Maps App (iOS) – Terms of Use

Article 1 General Provisions
1. These terms of use (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms of Use”) shall apply to all activities by users when using the services provided on the information-sharing map application (hereinafter referred to as the “Application”) operated by our company.
2. These Terms of Use set forth the terms and conditions for use of the Service. The User shall use the Service in accordance with these Terms of Use.
3. By using the Service, the User is deemed to have agreed to all of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Use.

Article 2 Definitions
Terms used in these Terms of Use shall have the meanings set forth in the following items.
This application: application “the information sharing map application operated by our company”.
Services: All services provided on the Application.
User: A person who has viewed this Application.
Registration, comments, and other information: This refers to text, URLs, images, and other information that can be posted using the Service.
Posting: The act of uploading location information, comments, or other information by the User to the Application.

Article 3 Scope of these Terms of Use
These Terms of Use and related rules and notices apply to this application. In addition to these Terms of Use, any other rules or notices notified to the user by this application from time to time shall constitute a part of these Terms of Use at the time of notification, and the user agrees to be bound by such rules or notices.

Article 4 Changes to these Terms of Use
1. The Application may change these Terms of Use at any time and for any reason at the discretion of the Application operator.
2. The modified Terms of Use shall become effective from the time they are displayed on this application, unless otherwise specified by this application.
3. Your use of the Service after the effective date of any changes to these Terms of Use shall constitute your agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained in the revised Terms of Use.

Article 5: Handling of Personal Information
1. This application will use the acquired personal information for the following purposes. However, in cases falling under each item of Article 16, Paragraph 3 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, the personal information of users may be handled beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use specified and announced in advance.
Display ID:This application uses IP addresses and other connection source information to display IDs when posting comments and other information.
Determination of duplicate votes:This application uses the user’s IP address and other connection source information to determine the duplication of positive and negative votes for comments and other information.
access analysis:This application uses access analysis including Google Analytics. Data collected for access analysis via this application will be managed in accordance with the privacy policy of each company that provides access analysis.
Advertisement Display:By using cookies, ad-serving companies and their partners will display advertisements to users based on information about their access to this application and other websites. based on the user’s access to this application and other sites.
Dealing with Violations of Terms and Conditions:This application may ban access, prohibit posting, or delete all or part of comments and other information if comments or other information are posted in violation of these Terms of Use.
Dealing with Illegal Activities:In the event that comments or other information that is deemed illegal is posted on this application, legal action may be taken in cooperation with the relevant authorities based on IP addresses and other connection source information.
In the event of any other actions that this application deems necessary to deal with.
2. In principle, this application will not provide the user’s personal information to a third party without the user’s consent. However, this does not apply in the following cases
When required by law
When it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of an individual and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person in question
When it is especially necessary for improving public health or promoting the sound growth of children and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person in question
When it is necessary to cooperate with a national agency, a local government, or an individual or entity entrusted by either a national agency or local government to execute affairs prescribed by law, and obtaining your consent is likely to impede the execution of such affairs.
When entrusting information to other business entities to which this application entrusts its business to the extent necessary for the purpose of use in accordance with Article 23, Paragraph 4, Item 1 of the Personal Information Protection Law
3. In the following cases, this application will not assume any responsibility for the acquisition of personal information by third parties.
If the user reveals personal information to a third party through the functions of this application or by another means
When an individual can be identified by information entered and disclosed by the user in this application.
4. Please refer to “http://www.blogwatcher.co.jp/terms/far-beyond/spa/” and “https://www.airtrack.jp/guideline/” for location information.

Article 6 Confidentiality of Communications
1. This application protects the confidentiality of the user’s communications in accordance with Article 4 of the Telecommunications Business Law (Law No. 86 of 1984).
2. In the following cases, this Application shall not assume the confidentiality obligation of the preceding paragraph to the extent specified in each of the following items.
In the event of a compulsory disposition or court order pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. 131 of 1948) or the Act on Interception of Communications for Criminal Investigation (Act No. 137 of 1999) To the extent provided for by such disposition or court order
In the event of a mandatory disposition pursuant to laws and regulations Within the scope stipulated by such disposition or order
When this application determines that the requirements for a disclosure request based on Article 4 of the Act on the Limitation of Liability for Damages of Specified Telecommunications Service Providers and the Disclosure of Identification Information of the Senders (Act No. 137 of 2001) have been fulfilled Within the scope of said disclosure request
When this application determines that it is necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of another person To the extent necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of another person

Article 7 Maintenance of the Usage Environment
1. The User shall, at his/her own responsibility and expense, properly maintain all equipment, software, and communication means necessary to use the Service.
2.Users shall take security measures to prevent computer viruses, unauthorized access, information leaks, etc., in accordance with the user’s usage environment.
3. This application is not involved in, and assumes no responsibility for, the user’s usage environment.

