Disclaimer Generator
Generate a clear website disclaimer — general, financial, medical, legal, or affiliate.
About Website Disclaimers
A disclaimer tells readers what your content is and isn’t, and where your responsibility ends. It is the simplest legal protection you can add to a blog, newsletter, or content site — and for some types of content (financial, medical, affiliate) it is effectively required.
When to use each disclaimer type
- General — almost every site benefits from a basic “for informational purposes only” statement.
- Financial / Investment — required reading whenever you discuss markets, investing, taxes, or money management.
- Medical / Health — essential for any health, fitness, mental-health, or supplement content.
- Legal Information — if you discuss law, regulations, or compliance, make clear you are not providing legal advice.
- Affiliate / Earnings — required by U.S. FTC and many other jurisdictions when you earn commissions from links or sponsorships.
Where to place your disclaimer
- Link a dedicated “Disclaimer” page from your site footer alongside Privacy and Terms.
- Include a short, in-context disclaimer at the top of any post that earns commissions.
- Add a brief reminder near financial or health claims (“not financial / medical advice”).
What a disclaimer can and cannot do
A disclaimer reduces — but does not eliminate — your legal exposure for how readers act on your content. It works by setting reader expectations and shifting the responsibility for decisions onto the reader. It does not protect against actual negligence, fraud, false statements, or violations of consumer-protection law. A medical site can disclaim "this is not medical advice" effectively; the same site cannot disclaim a false claim about a drug interaction. Use disclaimers as one layer of a broader risk-management approach, not as a shield against all liability.
Which disclaimer types you need
- General information. Default for any informational site. "Information for general purposes only, no warranty of accuracy or completeness, your reliance is at your own risk."
- Financial / investment. Any content about markets, securities, crypto, retirement, tax. State explicitly that you are not a financial adviser, that past performance does not predict future results, and that readers should consult a qualified professional.
- Medical / health. Any content about conditions, treatments, fitness, nutrition. State explicitly that the content is not medical advice and readers should consult a qualified healthcare provider.
- Legal. Any content about laws, contracts, rights, immigration. State that the content does not create an attorney-client relationship and is not legal advice.
- Affiliate / earnings. If you earn commission on links, FTC 16 CFR Part 255 requires clear and conspicuous disclosure — at the point where the affiliate link appears, not just in a footer.
- Testimonials and endorsements. "Results not typical" or specific typical-result data is required by the FTC if you use individual success stories.
Where the disclaimer must appear
- At the source. Affiliate disclosures next to each affiliate link, not buried in a sidebar.
- In the footer of every page. A short "Disclaimers" link to the full document.
- Inside the relevant content. A medical article should restate the medical disclaimer at the top of the article, not rely on the footer link.
- Before any call to action. If readers are about to act on the content (sign up, buy, follow advice), the disclaimer should be visible above the fold near the CTA.
Phrases that weaken your disclaimer
Avoid hedging words that suggest you do not actually mean the disclaimer. "Information is generally accurate"; "Most users find this helpful"; "This is intended to be informative only" — these are softer than the legally clearer "no warranty of accuracy is made, express or implied; reader assumes all risk of reliance". Strong language reads as more honest disclosure, not less.