Article 1 (Application)

1. These terms of use (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms of Use") have been adopted by Vision Consulting Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Company") which apply to the website (as defined in Article 2) that the Company operates (defined in Article 2) under the name of "Knowhowble", and to the service (hereinafter referred to as the "Company's Service", as defined in Article 2) operated by Company. The purpose of this agreement is to define the terms and conditions for the provision of our service and the rights and obligations between our company and the individuals or corporations that have agreed to these terms and conditions regarding the use of our Site and the Company’s Services, and this agreement shall apply to all relationships between our Company and the individuals or corporations that have agreed to these terms and conditions regarding the use of our Site and the Company’s Services.

2. By using our Site and/or the Company’s Services, users are deemed to agree to all of these terms and conditions.

3. The rules and guides for the use of the Company’s Services that we post on this website form part of these Terms of Use.

4. By using the Site and the Company’s Services, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found at Privacy Policy incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you may not access or use the Site or the Company’s Services. These Terms of Use and the rights, benefits and obligations contained herein are fully assignable by the Company and will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of our successors and assigns.

5. We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Site and the Company’s Services thereafter. Your continued use of the Site and the Company’s Services following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

6. In the case that the contents of these Terms of Use differ from the rules in the preceding paragraph or any other explanation of the Company's Services outside of these Terms of Use, the provisions of these Terms of Use shall be deemed to take precedence.

Article 2 (Definition)

The following terms used in the Terms of Use shall have the meanings set forth below.

1. A "Service Agreement" is a contract for the use of the Company's Services that is concluded between the Company and a registered user.

2. The term "intellectual property rights" means the following rights: (This includes having the right to acquire the right, or to apply for registration, etc. of the right.)

・Copyright
・Patent Rights
・Patent Rights
・Design Right
・Trademark Right
・Other Intellectual Property Rights

3. "Posted Data" means the content (various types of data including text, images, and video) that a registered user posts, attaches, shares, or otherwise transmits using our Site and/or the Company’s Services.

4. The term " Site" refers to the website operated by the Company whose domain is as follows. However, in the case that the domain or content of the Site is changed for any reason, the Site after the change is included.

・knowhowble.com

5. The "Company's Services" means that a service in which the Provider provides its own case examples through the case example sharing system provided by the Company on this Site, and the Reference Company provides an environment in which the Provider can search and refer to the case example provided by the Reference Company (if there are any additions or changes to the Company's service, such changes, etc., this includes later services).

6. The term "case example" means case example information (information including summary, objectives, themes, goals, challenges, initiatives, deliverables, budgets, costs, timeframes, results, good points, improvements and suggestions for improvement) provided by the provider and available for search and inspection by the reference company.

7. "Provider" means a person who provides its own case examples through the Company’s Service, including through the Site, and sells or attempts to sell those case examples to the Reference Company.

8. "Reference Company" means a person who searches, browses, or attempts to search and browse the case examples of the provider through our service.

9. "User" means all people other than the Company who use the Company's Services or the Site.

10. "Registered User" is a generic term for the "Provider Company" and "Reference Company".

11. "Selling price" means the price of a case example that is set by the provider at the time of submission of the case example.

12. "Purchase Price" means the purchase price charged by the Reference Company for referring to a case example provided by the provider.

13. "Fee" means the fee paid to as the Company as a service charge out of the price paid to the Provider when the case example is purchased. In the case of a change in the rate of the fee, the fee after such change is also included.

14. "Agreement of Contract" means that the Reference Company has viewed (purchased) a case example provided by the Provider within the Company’s Services.

Article 3 (Registration)

1. Those who wish to become a user of the Company's Services may apply to the Company for registration to use the Company's Services by providing the Company with certain information specified by the Company (hereinafter referred to as "Registration Items") in a manner specified by the Company.

2. A person who wishes to become a user of the Company’s Services can only have one registration per person.

3. A person who wishes to become a user of the Company’s Services must be employed by or associated with a business that is domiciled in the United States.

