Terms of Use

These terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as "these terms and conditions") state the matters that customers must agree to in order to use "Tsubonet" (hereinafter referred to as "the Service"), which is provided and operated by Katsuho Lab Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "our company"). These terms and conditions apply when customers use the Service. Please note that when you register as a user, you are deemed to have agreed to these terms and conditions, so please be sure to read them before using the Service.

Article 1 Scope of Application

These Terms and Conditions stipulate basic matters regarding the use of this Service and apply to our company and members regarding the use of this Service.
If the Company posts individual or additional provisions regarding the Service on the Company's website or the Company's App user screen, or sends rules, etc. regarding the Service by email or other means, they will be considered to constitute part of these Terms of Use, and if any individual provisions, additional provisions or rules, etc. conflict with these Terms of Use, the individual provisions, additional provisions or rules, etc. will take precedence.

Article 2 Definitions

In these Terms and Conditions, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items shall be as set forth in the respective items.
(1) "Service Agreement"
This refers to the contractual relationship regarding the use of this service that arises between users and members and our company when users and members use this service, and includes these terms and conditions and any documents distributed, delivered or posted by our company regarding this service (hereinafter, documents distributed, delivered or posted by our company regarding this service are referred to as "Individual Terms of Use").
(2) "User"
"User" refers to a person who uses this service.
(3) "Member"
Refers to individuals, corporations, and other organizations that have approved these Terms and Conditions and registered as users.
(4) "Content"
This refers to information that users can access through the Service (including, but not limited to, text, images, videos, voice, music and other sounds, images, software, programs, codes and other data).
(5) "Our website"
The domain is "https://tsubonet.com/", and refers to the website related to this application and service operated by our company (including the domain after any changes to the domain or content of our website, regardless of the reason).
(6) "Intellectual Property Rights"
This refers to copyrights, patents, utility model rights, trademarks, design rights and other intellectual property rights (including the right to acquire such rights or to apply for registration, etc. of such rights).
Terms other than those specified in the preceding paragraph shall be defined as appropriate in each provision of these Terms and Conditions as necessary.

Article 3 Registration

Those who wish to register may apply to our company for registration to use this service by agreeing to abide by these terms and conditions and the individual terms of use for this service, and by providing our company with their registration information in the manner specified by our company.
The Company will determine whether or not to approve the registration of an applicant in accordance with the Company's standards, and the registration as a member will be considered complete when the Company notifies the applicant that the registration is approved.
Upon completion of the registration set forth in the preceding paragraph, a service agreement will be established between the Member and the Company in accordance with the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, and the Member will be able to use the Service in accordance with the methods specified by the Company.
The Company may refuse registration if an applicant for registration pursuant to Paragraph 1 falls under any of the following items.
(1) If there is any falsehood, error, or omission in all or part of the registration information provided to us.
(2) If the person wishing to register has been or is currently being subject to suspension of use of the Service, such as account deletion, when using the Service.
(3) If the person is a minor, an adult ward, a person under curatorship, or a person under assistance, and has not obtained the consent of a legal representative, guardian, curator, or assistant.
(4) If the Company determines that the User is a member of anti-social forces (meaning organized crime groups, members of organized crime groups, right-wing groups, anti-social forces, or any other similar entities), or that the User has some kind of interaction or involvement with anti-social forces, such as by cooperating with or being involved in the maintenance, operation, or management of anti-social forces through funding or other means.
(5) Any other case in which the Company determines that registration is inappropriate.

Article 4 Account and Password Management

Members shall manage and store their accounts and passwords at their own responsibility and shall not allow a third party to use them, or lend, transfer, change the name of, buy or sell them, etc. If the Company confirms that the account and password match, it will be deemed that the member registered as possessing the account and password has used the Service.
The member shall be responsible for any damages caused by insufficient management of the account or password, errors in use, or use by a third party, and the Company shall not bear any responsibility whatsoever.
If a Member finds that their account or password has been stolen or used by a third party, they shall immediately notify the Company and follow the instructions of the Company.

Article 5 Payment

In consideration for the Service, Members shall pay to the Company the usage fees separately determined by the Company and displayed on the Company's website, using the payment method designated by the Company.

