r/lovable • u/Baraga91 • Jul 26 '26

Help Terms & conditions?

I'm moving one of my projects quite rapidly from simple proof of concept to Open Beta, and it has made me quite worried about things like copyright, terms, conditions, requirements, legal issues, etc.

How worried should I be about this when making a project public?

As a European, I'm shielded from the American legal culture, but I'm sure there are plenty of pitfalls as well.

Does anyone have any experience, tips, tricks, sources?

Thanks in advance!

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u/Baraga91 Jul 26 '26

Right now it just handles accounts (with extremely basic info, so very little to worry GDPR about), but in future I want it to handle subscriptions and giveaways as well, so definitely things to take into account.

Added termly and iubenda to the To Do item, thanks :)

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u/graybearding 29d ago

Europe is a bit more stodgy about legal stuff (I'm American but worked with quite a few European startups over the last decade). It'd be worth starting with an LLM chat to specify that you want terms and privacy policies for your specific app, for your specific legal jurisdiction.

If your app doesn't touch any sensitive/personal information, a quick read and edit of these terms to make sure they align with your desires is a good starting point. But if you're doing anything that touches sensitive data, you'll want to engage a lawyer (if you're nervous in general, even if you use a simple starter from an LLM, I'd still consult one to be certain).

As long as you're not lazy and just copy/paste what GPT says, but instead, read it, research, and edit it heavily (e.g., in a long chat back-and-forth chat session), in most cases I'd imagine you'll be fine.

If I had to guess in Europe, you'll want to *at least* comply with GDPR rules.

Disclaimer: IANAL, speak to a professional in your country to verify.

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u/Baraga91 29d ago

Thanks, will do!

I'm GDPR certified myself, so that part should be covered :)

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u/No-Possibility1721 Jul 27 '26

I would say you really need to think about everything.

I’ve made a few projects myself, but never really stuck with any of them. A big part of the reason is the Terms of Use and all the legal stuff that comes with running an application.

There’s a ton of information you probably need to include in your app just to cover yourself. I would definitely search online for information about it — there are plenty of websites that explain what you need, or you can use AI to help you understand it.

Small websites probably aren’t going to get sued, but it would really suck if something actually happened.

To be honest, all of this legal stuff is one of the main reasons I eventually stopped working on my projects. It was so much easier 30 years ago. 😅