Making a Start - Legal Support

Making a Start - Legal Support

When I launched my business, I chose to have three policies on my website: a Privacy Policy, a Cookie Policy and Website Terms of Use. I engaged an online legal firm, Sprint Law, who completed all the work with me via email and Zoom. They also work with many other online businesses, so they have had a lot of experience with what I require. I have found them to be very professional and thorough, and the work they have produced has been a very high standard. I have since also engaged them to create an Online Course Agreement.  

These legal policies are important to have in place. They cover the rules of engaging with your website and resources and also cover you for any liability that may arise. Once you start collecting data about and from customers, you must be transparent about what you are doing through your policies. It is also essential to have them in place when you start exchanging your goods and services with customers for money.  

As part of this process, I spent some time researching the policies of similar businesses to ensure that my policies covered all the clauses I needed. I also paid for the option of having a lawyer available to consult with any time over the next 12 months (this also entitled me to a discount on future work). I have already spoken to my lawyer about business names and registration, copyrights and trademarks and website accessibility requirements. Given it is difficult to know what you need in your policies until you get further into your business, this option will also allow me to have my policies reviewed and updated as my business needs change.