Article 6 Prohibited acts

When using the Service, Members must not engage in any of the following acts, either themselves or through a third party:
(1) Any act that violates laws and regulations, court judgments, decisions or orders, or legally binding administrative measures, or any act that encourages or may lead to such violations.
(2) Fraudulent or threatening acts against the Company, other members, or other third parties
(3) Any act that is contrary to public order and morals or that is likely to harm good morals.
(4) Any act that infringes or may infringe the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy, reputation, or other rights or interests of the Company, other members, or other third parties.
(5) Sending information that corresponds to or is deemed by the Company to correspond to any of the following to the Company, other members, or other third parties through the Service:
- Information that contains excessively violent or cruel content
- Information containing computer viruses or other harmful programs
・ Information containing excessively obscene expressions
・ Information including expressions that promote discrimination
・ Information including expressions that promote suicide and self-harm
・ Information including expressions that promote inappropriate use of drugs
・ Information including antisocial expressions
- Information that seeks to spread junk mail, spam mail, chain mail, etc. to third parties
- Information containing illegal solicitations, advertisements, etc.
・ Information including expressions that make others uncomfortable
・Information aimed at meeting members of the opposite sex who you do not know
・Information similar to the above
(6) Reverse engineering
(7) Any act that places an excessive load on the network or system of the Service
(8) Any act of illegally accessing any system connected to the Service without authorization, or illegally rewriting or deleting information stored in the Company's equipment, or any other act that causes damage to the Company.
(9) Intentionally publishing or posting false data, etc.
(10) Any act that aims to collect information about other members
(11) Impersonating the Company, another member, or any other third party
(12) Using another member's account or password
(13) Promoting, advertising, soliciting, or conducting business on the Service without prior permission from the Company
(14) Providing benefits to anti-social forces, etc.
(15) Applying to purchase a product without any intention to purchase the product
(16) Refusing to accept a product without a reasonable reason, such as for the purpose of avoiding payment for the product.
(17) Any act intended to meet members of the opposite sex who are not acquainted with the person.
(18) Any act aimed at stealth marketing
(19) Any act that violates the purpose and objectives of these Terms and Conditions, the Individual Terms of Use, and the Service.
(20) Any act that directly or indirectly causes or facilitates any of the acts set forth in the preceding items.
(21) Other acts that the Company deems inappropriate

Article 7 Deletion of Account

If the Company determines that a Member falls under or is likely to fall under any of the following items, the Company may, at its discretion, suspend or restrict the Member's use of the Service, including their registration information and device information, or delete their account.
(1) If you violate any provision of these Terms and Conditions
(2) If it is discovered that all or part of the registration information provided to us is false.
(3) If fraudulent use of the Service or the payment method designated by our company is discovered.
(4) If payment is suspended or the Company becomes unable to pay, or if a petition is filed for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, civil rehabilitation proceedings, corporate reorganization proceedings, special liquidation proceedings, or similar proceedings.
(5) If the member dies or is subject to a judgment of commencement of guardianship, curatorship, or assistance.
(6) If there is no response to inquiries or other communications from the Company requesting a response for more than 30 days.
(7) If you have been or are currently being subject to measures such as suspension of use of the Service or deletion of your account when using the Service.
(8) If the person is a minor, an adult ward, a person under curatorship, or a person under assistance, and has not obtained the consent of a legal representative, guardian, curator, or assistant.
(9) If the Company determines that the User is a member of an antisocial force, etc., or that the User has some kind of interaction or involvement with an antisocial force, etc., such as cooperating or being involved in the maintenance, operation or management of an antisocial force, etc., through funding or other means.
(10) When the Company determines that it is necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Service.
(11) If the Company determines that there are any other circumstances similar to those listed above.
(12) If payment for the service is overdue for two months
Even after deleting a Member's account, the Member will not be relieved of all obligations and liabilities (including, but not limited to, liability for damages) under the Service Agreement to the Company and other third parties.
The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by a Member as a result of any action taken by the Company pursuant to this Article, and shall be able to retain and use the information provided by the Member to the Company even after the Member's account is deleted.

Article 8 Ownership of Rights

All intellectual property rights relating to the content, etc. provided by the Company in the Service belong to the Company or to those who have granted licenses to the Company, and any license to use the Service under these Terms does not imply any license to use the intellectual property rights of the Company or those who have granted licenses to the Company.
Members may not adapt, edit, or modify the information provided by the Company, or have a third party use or disclose it without the Company's permission, and may not, for any reason, engage in any act that may infringe the intellectual property rights of the Company or any party that has granted a license to the Company (including, but not limited to, disassembling, decompiling, and reverse engineering).
Trademarks, logos, service marks, etc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Trademarks, etc.") may be displayed on the Service, but the Company does not transfer or grant a license to use any Trademarks, etc. to Members or other third parties.
Members represent and warrant to the Company that they have the lawful right to post or otherwise transmit the Content, and that the Content does not infringe the rights of any third party.
All intellectual property rights relating to content created by a member shall belong to that member.
Members agree not to exercise their moral rights against the Company or any person who has inherited or been licensed by the Company.
If the Company determines that any Content violates or is likely to violate laws and regulations or these Terms of Use, the Company may restrict the use of the Service by deleting the Content or by other means without prior notice to the Member.

