Sound and Pro Advice

Is it enough to cover you legally if you state somewhere on your website that your advice given isnt professional advice and only sound advice?

Just wondering what everyone thinks of this as I am making a static site currently which I am also populating content for using my own knowledge which isnt pro in that area but sound in my own opinion.

Many thanks!

 

I hardly think someone could actually leverage a legal case on you for "advice". It would have to be demonstrated to be completely and knowingly incorrect, misleading, neglect, etc. type words....right?

All kinds of "advice" can be found on ze netz.

But I guess it wouldn't hurt.

 

Thank you, I will keep the note there just to be safe. I just dont want my information to be interpreted as that of a professional as its only advice that I see as good and not everyone may agree etc

 

It's very important to promulgate a disclaimer somewhere on your website if yours is one that gives advice.

My Linnie Forum is very much a support forum with advice and tips on care, raising, etc. This is our disclaimer:

Lineolated Parakeet Forum - Forum Rules

 

Moved to Security and Legal.

 

Would that be suitable within a privacy policy? I currently have it on the index at the bottom.

 

It's not really related to the Privacy Policy, so I'd put it in a separate section (like I have done, on the rules page), or in the footer of all pages. Either is fine, but within the Privacy Policy isn't somewhere I personally would place it.

 

Thats the problem its just a static site so I dont have a set of rules and only a privacy policy and creating a page just to say the disclaimer seems OTT for only four-five lines of text.

 

A Terms of Use page, perhaps, that includes the Privacy policy and disclaimer. :shrug:

Otherwise, it's best to just put it in the footer.

 

Good ideas there Nick, I might change the Privacy page to terms and conditions and add it all under one roof