4. The Company has established the registration of users as follows.
(a) We confirm the existence of the e-mail address included in the registration information provided by the person who applied for registration as set forth in the preceding paragraph on the premise of using the Company’s Services.
(b) The Company will determine whether or not to allow the person to register in accordance with its own criteria.
(c) If the Company approves the registration, it will notify the person applying for registration.
(d) The registration of a person who has applied for registration is considered to be completed when the Company notifies the User

5. If any of the following reasons apply to a person applying for registration, the Company reserves the right to refuse registration or re-registration, and has no obligation to disclose the reasons for such refusal.
(a) If there is a falsehood, error or omission in the registration information or detailed registration information provided to the Company
(b) Where the applicant is a minor, an adult ward, a person under guardianship or assistance, and has not obtained the consent of the legal representative, guardian, conservator or assistant
(c) If the person does not understand the language used for the Company’s Services
(d) If the email address included in the registration information the person provides is a free email address
(e) If the corporation associated with the person’s email address is not registered
(f) If the Company deems that the Company has fallen, is currently falling under, or is likely to fall under, anti-social forces (Boryokudan, defined in the Act on Prevention of Unjustifiable Acts by Organized Crime Groups, or other equivalent) in the past or in the future, or has interacted or been involved in any way with anti-social forces, etc., such as cooperating or being involved in the maintenance, operation or management of anti-social forces, etc. through the provision of funds or other means, or is currently doing or is likely to do so
(g) If the Company deems the person to be in breach of a contract with the Company in the past or a related party
(h) If the person has been subjected to the measures specified in Article 9
(i) In any other case where the Company deems registration to be inappropriate

6. Once you become a User, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and username, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or username. In addition, it is a condition of your use of the Company’s Services that all the information you provide on the Site and through the Company’s Services is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on the Site and the Company’s Services, is governed by the Company’s Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions the Company takes with respect to information you submit to the Company that identifies you consistent with this Terms of Use and the Company’s Privacy Policy. Please immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your password or username or any other breach of security by contacting us at info@visioncon.co.jp or call the following toll-free telephone number +81 3-5315-4414.

7. As a Registered User or User you are responsible for:
・Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Site and Company’s Services.
・Ensuring information submitted by you is accurate and correct.
・As a Provider, ensuring that any case examples you submit are de-identified so that they do not contain any patient identifying information or if you are submitting any patient identifying information ensuring that you have obtained all required authorizations, consents, and/or approvals needed to submit the information as part of a case example.
・Ensuring the security of the computers and systems you are using to access the Company’s Services

Article 4 (Change of registration items and detailed registration items)

1. The Registered User shall notify the Company of any changes in the registration details or detailed registration details without delay using the method prescribed by the Company.

2. In the absence of the notification described in the previous paragraph, even if the notice or item sent by the Company does not reach the Registered User, the Company shall be deemed to have reached the Registered User when it should have reached the Registered User, and the Company shall not be liable for any detriment to the Registered User due to this.

Article 5 (Fees, Payment Method)

1. In the event of a contract, the Reference Company shall pay to the Company the fees set which is displayed on the Site by the Provider as consideration for viewing the Case Examples, by credit card.

2. In the event of a contract, the Company shall pay the Provider the amount of money obtained by deducting the commission from the purchase price as compensation for the use of the Company's Services by bank transfer.

3. In the case that a Registered User fails to pay the viewing fee or service charge, the Registered User shall pay the Company a late fee at the rate of 9.0% per year or the maximum amount allowed by applicable law.