Article 9 Measures to be taken in the event of violation of the Terms of Use

If the Company determines that a Member falls under or is likely to fall under any of the following items, the Company may, at its discretion, delete the Member's registration information, device information, etc., and content, suspend or restrict the Member's use of the Service, or delete the Member's account.
(1) If you violate any provision of these Terms and Conditions
(2) If it is discovered that all or part of the registration information provided to us is false.
(3) If fraudulent use of the Service or the payment method designated by our company is discovered.
(4) If it is discovered that a Professional Member has received disciplinary action (including a warning, suspension, order to withdraw from membership, or expulsion, regardless of the type of disciplinary action).
(5) If payment is suspended or the Company becomes unable to pay, or if a petition is filed for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, civil rehabilitation proceedings, corporate reorganization proceedings, special liquidation proceedings, or similar proceedings.
(6) If the member dies or is subject to a judgment of commencement of guardianship, curatorship, or assistance.
(7) If there is no response to inquiries or other communications from the Company requesting a response for more than 30 days.
(8) If you have been or are currently being subject to measures such as suspension of use of the Service or deletion of your account when using the Service.
(9) If the person is a minor, an adult ward, a person under curatorship, or a person under assistance, and has not obtained the consent of a legal representative, guardian, curator, or assistant.
(10) If the Company determines that the User is a member of an antisocial force, etc., or that the User has some kind of interaction or involvement with an antisocial force, etc., such as cooperating or being involved in the maintenance, operation or management of an antisocial force, etc., through funding or other means.
(11) When the Company determines that it is necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Service.
(12) If the Company determines that there are any other circumstances similar to those listed above.
(13) If payment for the service is overdue for two months
Even after deleting a Member's account, the Member will not be relieved of all obligations and liabilities (including, but not limited to, liability for damages) under the Service Agreement to the Company and other third parties.
The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by a Member as a result of any action taken by the Company pursuant to this Article, and shall be able to retain and use the information provided by the Member to the Company even after the Member's account is deleted.

Article 10 Cancellation of Membership

A member who cancels their membership of this service will no longer be able to use this service from the time of cancellation.
If you are a service member, please apply for cancellation of your membership using the inquiry form after logging in. The management will delete your account and cancel your membership.
If a Member has any outstanding debts to the Company at the time of withdrawal, all such debts will automatically become due and the Member must immediately pay all such debts to the Company.
Even after canceling your membership with the Service, you will not be relieved of any and all obligations and liabilities (including, but not limited to, liability for damages) to us or other third parties under the Service Agreement.
If a member cancels their membership of the Service, the Company may, at its discretion, delete the member's account.
If you wish to register for this service again after canceling your membership, you will need to go through the registration process again. Members agree in advance that their data before canceling their membership will not be carried over after they have completed the registration process again.

Article 11 Changes, additions, abolition, and suspension of the Service

The Company may change or add to all or part of the content of the Service without prior notice to Members.
Our company may terminate the provision and operation of all or part of this service at its discretion. If our company decides to terminate the provision and operation of all or part of this service at its discretion, we will notify members of this fact in a manner that our company deems appropriate. However, in the event of an emergency, we may not notify members.
If any of the following events occur, the Company may temporarily suspend all or part of the Service without prior notice to the Member.
(1) When regular or emergency maintenance or repairs are carried out on the hardware, software, or communication equipment used for the Service.
(2) When the system is overloaded due to excessive access or other unforeseen factors.
(3) When it becomes necessary to ensure the security of members.
(4) When the services of a telecommunications carrier are not provided
(5) When it is difficult to provide the Service due to force majeure such as a natural disaster
(6) When it is difficult to provide the Service due to fire, power outage, other unforeseen accident, war, conflict, unrest, riot, labor dispute, etc.
(7) When the operation of the Service becomes impossible due to laws and regulations or measures based thereon.
(8) Any other case in which the Company deems it necessary in accordance with the preceding paragraphs.
The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by a Member as a result of any measures taken by the Company pursuant to this Article.

