This Terms of Service (“Terms”) set forth the terms between LINE Corporation (“Company”) and users (“Users”) of any services or features of LINE Toss (“Service”), which is provided by the Company.
1. Definition
“App” means the application software “LINE Toss” designed for smartphones and/or tablet computers which is provided by the Company for the Service.
2. Assent to the Terms
(1) Users shall assent to the Terms and use the Service in accordance with the Terms.
(2) Minors may use the Service only with consent from their legal guardian such as parents.
(3) Any matters not stipulated in the Terms are subject to the LINE Terms and Conditions of Use.
3. Retention of Rights
All rights in regard to the App and the Service (including but not limited to the intellectual property rights such as copyrights, trademarks, patents) shall be retained by the Company or licensors of such rights.
4. Provision of the Service
(1) The Company shall grant Users the right to use the Service insofar as Users use the Service in accordance with the Terms and other conditions described in the Service. Users cannot assign or lease such right to use the Service to third parties.
(2) The Company reserves the right to modify, cease or terminate, at the Company's sole discretion, the whole or part of the Service at any time without any prior notice to the Users.
5. Privacy
(1) The Company places the highest priority on the privacy of Users. The Company promises to exercise the utmost care and attention regarding its security measures for the continued security of any and all User information.
(2) The Company promises to protect the privacy and personal information of Users in accordance with the LINE Privacy Policy.
(3) Users shall agree that location information and time information of photo-data and/or video data (“Data”) shared with other Users through the Service may be disclosed to other Users.
6. Other Services
(1) Other services and/or contents offered by the Company may be included within or linked to the Services. Such services and/or contents may be governed by other terms and conditions, which are set by the Company.
(2) Services and/or contents offered by business partners cooperating with the Company may be included within or linked to the Service. The Company will not be responsible for such services and/or contents. Furthermore, such services and/or contents may be governed by their own terms and conditions, which are set by the business partners.
7. Restrictions
Users shall not engage in the following when using the Service.
(1) Activities that violate the law, court verdicts, resolutions or orders, or administrative measures that are legally binding.
(2) Activities that may hinder public order or customs.
(3) Activities that infringe intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, trademarks and patents, fame, privacy, portrait and all other rights of the Company and/or a third party granted by the law or contract.
(4) Activities that share with other Users Data which contains violent or sexual expressions; expressions that lead to discrimination by race, national origin, creed, sex, social status, family origin, etc.; expressions that induce or encourage suicide, self-injury behavior or drug abuse; or anti-social expressions that include anti-social content and lead to the discomfort of others.
(5) Activities that lead to the misrepresentation of the Company and/or a third party, or intentionally spread false information.
(6) Activities that use the Service for the purpose of harassments or libelous attacks against other Users, use the Service for the purpose of meeting a person for sexual encounters, or use the Service for purposes other than the Service's true intent.
(7) Activities that benefit or collaborate with anti-social groups.
(8) Activities that illegally or improperly lead to the collection, disclosure, or provision of other’s personal information, registered information, user history or the like.
(9) Activities that interfere with the servers and/or network systems of the Service, that abuse the Service by means of BOTs, cheat tools, or other technical measures, and that deliberately use defects of the Service.
(10) Activities that make unreasonable inquiries to the Company such as repeatedly asking the same question beyond necessity, that make undue claims against the Company, and that interfere with the Company's operation of the Service or Users' use of the Service.
(11) Activities that aid or encourage any activity stated in Item (1) to (10) above.
(12) Other activities that are deemed by the Company to be inappropriate.
8. User Responsibility
(1) Data shared through the Service may be transmitted to others from Users sharing such Data. Further, if once Data are downloaded into other Users’ smartphones and/or tablet computers, such downloaded Data will not be deleted automatically when the User sending the Data to the other Users removes the App from his/her smartphones or tablet, or cancels Data sharing. Users shall use this Service at their own risk, and shall bear all responsibility for actions carried out and their results upon this Service after understanding and accepting the nature of the Service.
(2) The Company may take measures that the Company considers necessary and appropriate such as terminating or suspending the rights to use the Service itself, if the Company acknowledges that a User is using the service in a way which violates the Terms. However, the Company shall not be responsible for correcting or preventing such violation towards Users or others.
(3) In the case where the Company has suffered loss/damage or has been charged an expense (including but not limited to lawyer's fees) directly or indirectly due to the User using the Service (including but not limited to claims against the Company arisen by third parties), the User shall immediately compensate the Company upon its request.
9. Disclaimer
(1) The Company does not guarantee that Users may normally display or play Data on their smartphones or tablet computers when using the Services. Further, the Company does not expressly or impliedly guarantee that the Service are free from de facto or legal flaws (including but not limited to stability, reliability, accuracy, integrity, effectiveness, fitness for certain purposes, security-related faults, errors, bugs, or infringements of rights). The Company shall not be responsible for providing the Service without such defects.
(2) The Company shall not be responsible for any damages inflicted upon Users in relation to the use of the Service. However, if the contract between the Company and Users regarding the Service (including but not limited to the Terms) shall be deemed as a consumer contract under the Consumer Contract Law in Japan, then this exemption clause shall not be applied.
(3) Notwithstanding the condition stated in the item (2) above, the Company shall not be responsible for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (including but not limited to such damages that the Company or Users predicted or could have predicted) with respect to the Company’s contractual default or act of tort due to the Company's negligence (except for gross negligence). The compensation for ordinary damages in respect to the Company’s contractual default or act of tort due to the Company's negligence (except for gross negligence) shall be limited to the total amount of received fees from the User in the particular calendar month in which the Company’s contractual default or act of tort occurred.
(4) The company may delete Data from its serves without obtaining prior consents from Users in accordance with the law, court verdicts, resolutions or orders, or administrative measures that are legally binding. This is the same when it is found that Data contains inappropriate contents. In such cases, the Company shall not be responsible for any damages inflicted upon Users.
10. Modification of the Terms
The Company may modify the Terms and Conditions when the Company deems necessary, without providing prior notice to Users. The modification will become effective once the modified Terms are posted on the Service. Users shall be deemed to have granted valid and irrevocable consent to the modified Terms by continuing to use the Service.
11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
Where the Company has provided Users with a translation of the Japanese language version of the Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as “Japanese Version”), the Japanese Version will govern the relationship between Users and the Company. In the event of a contradiction between the Japanese Version and a translation, the provisions in the Japanese Version shall take precedence over any other translation. These Terms and Conditions will be governed by the laws of Japan. Conflicts that arise from the Service or conflicts between Users and the Company related to the Service will be governed primarily under the exclusive jurisdiction of the District Court of Tokyo.
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August 26, 2014 Enacted