unusually precise, because the distinction is the whole business model.
03Accounts and access
How access works, what identifiers are collected, and the fact that passwords are entered only on account pages and payment instruments are never collected here.
04Acceptable use
Summary of prohibited conduct with a pointer to the full acceptable use policy rather than a second, divergent list.
05Content and intellectual property
Ownership of site content, ownership of anything a user submits, licence grants in both directions, and the status of AI-generated material.
06Third-party services
Relationship with partner services, what this site is and is not responsible for once a person leaves it, and disclosure of commercial relationships.
07Disclaimers and limitation of liability
Standard clauses, drafted to be enforceable in the United States and reviewed against applicable consumer protection law.
08Termination
Grounds for ending access, notice, and what survives termination.
09Governing law and disputes
Choice of law, venue, and the dispute resolution mechanism — including whether arbitration and class action waiver clauses are used at all.
10Changes to these terms
How changes are published, how notice is given, and the effective date convention.