These Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as these "Terms") stipulate the terms of use for the services provided on the website operated by VeriServe Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Company") (including all content, tools and various services and offerings thereon, hereinafter referred to as the "Site" and the services generally provided on the Site are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Services"), and it is required that each customer that uses the Site (hereinafter referred to as "Customer") first agrees to these Terms to use the Services.
Customer may, once it registers with the Site (hereinafter referred to as "Registered Customer"), use the fee-free portions of those services. If Registered Customer wishes to use any paid service, it shall execute an agreement with Company under which these Terms serve as the contract terms (hereinafter referred to as "Paid Service Agreement"), and Company shall provide Registered Customer that has executed a Paid Service Agreement (hereinafter referred to as "Contracting Customer") with the relevant paid service. Any Customer invited by Contracting Customer (hereinafter referred to as "User") may, under the responsibility of Contracting Customer, access the relevant paid service.
Company shall provide the Services only within Japan. Provided, however, that if Customer wishes to use the Services outside Japan, Company will accept such a request on the condition that Customer complies with the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, the Export Trade Control Order, the Foreign Exchange Order and related ministerial ordinances, as well as laws, rules and regulations of the relevant country(ries), and undergoes any necessary procedures, and only for the following countries where the Services are available:
[Countries where the Services are available]
United States of America, India, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia
Customer shall not commit any of the following acts in using the Site:
In the event that Customer falls under any of the following grounds or Company otherwise determines that it is inappropriate to provide the Services to Customer, Company may, without prior notice to Customer, restrict or cease Customer's use of the Services, cancel these Terms and the Customer registration of Customer, and take any other measures that Company reasonably determines necessary.
If any of the following grounds applies, Company may change, interrupt or suspend the Services without prior notice to Customer and without consent of Customer. Company shall not be liable for any damage that Customer may suffer as a result of such an action.
Company may, at its discretion, discontinue the provision of part or all of the Services without assuming any responsibility by giving one (1) month or more of prior notice to Customer by any means of Company. Provided, however, if there is a special provision on the discontinuation of the Services in other related terms or rules, such provision shall apply.
Company will not disclose any Personal Information of Customer to a third party without consent of Customer except when Company consigns the handling of Personal Information to a partner company under a confidentiality agreement. Provided, however, that Company may disclose Personal Information in the following cases:
Neither Customer nor Company shall be bound by the provision of the preceding paragraph in case of information that falls under any of the following items:
Company uses stored cookies for the following purposes:
Customer agrees with the Company in relation to its Submitted Content that:
Customer may send an inquiry or request about the Services (for operational assistance, failures, etc.) to the point of contact established for each service and Company shall send the response to such inquiry or request to Customer.
Customer represents and warrants the matters as specified in the following items in relation to any business conducted by itself:
If the situation falls under any of the following items, Company may amend all or part of these Terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 548-4 of the Civil Code and, as needed, notify Customer of such amendment by means that Company considers appropriate. Any portion of the Services that Company has already started providing to Customer shall also be governed by these Terms so amended.
Customer may not assign, sell or purchase, lend, provide as collateral or otherwise make available to a third party its right to receive the Services or any other rights afforded to Customer under these Terms.
If any ambiguity arises in connection with the performance of the Services, Customer and Company shall endeavor to settle the situation through good faith consultation in accordance with the applicable legal provisions and general practice.
These Terms have been drawn up in the Japanese language and translated into the English language. The Japanese version shall be deemed authentic and shall prevail in the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between those two language versions.
These Terms and any Paid Service Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Japan and any lawsuit that may arise between Customer and Company shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court for the first instance.
If Company finds any of the following grounds with respect to an Offer from Contracting Customer, it may not approve Contracting Customer's application for the use of the relevant paid service without assuming any obligation to disclose the reason of its non-approval.
Company may include the following information related to Contracting Customer free of charge, on its website, advertisements, brochures and other sales materials, as part of its achievements for the purpose of advertising and promoting Company, unless specifically requested by Contracting Customer.
Contracting Customer shall be responsible for retaining backups of the data and information registered or stored in the paid service environment that Contracting Customer deems critical. The basic backup operation and management on the paid services shall be in accordance with the following:
Contracting Customer consents in advance that, if a Paid Service Agreement expires, is terminated prematurely under Article 30, paragraph 2, or canceled under Article 40 and the paid service thereunder ends accordingly, Contracting Customer will not be able to refer to, view, manipulate, acquire or otherwise use the data that it has registered or stored in the Company service environment before the end of the paid service.
Company may discontinue a paid service if Company has any unavoidable reason to do so, and in this case, the applicable Paid Service Agreement shall be terminated upon the end of the relevant service. When doing so, Company shall notify Contracting Customer at least one (1) month before the discontinuation.
Company may temporarily suspend the provision of any paid service if the situation falls under either of the following items. If Company intends to suspend any paid service, it shall first notify Contracting Customer of the date and time of suspension and information about the paid service to be suspended. However, this shall not apply in emergency situations.
Company may suspend all or part of any paid service without the prior notice to Contracting Customer in the event of any force majeure or other situation as specified in the following items, and Contracting Customer consents that Company shall be exempted from its liability for any damage that Contracting Customer may suffer from such suspension.
Company may suspend all or part of any paid service in the event that any of the situations as listed in the following items arise on the part of Contracting Customer, and Contracting Customer consents that Company shall be exempted from its liability for any damage that Contracting Customer may suffer from such suspension.
Either party may cancel a Paid Service Agreement without making any demand in the event that the other party falls under any of the following items, upon written notice to the other party.
Despite the expiration of the duration, premature termination or cancellation of any paid service, the provisions of Article 13 (Handling and Confidentiality of Personal Information), Article 15 (Service Analyses), Article 20 (Damages), Article 25 (Severability), Article 26 (Consultation), Article 28 (Governing Law and Consensual Jurisdiction) and this Article shall remain in effect.
Established on November 6, 2023Applied on March 5, 2025