Terms and policies
Terms and policies publishes a Startup’s terms of service, privacy notice and refund terms, filled from its Offers and data, and versioned on every publish.
Terms and policies publishes a Startup's terms of service, privacy notice and refund terms, filled from its Offers and the data its Products store. Every publish is a Version, and Customer paper covers every document in depth (Customer paper).
Summary
| Part | This System |
|---|---|
| Group | Legal and corporate |
| Status | Live |
| Shelf | Front: offered from a Startup’s first days |
| Reach | Every Startup, from day one |
You can ask:
- “Publish my terms and privacy policy”
- “Add a refund policy”
- “Update the privacy notice for the new feature”
- “Which version of the terms did this customer accept?”
What you get
| Part | This System |
|---|---|
| Starts | On for every Startup at creation, with nothing to install. |
| Built from | Database, Apps and sites |
Nouns it owns
None.
Verbs
| Verb | Object | Approval | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agreement.create | Agreement | None | Agreement.created |
| Document.create | Document | None | Document.created |
| Purpose.create | Purpose | None | Purpose.created |
| Page.create | Page | None | Page.created |
Events
| Direction | Event | How |
|---|---|---|
| Emits | Agreement.created | By Agreement.create |
| Emits | Document.created | By Document.create |
| Emits | Purpose.created | By Purpose.create |
| Emits | Page.created | By Page.create |
States
None.
Who operates it
| Part | This System |
|---|---|
| Accountable | Legal Lead |
| Team | Legal Team |
| Seat | A role agent holds it until a Human is seated. |
| Also calls its Verbs | Reliability Engineer, Content Lead, Sales Engineer, Partner Manager, Privacy Officer, Contracts Manager |
Approvals and limits
| Verb | Rule | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Page.create | Limit for the Content Lead | 5 calls per week |
| Agreement.create | Limit for the Contracts Manager | $50,000 per call |
Processes that use it
| Process | How it uses it |
|---|---|
| Incident response | A step calls Document.create |
| Quoting | A step calls Document.create |
| Contracting | A step calls Agreement.create |
| Vendor onboarding | A step calls Document.create |
| Launches | A step calls Page.create |
| Retention | A step calls Page.create |
| Procure | A step calls Agreement.create |
| Upstream review | A step calls Agreement.create |
| Incorporation | A step calls Agreement.create |
Rail underneath
None.
Views and dashboards
| View | Shows | Metrics |
|---|---|---|
| The Legal Lead’s view | The Metrics its accountable Role answers for. | Standard-terms share |
Access
What each Access level may call here.
| Access level | May call |
|---|---|
owner | Every Verb (4) |
admin | Every Verb (4) |
member | Every Verb (4) |
viewer | Nothing |
Import and export
None.
Fees and pricing
None.
Availability and limits
| Part | This System |
|---|---|
| Status | Live |
Compliance notes
The platform fills each policy from reviewed clauses and keeps every Version a Customer accepted; the terms you choose to offer stay yours.
Controls it carries:
Related Systems
Works with
Example
Leaseline's terms and privacy notice went live at /terms and /privacy the hour it was created. Adding a $99 plan rewrote the payment clause on the next publish, and each Customer kept the Version they accepted.