4. The Provider may set its own sales price.

5. The cooling-off policy is not applicable to our service.

Article 6 (Prohibited Acts)

1. The Registered User and any User of the Site must not do any of the following acts, or any act that the Company deems to be inappropriate, in the use of the Site and/or the Company’s Service.
(a) An act that violates applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation or is related to a criminal act
(b) Fraud or intimidation of the Company, other Users and Registered Users, or other third parties
(c) Actions that are contrary to public order and morals
(d) Infringing on the intellectual property rights, rights of publicity, rights of privacy, honor, trust, or other rights or interests of the Company, other Users, Registered Users, or other third parties
(e) Actions for the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise.
(f) Posting the following information through the Site or Company’s Services, or transmitting the following information to the Company or to other Users or Registered Users
　・Information containing excessively violent or cruel expressions
　・Information that misleads people into believing that a product, service, or registered user is significantly better or more advantageous than it really is
　・Information that contains computer viruses and other harmful computer programs
　・Information containing excessive obscenity
　・Information that contains expressions that promote discrimination
　・Information including expressions that promote suicide and self-harm
　・Information containing antisocial expressions
　・Information that contains expressions that are offensive to others
　・Information for the purpose of meeting people of the same or opposite sex with whom you have not met
(g) An act that places an excessive load on the network or system of the Site or the Company’s Services
(h) Any action that may interfere with the operation of the Company's Services
(i) Illegally accessing or attempting to illegally access the Company's network or system, etc.
(j) Impersonating a third party
(k) An act of using another Registered User's account ID or password that is registered with the Company's Service
(l) Advertise, solicit, or conduct business on the Site or the Company's Services without the Company's prior consent
(m) Solicitations or transactions inside or outside of the Company's Services that use the Company's Services or functions incidental to the Company's Services, such as pyramid schemes, or any other similar activities, or that the Company deems to be similar to pyramid schemes, or any other similar activities, or that may be considered by the Company to be similar
(n) Any act that directly or indirectly causes or facilitates the acts referred to in the preceding item
(o) Pre-election campaigning, election campaigning, or any similar act, or any act in conflict with the Public Office Election Law
(p) Acts that cause disadvantage, damage, or discomfort to the Company, other Users, Registered Users, or other third parties
(q) An act that violates the rules and guidelines regarding the use of the Company's Services posted on the Company's Services
(r) Use of the Company’s Service without following the procedures required by law, such as notification to, or acquisition of permission from, the regulatory authorities. Any other act that violates or may violate the law
(s) Acts of providing benefits to antisocial forces, etc.
(t) An act for the purpose of meeting people of the same or opposite sex with whom you have not met
(u) An act of soliciting a Registered User to conclude a contract directly outside of the Company's Services without concluding a contract through the Company's Services, or an act of soliciting a Registered User to do so, even though the Registered U has identified other Registered Users for the first time through the use of the Company's Services as described below and had the opportunity to conclude a contract. However, this does not apply to cases where the Company has given its prior consent
　・Inspection of information on Registered Users and projects published in the Company's Services
　・Any other action that identifies other Registered Users or Users
(v) The act of reprinting or quoting information (contents, data, articles, cases, programs, comments, images, etc.) that constitutes the Company's Services to other sites, services, magazines, advertisements, etc. However, this provision does not apply when the Company deems that there are special circumstances
(w) ViolatingtheNDAthatwassignedbytheReferenceCompanywhentheReference Company dealt with the case example.
(x) Violating, the Personal Information Protection Law, any applicable privacy law related to protection of Personally Identifiable Information or Protected Health Information, the Antimonopoly Law. or other applicable antitrust laws
(y) Unauthorized copying of cases purchased (viewed) by the Reference Company or spreading the same outside of the Reference Company or on social networking sites
(z) Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Site or Company’s Services for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Company’s Services or Site
(aa) Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Site or Company’s Services
(bb) Attack the Site or Company’s Services via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
(cc) Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful
(dd) Any other actions that the Company deems inappropriate

2. The Company shall consider legal action if the Company determines that a user is committing a malicious act, such as a violation of the prohibitions set forth in each item of the preceding paragraph or a violation of this Agreement.

3. A User or Registered User shall be liable for the breach of paragraph 1 of this Article as set out in paragraph 2 of Article 11.

Article 7 (Suspension of Our Services, etc.)

1. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate the Site and/or the Company’s Services without prior notice to the User or Registered User in the following cases.
(a) In the case of an emergency to check or maintain the computer system related to the Company’s Services
(b) When the computer or communication lines are shut down due to an accident
(c) In the case that the Company is unable to operate the Company’s Services due to fire, power outages or deterioration of the communication environment
(d) In the case that the Company is unable to operate its services due to force majeure caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, wind and floods, tsunamis, etc.
(e) In the case that the Company unable to provide the Company’s Services due to war, upheaval, riot, insurrection, labor disputes, government orders, etc
(f) Any other case in which the Company deems it necessary to stop or suspend

2. Even in cases other than those listed in the preceding paragraph, the Company may suspend or terminate the Company's Services by giving the Registered User a notice and announcement in a manner determined by the Company.

3. The Company will not be liable for any damage caused to the User or a Registered User due to measures taken by us in accordance with this article.

Article 8 (Ownership of Rights)

1. All intellectual property rights related to this Site and the Company’s Services belong to the Company or those who have licensed the information to the Company. You agree that the use of the Company’s Services under this agreement does not mean that you are receiving a license to use the intellectual property rights of our Company or those who have licensed to the Company regarding this Site or the Company’s Services.

2. Registered Users represent and warrant to the Company that they have the legal right to post or transmit data that they are posting, that they have obtained the appropriate consent and our authorization necessary to post such data, and that their posted data does not infringe on the rights of third parties.

3. The Registered User agrees in advance that the Company may use, change, delete, or otherwise alter posted data to the extent necessary and reasonable for the smooth provision of the Company's Services, the construction, improvement, and maintenance of this site.

4. The Provider warrants to the Reference Company that the copyright of the case example information provided by the Provider is owned by the Provider, and that the copyright of the case information for which the Provider has received permission to use from a third party is not infringed by the Provider. The Provider further warrants that the Provider has obtained any necessary consent and/or authorization necessary to post the information included in a case study. The Provider shall be liable to the Company and to the Reference Company for any damages and other liabilities in the case that a violation of this warranty becomes apparent.

5. If you find any infringement of your copyrights or other legal rights or the possibility of such infringement in any data posted by a Registered User or User published on this Site, please contact us by e-mail or mail with the following information. However, under no circumstances will we be able to return the information you send us by mail.
(a) The URLs in this Site that are problematic and the method by which the Company can reproduce the problems
(b) An explanation of how the copyright or other legal rights have been violated
(c) The basis on which the User or Registered User retains the copyright or other legal right to the copyright or other legal right to be infringed
(d) The Registered User's or User’s email
(e) The Registered User's or User’s name, address and telephone number
(f) Any other information specified by the Company appropriately

6. When the Company receives a notice based on the preceding paragraph, we will confirm whether or not there has been a violation of your rights. However, regardless of the result of such confirmation, we do not guarantee that we will take any action, and we are under no obligation to explain the reason for such action. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, if the Company receives an order from a court, public prosecutor's office, or administrative body, the Company shall take action in accordance with the laws and regulations.

7. The Registered User and User grants the Company the right, free of charge, to use, publish, display, reproduce, modify, translate or otherwise adapt, publicly transmit, and distribute the case example information submitted by the Registered User for the use of the Company's Service as statistical information in a form that does not allow for the identification of individuals, corporations, or case example individually. However, information that is not public, personal or corporate information, or any other information that is assumed to be private, will not be disclosed without the Registered User's or User’s consent. Unless otherwise required by law, the Company will not disclose any information that is not public, or information that is supposed to be private, such as personal or corporate information, without the Registered User's consent.

Article 9 (Cancellation of Registration, etc.)

