User who visits WEB Site of “FIND SHIKOKU” (referred to as “This Site”) and/or uses every service provided in This Site (referred to as “User”) shall acknowledge and agree with all of these “Terms and Conditions of FIND SHIKOKU” (referred to as “These Terms”). Minors shall use This Site with parental approval.
Therefore, These Terms are applied to any relationship between the User and “Via-Tor, Inc.” (referred to as “Via-Tor”) that operates This Site. If YOU do not accept all of these Terms, please do not use This Site and leave from This Site immediately.
Article 1. (Precaution Statement about Information in This Site)
1-1. Via-tor selects and provides information about sightseeing, local products, special foods, etc. of SHIKOKU (referred to as “the Information”) to User through This Site.
1-2. Via-Tor exercises reasonable efforts to ensure quality, accuracy, and legitimacy of all information in This Site. However, Via-Tor gives no guarantee about correctness, veridicality, recency, etc. of the information.
1-3. In the case where User believes and uses the Information that he/she obtains through This Site, both he/she assumes responsibility for all result arising from the believing and using the Information, and Via-Tor assumes no liability and responsibility for the result.
Article 2. (Prohibition)
2-1. User must not do any action of the following in using This Site and every service provided through This Site (referred to as “the Service”).
(1) To do act that may cause damage on Via-Tor or any third party: such as hacking, sending of viruses, sending of spam mails, and so on;
(2) To convert or alter programs etc. in This Site illegally;
(3) To burden the server(s) that Via-Tor uses for providing This Site and the Services (referred to as “Server”) intentionally: such as to download a huge amount of contents or data of the Services in a short time;
(4) To use the contents or data on This Site for profit or for illicit purposes;
(5) To make third party use the Service and/or to use the Service for third party;
(6) To violate the laws of Japan or laws of your country, or to do act that may violate the laws;
(7) To do act that offenses against public order and morals or to do act that may offense against the public order and morals;
(8) To input or send false information and declaration;
(9) To cause damage on Via-Tor and/or third party;
(10) To defame and/or to slander Via-Tor and/or third party;
(11) To interrupt operating of This Site and the Service
2-2. In the case where User violates These Terms, other guidelines on This Site, laws and regulations of Japan, he/she shall respond in all damages of Via-Tor and every third party arising from the violation on his/her own responsibility and cost.
Article 3. (Principle of Self-responsibility, Exclusion of Liability
3-1. User shall take self-responsibility for his/her actions related to visiting This Site and/or using the Service.
3-2. In the case where User contacts Via-Tor to inquire, to apply, etc. through online-form on This Site or other methods, he/she shall take self-responsibility for his/her action.
3-3. If every article, image or other information in This Site contains defect, error, false, or other factually inaccurate information, Via-Tor assumes no liability and responsibility for the defect, etc.; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the case both where Via-Tor is negligent about what Via-Tor was not able to find the defect, etc., and where User suffers direct damage arising from the defect, etc.
3-4. Via-Tor assumes no liability and responsibility about what all linked pages that third party provides in This Site contain no virus, no illegal access, no illegal acquirement of User’s information, no information, image or expression that the general public feels annoyed with, etc. User shall take self-responsibility for his/her visiting and/or using the linked pages that third party provides in This Site.
Article 4. (Treatment of Information regarding User’s privacy)
4-1. Via-Tor does not collect information regarding User’s privacy (include, but not be limited to, personal information) through This Site.
4-2. Some information and advertisement displayed on This Site uses behavioral targeting advertising system that third party provides such as Google AdSense, etc.
4-3. User is able to hide or remove the behavioral targeting advertising on This Site either by disabling cookies in his/her browser, or by opting out via the webpage associated with providing the behavioral targeting advertising. In addition, User shall take self-responsibility for the change of setting, etc., and Via-Tor assumes no liability and responsibility for all damages arising from his/her change the setting, etc.
Article 5. (Copyright, etc.)
5-1. Copyright of information, images and all other data in This Site attribute to Via-Tor or other right holder of the information, etc.