Article 8 User’s Responsibility
1. Users shall use the Service at their own risk, and shall be fully responsible for any and all actions taken and results obtained through the use of the Service.
2. Responsibility for comments and other information posted by users using the Service rests with the users themselves. This application is not responsible for the content of comments and other information posted by users using this service.
3. In the event that a user defames another person, violates the right to privacy, discloses a third party’s personal information without permission, violates the Copyright Act (Act No. 48 of 1970), or otherwise infringes another person’s rights, said user must resolve the matter at his/her own responsibility and expense, and and this application assumes no responsibility whatsoever.
4. The User acknowledges that the Application is not obligated to store comments and other information posted by the User using the Service, and the User shall make backups of necessary comments and other information as appropriate.

Article 9 Prohibited Matters
In using the Service, users shall not engage in any of the following acts. If a User violates any of the prohibited acts, the Company may take adverse actions such as banning access, prohibiting posting, deleting all or part of comments and other information, or changing the scope of public disclosure.
Acts that infringe or may infringe the copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights of this Application or others.
Any act that infringes or may infringe the property, privacy, or portrait rights of this Application or others.
Any act that unfairly discriminates against or slanders this Application or others, promotes unfair discrimination against others, or damages their honor or credibility.
Use of the Service under the name of a person other than oneself, pretending to have authority to represent or act on behalf of another person even though one does not have such authority, or falsely claiming to be in partnership or cooperation with another person or organization.
Any activity that leads or may lead to crimes such as fraud, abuse of controlled substances, child prostitution, illegal sale or purchase of savings accounts and cellular phones, etc.
Posting, selling, advertising, or displaying comments or other information that constitutes obscenity, child pornography, or child abuse.
Use for the purpose of sexual or obscene acts, etc.
Use for the purpose of sexual or obscene acts, etc.
Acts that induce or encourage youth to run away from home.
Causing illegal gambling or soliciting participation in illegal gambling or gambling.
Act of undertaking, mediating, or inducing illegal activities (such as transferring guns and other weapons, manufacturing explosives, providing child pornography, forging official documents, murder, or threatening).
Inducing or soliciting others to commit suicide.
Posting or displaying comments or other information that amount to atrocities (killing, injuring, or otherwise brutalizing people).
Comments and other information for the purpose of commercial advertising, promotion, or solicitation(including affiliate sites, pyramid schemes, chain letters, MLM, lead emails, adult sites, one-click fraud sites, and sites intended to disseminate viruses or other harmful computer programs)、Posting or displaying any other comments or other information that this application deems inappropriate.
Posting personally identifiable contact information, such as one’s own or a third party’s address, telephone number, or e-mail address.
Spam comments, spam topic postings, and other activities deemed spam by this application.
Unauthorized rewriting or deletion of information stored in the facilities of this application.
Transmitting or posting harmful computer programs such as viruses.
Any act that burdens the server of this Application or others, or interferes with the operation of this service or network system, or any act that has the potential to do so.
Posting a link for the purpose of facilitating the act, knowing that the act falls under any of the preceding items.
Any act that this Application deems to be in violation of laws and regulations, public order and morals, or these Terms of Use, or that infringes on the rights of others.
Other activities that this application deems inappropriate.

Article 10 Handling of Stamp Information
1. If the user deletes (uninstalls) this application or changes the device model, all stamp information will be deleted from the device.
2. We do not guarantee the recovery of stamp information that has been deleted from a terminal, whether intentionally or negligently, nor do we guarantee any stamp information. We also assume no responsibility for any damages resulting from such deletion.

Article 11 Change of Service, etc.
The Application may add, modify, suspend, or terminate the Service at any time and for any reason.

Article 12 Usage Fees
This application and service are basically free of charge. However, a separate subscription is required to use the ad-free option.
1. Users who wish to subscribe are required to agree to these Terms of Use and complete Google’s subscription registration process.
2. This application subscription shall be 150 yen per month.
3. Due to the nature of the service, this application does not provide any refunds of usage fees or other charges that have already been received under any circumstances.
4. This application may change the subscription fee without the prior consent of the Subscription User. If the Subscription User does not agree to such changes, the Subscription User shall cancel the subscription within the prescribed period of time, and if such period of time elapses without cancellation, the Subscription User shall be deemed to have agreed to such changes.
5. This application uses the auto-renewal subscription-based billing feature provided by Google Inc. The user agrees to be billed and paid by the payment method and payment method of this billing function.
6. Billing will continue automatically unless the user cancels the subscription themselves through the Google Play Store.
7. In cases where a settlement service provider acts as a collection agency for monthly charges, if a user fails to pay the monthly information fee after the due date, the settlement service provider will notify us of the user’s name, non-payment information, etc. In such cases, we may bill the user directly based on the information we receive. In such cases, we may bill the user directly for the monthly information fee based on the information we have received.
8. Users shall settle disputes with payment service providers in connection with the payment of monthly information fees at their own responsibility and expense, and shall not cause any trouble or damage to the Company. In addition, the Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by paying members as a result of such disputes.
9. If we suffer damages as a result of a dispute between a user and a payment service provider, said user shall compensate us for such damages at our request.