Article 12 Disclaimer of Warranties and Indemnification

The Company makes no guarantee that the Service, the content of the services provided through the Service, information obtained from affiliated services, etc., or any other information that a Member may obtain through the Service will conform to the Member's specific purpose, have the expected functionality, commercial value, accuracy, usefulness, or completeness, that the use of the Service will comply with laws and regulations or internal rules of industry associations that apply to the Member, or that there will be no malfunctions.
We shall not be liable for any damages arising from or in connection with the Service, including but not limited to, interruption, suspension, termination, unavailability or modification of the provision of the Service, deletion or loss of information transmitted by Members through the Service, deletion or loss of Accounts, failure or damage to equipment, damage caused by Content or Third Party Content or other information, or any other reason.
We will store registration information, device information, etc. on a highly secure network in a cloud environment that we have determined to be reliable. However, we do not guarantee complete safety or reliability, and we shall not be liable for any damages incurred due to the loss of stored registration information, device information, etc.
As a general rule, our company does not get involved in the communications or activities between members. In the unlikely event that a dispute or problem arises between members, the member must immediately notify our company and resolve it at their own responsibility and expense, and our company will not get involved in or bear any responsibility whatsoever.
If a dispute arises between members or between a member and a third party regarding this service, the member shall immediately notify our company and resolve the dispute at his/her own responsibility and expense, and our company shall not be involved in or bear any responsibility whatsoever in such dispute.

Article 13 Confidentiality

In these Terms and Conditions, "Confidential Information" means all information relating to the Company's technology, sales, operations, finances, organization, and other matters that is provided or disclosed to or becomes known to a Member in writing, orally, or on a recording medium, etc., in connection with the Service. However, any of the following items shall not be considered confidential information.
(1) Information that was already in your possession before it was provided or disclosed by us or you became aware of it
(2) Any information that has become publicly known through no fault of its own, regardless of whether it has been provided or disclosed by the Company or whether it has become known to the public.
(3) Information lawfully acquired from a third party without any obligation of confidentiality
Members shall not use confidential information for any purpose other than the purpose of using the Service, and shall not provide, disclose, or leak confidential information to any third party without the prior written consent of the Company.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, Members may disclose Confidential Information based on the order, demand, or request of a law, court, or government agency, provided, however, that in the event of such order, demand, or request, Members must promptly notify the Company of such fact.
If a Member wishes to reproduce, copy, adapt, etc., confidential information, the Member must obtain the Company's prior written consent, and the Member must strictly manage copies, etc. in accordance with Paragraph 2.
Whenever requested by the Company, Members must, without delay and in accordance with the Company's instructions, return or destroy all Confidential Information and any documents or other recording media containing or including Confidential Information, as well as all copies thereof.

Article 14 Collection, analysis and handling of information about members

Our handling of registration information, device information, and other information about members will be in accordance with the privacy policy set out separately, and members agree that our company will handle such information in accordance with the privacy policy.
The Company may, at its discretion, use the registration information, device information, and other information and data provided by Members to the Company for the purposes of providing and operating the Service, improving and enhancing the content of the Service, etc., or may disclose such information as statistical information in a form that does not identify individuals, and Members agree to this.

Article 15 Revision of Terms

The Company may change or add to the contents of these Terms and the Individual Terms of Use for the Service. If the Company changes these Terms or the Individual Terms of Use, the Company will notify the Member of the changes in the manner set forth in the following article, and if the Member uses the Service after being notified of the changes or does not take the procedure to terminate use within the period set forth by the Company, the Member will be deemed to have agreed to the changes to these Terms and the Individual Terms of Use for the Service.

Article 16: Contact and Notification

Notifications regarding changes to these Terms and Conditions and other communications from the Company to Members regarding the Service will be made by posting notices in appropriate locations on the Company's website, sending emails, push notifications, or other methods that the Company deems appropriate.
Any inquiries regarding the Service or other communications or notices from Members to the Company shall be made by submitting the inquiry form provided in an appropriate location on the Company's website or by other methods designated by the Company.
The Company may send emails advertising and promotional materials related to the Service to the email addresses registered by Members.

Article 17 Transfer of Status under these Terms

Members may not transfer (including comprehensive succession through merger, company split, etc.) or use as collateral all or part of their status under the Service Agreement or their rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions to a third party without the prior written consent of the Company.
In the event that the Company transfers the business related to the Service to another company, the Company may transfer the status, rights, and obligations under the Service Agreement, as well as registration information and other customer information, to the transferee of the business, and Members shall be deemed to have consented to such transfer in advance under this paragraph. The business transfer referred to in this paragraph includes comprehensive succession due to a merger or company split in which the Company becomes the disappearing company or the split company.

Article 18 Severability

Even if any provision or part of any provision of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable under the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations, the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions and the remaining part of the provision that is determined to be invalid or unenforceable will continue to be in full force and effect, and the Company and the Members will endeavor to revise the invalid or unenforceable provision or part to the extent necessary to make it legal and enforceable, and to ensure that the intent of the invalid or unenforceable provision or part and the legal and economic effects are equivalent.

Article 19 Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of Japan, and any disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions shall be submitted to the Maebashi District Court or the Isesaki Summary Court as the exclusive court of first instance.

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