1. If a Registered User falls under any of the following items, the Company will delete the posted data, temporarily suspend the User or Registered User's use of this service, cancel the Registered User's registration, or terminate the contract for service use without prior notice or warning.
(a) If you violate any provision of these Terms of Use
(b) If a falsehood is found in the registration items or detailed registration items
(c) Failure to pay the fees or contractual penalties specified in Article 5
(d) If complaints received from other Registered Users or third parties exceed a certain level as determined by the Company
(e) When payment is suspended or a Registered User becomes insolvent, or a petition is filed for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, civil rehabilitation proceedings, corporate reorganization proceedings, special liquidation proceedings, or any other similar proceedings
(f) If there is no response to our inquiries or other communications in accordance with Article 17 for 30 days or more
(g) If the case falls under any of the items in Article 3.4
(h) If we deem it inappropriate for you to use our services, register as a Registered User, or continue your service agreement

2. In the case that any of the events in the preceding paragraph occurs, the Registered User must immediately pay all fees owed to the Company.

3. The handling of User information after the deletion of registration as a Registered User shall follow the provisions of Article 15.

4. The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the Registered User due to any act performed by the Company in accordance with this Article.

Article 10 (Withdrawal of membership)

1. Registered Users may withdraw from the Company's Services and terminate their registration as a Registered User by notifying the Company in a manner prescribed by the Company on the Site[サイトへのリンク].

2. If there are any fees owed to the Company upon withdrawal from the membership, the Registered User must immediately make payment of all unpaid fees to the Company.

3. Regarding the handling of Registered User information after withdrawal from the membership, the provisions of Article 15 will be followed

Article 11 (Compliance)

1. The Registered User is obliged to comply with the law.

2. In the case that the User or Registered User has violated any of the prohibited acts listed in these Terms of Use, or has committed an unfair or illegal act, the User or Registered User shall be liable to compensate the Company for any and all damages (including legal fees, fees paid by the Company to a third party, apologies made by the Company to a third party, and the cost of apologetic advertisements).

Article 12 (Modification and Termination of Our Services)

1. The Company reserves the right to change the contents of this Service, or to terminate this Service at its own discretion. When feasible, the Company shall notify Registered Users of any termination of the Company's Services.

2. The Company will not be liable for any damage caused to the Registered User due to measures taken by us in accordance with this Article.

Article 13 (Disclaimer of Warranty and Disclaimer of Liability)

1. The Company will make every effort to ensure that our Services are useful to all Registered Users, and we will operate our Services with reasonable efforts to ensure that Registered Users can use our Services without difficulty. However, we do not guarantee that our Services will meet Users or Registered Users' specific objectives, have expected functions, commercial value, accuracy, and usefulness, that use of our Services by Users or Registered Users will not violate laws and regulations or internal rules of industry groups that apply to Users or Registered Users, and that no defects will occur.

2. The Company shall not be liable for any interruption, suspension, termination, unavailability, or alteration of the Company's Services, deletion or loss of messages (including attachments) or information sent by Users or Registered Users to the Company's Services, erasure of registered data due to use of the Company's Services, or damage to equipment or other damages incurred by Users, Registered Users, or other third parties in connection with the Company's Services.

3. Even if the Company is liable for some reason, the Company shall not be liable for compensation for damages caused by the Company's Services exceeding the amount of money the Registered User has paid to the Company in the past six months (up to 10 dollars per month if the fee is unclear), and shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages. We will not be liable to compensate for any damage caused by third parties such as indirect, incidental, special, future or lost profits.

4. In order to use our Services, you must access our Services Site. You are responsible for preparing the equipment, software, communication methods, and any other equipment necessary for this service, making the Site available, and installing and operating them appropriately. In addition, you are responsible for connecting to the Site via any telecommunication service at your own expense and responsibility. The Company is not involved in the preparation and methods of access to the Site. Furthermore, the Company assumes no responsibility for any inability to obtain complete information on the Site due to a malfunctioning communication environment, or for any malfunctions or defects in equipment.