Article 13 Cancellation of Subscription
1. If Subscription Users wish to cancel their Subscription, they must follow the cancellation procedures set forth by Google and cancel their Subscription-based billing at least 24 hours prior to the end of the Subscription period, in accordance with the procedures set forth by Google.
2. Subscription users shall pay the full amount of the current month’s subscription fee, even if the subscription is cancelled mid-month.
3. Even if you cancel your subscription, you will continue to have access to the ad-free option for the duration of the subscription period for which you have paid.
4. This service uses the auto-renewal subscription-based billing feature provided by the Google Play Store, and subscription fees are paid to the payment service provider, Google Inc. Any complaints and questions regarding payment shall be resolved by contacting Google directly.

Article 14. Right to Comment and Other Information
Users who post comments or other information using this service shall guarantee to this application that such comments or other information do not infringe on the rights of any third party. In the unlikely event that any dispute arises with a third party, the user shall resolve the issue at the user’s expense and responsibility, and shall not cause any inconvenience or damage to this application.

Article 15 Licensing of Comments and Other Information, etc.
1. The rights (copyrights, moral rights, and other related rights) to comments and other information posted using the Service belong to the users who created them.
2. Users who post comments and other information on this application shall grant the operator of this application and third parties authorized by the operator permission for secondary use (quotation, reprinting, reproduction, adaptation, use for research, development, investigation, etc.) of the comments and other information posted by the user.
3. When this application uses information such as comments in the form specified in the preceding paragraph, it may omit parts of the information.

Article 16 Disclaimer
1. This application will not be involved in any user communications or activities. In the unlikely event of a dispute between users, the dispute shall be resolved between said users, and this application shall not be held responsible.
2. This application shall not be liable for any damages caused by additions or changes to the contents of this service, or by the interruption or termination of this service. The same shall apply in the event of slow display speed or failure due to excessive access or other unforeseen factors.
3. The Application is not obligated to monitor or store comments or other information posted by users.
4. This application is not responsible for the legality, morality, reliability, or accuracy of comments and other information posted by users. This application is not responsible for the conformity of comments and other information posted by users to the internal rules and regulations of the corporation or organization to which the user belongs.
5. In the event that this application determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a user has committed or may commit an act that violates or may violate these Terms of Use, this application may prohibit the access or posting of the user who has committed such an act, delete all or part of the comment or other information, or change the scope of public disclosure, etc. However, this application shall not be liable for any damages resulting from such actions. However, the Company shall not be liable for any damages resulting from such actions.
6. In the event that this TOS constitutes a consumer contract under Article 2, Paragraph 3 of the Consumer Contract Act (Act No. 61 of 2000), the provisions of this TOS that completely exempt this application from liability for damages shall not apply. In this case, if the damages incurred by the user are based on default or tort by this application, this application shall be liable for damages up to the damages directly incurred by said user. However, this shall be limited to cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of this application.

Article 17 Authority to Delete this Application
In the following cases, this application may take adverse measures such as deleting all or part of the relevant comments and other information or changing the scope of publication, regardless of whether the registration information or comments and other information are illegal or in violation of the terms and conditions.
When information such as registration, comments, etc. is determined to be untrue. Or when a user is reported. Our administrators will determine whether the information is true or not.
When information such as comments that photograph or depict naked bodies (meaning those lacking all or part of their clothing) of people (including cartoon, animation, and other characters, whether or not they are real people) is posted.
Public agency or expert(The national government, local governments, reliability verification organizations stipulated in the guidelines of the Act on the Limitation of Liability for Damages of Specified Telecommunications Service Providers and the Disclosure of Identification Information of Senders, Internet Hotline Centers, lawyers, etc.)When comments or other information are pointed out or opinions are expressed that are illegal, offensive to public order and morals, or infringe upon the rights of others.
When a person claiming to be the right holder reports that information such as registration information or comments infringes on his/her rights.However, this is limited to cases where a person claiming to be the rights holder presents materials that allow reasonable judgment that he/she is the rights holder, and after careful consideration by this application, this application determines that he/she is the rights holder.

Article 18 Validity of these Terms of Use
1. If any provision of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid under any law or regulation, the other provisions of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
2. If any provision of the Terms of Use, etc. is held invalid or revoked in relation to one User, the Terms of Use, etc. shall remain valid in relation to other Users.

Article 19. Dealing with Violations of these Terms of Use
1. If you find any violation of these Terms of Use, please report it through the Contact Us page.
2. If a user is found to have violated these Terms of Use, or if deemed necessary by this application, this application may take the following actions against said user.
To demand that the user cease any conduct, etc. that violates these Terms of Use and that the user not repeat similar conduct.
Deleting all or part of the comments or other information, changing the scope of disclosure, or making the information unavailable for viewing (private).
Take measures to prohibit access and posting.
Take legal action in cooperation with the relevant authorities based on IP addresses and other connection source information.
3. The User may not object to any action taken by the Application in accordance with Article 9, Article 15 and Paragraph 2 of this Article to deal with any violation of these Terms of Use, etc.

Article 20 Governing Law and Court of Jurisdiction
1. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
2. In the event that a lawsuit becomes necessary between the user and this application, the Tokyo District Court shall be the court of exclusive jurisdiction for the first trial.

supplementary provisions
1. These Terms of Use shall come into effect on March 20, 2016.
2. Any action taken by the user prior to the effective date of these Terms of Use shall also be governed by these Terms of Use.