5-2. Via-Tor licenses User to use the information, etc. of This Site only when he/she uses the information, etc. within a scope of purpose of the personal use.
5-3. User must not make and/or save digital copy of images, movies, applications and all other digital data in This Site even though in the scope of the purpose of previous section. Therefore, User must not do any actions of the following without any approval from Via-Tor about using of literal information such as articles, reports, etc.
(1) To reproduce copies in large numbers beyond the scope of the personal use;
(2) To distribute and/or to deliver to third party;
(3) To reprint or to post to other website, blog, magazine, newspaper, etc.;
(4) To upload onto the Web Server, etc. and to make transmittable;
(5) To infringe copyright or other intellectual property right of Via-Tor;
5-4. In the case where User quotes a part or all of article, etc. from This Site, he/she shall observe rules about quotation, and specific “FIND SHIKOKU” or URL of This Site as reference source.
Article 6. (Important Notice form Via-Tor)
6-1. Method of important notice from Via-Tor to User should be (unless otherwise provided for) by displaying on This Site and/or other method that Via-Tor considers suitable.
6-2. Notice displayed on This Site should conclude at the time of completion of displaying on This Site.
6-3. In the case where Via-Tor gives notice to Useruser, unless otherwise adverse claim, Via-Tor deems that UserUser has agreed to the notice at the declaration day.
Article 7. (Preparation of Device, Equipment)
7-1. This Site and the Service are provided to User via internet. User shall set up and operate every devices, communication tool, software, etc. to connect and use This Site and the Service properly on his/her own responsibility and expense.
7-2. User shall acknowledge and agree that packet communication fees, etc. may accrue to connect and use This Site and the Service. In addition, User shall pay all of the packet communication fees, etc.
Article 8. (Interruption of the Service)
8-1. In the event of the following circumstances, Via-Tor temporarily interrupts all or part of This Site and/or the Service.
(1) In the case where Convulsion of nature, riots or civil commotion, wars, etc. occurs;
(2) In the case where some kind of emergency arising from the reason beyond the control of Via-Tor, such as server down of This Site because of advanced hacking or viruses, occurs;
(3) In the case where Via-Tor repairs and maintains system or server of This Site;
(4) In the case where Via-Tor judges that the temporarily interruption is required because of any other reason other than preceding issues;
8-2. Via-Tor accepts no liability for any damage of User arising directly or indirectly from the temporary interruption of previous section.
8-3. In the case where Via-Tor finds it difficult to continue providing the Service because of ongoing of the circumstances, notwithstanding the conditions of Article 9, Via-Tor is able to terminate This Site and/or the Service without adequate notice toward User.
Article 9. (Termination of This Site and/or the Service)
9-1. Via-Tor is able to terminate This Site and/or all or part of the Service with at least 1 month prior notice of the termination day.
9-2. The notice of termination of the previous section should be by the method of Article 6.
9-3. Via-Tor accepts no liability for any damage of User and/or third party arising directly or indirectly from the termination of This Site and/or the Service.
Article 10. (Jurisdiction/Governing Law)
10-1. These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of Japan.
10-2. In the case where dispute among User and Via-Tor arising association with These Terms, both Via-Tor and User agree that district court having jurisdiction over the location of the head office of Via-Tor shall have competent and exclusive jurisdiction for the first instance.
10-3. Via-Tor provides UserUser with translations of the Japanese language version of These Terms. UserUser shall agree that the translations shall be provided for his/her convenience only, and that the Japanese language version of These Terms will govern relationship between Via-Tor and UserUser.
Article 11. (Change of These Terms)
11-1. Via-Tor is able to change These Terms without any prior notice toward User.
11-2. In the case where Via-Tor changes These Terms, Via-Tor is able to conclude at the time of completion of uploading and displaying on This Site.
11-3. User should check These Terms every time he/she access and use This Site and the Service. In the case where User visits and accesses multiple pages of This Site or uses the Service after the change of These Terms, Via-Tor deems that User acknowledge and agree with the change of These Terms.
