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Hi all,
I currently do not have a security clause in my web development contract. Should I?
I worry about being held liable if a client’s website got hacked. When I develop sites, I implement best security practices, but I am not a cyber security expert (nor am I trying to sell myself as one). I also do my best to teach my clients how to mitigate risk when I hand-off their websites to them.
So I guess my questions are:
* Web developers – do any of you currently have security clauses in your contracts? Is this the norm?
* What are some other ways I can mitigate liability (besides being an LLC)?
Thank you in advance to anyone who answers. Maybe I am overthinking, but the idea of ever getting sued is freaky.
Also – I do NOT host my clients’ sites.
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You should make a habit to protect yourself from every liability possible in your contracts; Security, Third party software (i.e. WP plug-ins) responsibilities after hand-off, acceptance letter signed off before final hand-off and final payment completed before hand-off. It doesn’t matter if this is a new client or decades old client. It’s not only a professional appearance and courtesy but leaves everyone with a completed project and there is no ambiguity if you have any responsibility once you’re done. That is, they can’t come back to you and say, “but the site needs this…or this isn’t done”