5. We do not guarantee the condition, provision, accessibility, or use of the Services.

Article 14 (Preservation of secrecy)

1. The Company shall treat the registration items, detailed registration items, and posted data provided by Users and Registered Users of the Company's Services as confidential, with the duty of care of a good manager. However, information that falls under any of the following categories will not be treated as confidential by the Company, as proven by the Company. Moreover, User and Registered User information is subject to the provisions of Article 15.
(a) Information already known and in the public domain
(b) Information that has become public knowledge or public use through no fault of the Company after being disclosed
(c) Information that was already known at the time of disclosure
(d) Information lawfully obtained from a duly authorized third party after disclosure, without any obligation of confidentiality
(e) Information that the disclosing party has agreed in writing to disclose to a third party
(f) Information that is required to be disclosed by law or by a final and binding judgment

2. You shall treat any non-public information that the Company requires a User or Registered User to treat in confidence in relation to Company's Services as confidential, unless the Company's prior written consent is obtained.

Article 15 (Handling of User and Registered User Information)

1. "User Information and Registered User information" means the information provided at the time of a user registration application, content posted or transmitted by Users or Registered Users using the Company's Services, and information regarding User or Registered User access and usage. You agree to this in advance. The following types of User or Registered User information are collected or acquired by the Company through its Services, depending on the collection method.
(a) Information obtained from a User or Registered User to use the Company's Services and information provided at the time of application for user registration (name, telephone number, e-mail address, address, company name, company address, company telephone number, credit card information, etc.)
(b) Information obtained from User or Registered Users through the use of the Company's Services and content posted or otherwise transmitted by Users and Registered Users using the Company's Services (summaries, purposes, themes, objectives, goals, issues, initiatives, deliverables, budgets, costs, time frames, results, good points, areas for improvement and suggestions for improvement, etc.)
(c) Information collected by the Company through the use of the Services, information about the User’s or Registered User's access status and usage (terminal information, log information, cookies and anonymous IDs, behavioral history, communication history, etc.)

2. The handling of User or Registered User information that falls under the personal information as described by applicable state or federal law, or as applicable, (hereinafter referred to as "personal information") shall be in accordance with the privacy policy set forth by the Company. Users agree in advance that the Company will handle personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.

3. The Company may create statistical data from personal information provided by Registered Users in a form that does not allow for the identification of individuals. The Company may use such data without any restriction if the individual cannot be identified.

4. The Company may acquire and use information provided by Users and Registered Users such as age, gender, occupation, area of residence, and other non-personally identifiable attribute information (limited to information that cannot be used in combination to identify an individual) as well as behavioral history of Registered Users on this Site.

5. A User and Registered User shall be obligated to take reasonable security control system and measures to prevent leakage of user information of other Users and Registered Users, and in the event that a User oe Registered User suffers damage due to the violation of such management obligations, the User or Registered User who caused the damage shall be deemed to be the User or Registered User who violated the obligations. The Company does not guarantee that User Information and Registered User information is managed between Users and Registered Users, and shall bear no responsibility whatsoever for the management of such information between Users and/orRegistered Users.

Article 16 (Amendments to these Terms and Conditions)

1. The Company may add, change, or delete these Terms of Use at its discretion (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Change"). In the event of any changes to these Terms of Use, unless otherwise specified by the Company, they shall take effect at the time they are displayed on the Company's Services and Site.

2. In the case of any changes to these Terms of Use, the Company shall notify Users and Registered Users of the contents of the changes and the effective date of the changes by any method the Company deems appropriate (including display on the Company’s Services or Site, using contact information provided by Registered Users, and other methods), which are specified in Article 17. In the case that a User or Registered User uses the Company's Services after notification of such changes, etc., or a Registered User does not take procedures for cancellation of membership within the period of time specified by the Company, the User or Registered User shall be deemed to have agreed to the changes in these Terms of Use.

3. In the case of any changes in the Terms of Use, the same applies to the data posted prior to such changes.

Article 17 (Contact/Notice)

1. Any inquiries and other contacts or notifications from Users or Registered Users to the Company, or any other contacts or notifications from the Company to Users or Registered Users regarding changes to the Terms of Use shall be made in a manner determined by the Company.

2. If the notice in the previous section is sent by email, the Company will send an email to the server of the email service to which the Registered User subscribes, and the notice to the Registered User will be considered complete when it arrives at the server. Registered Users should read the email without delay. If the notice in the preceding paragraph is posted on the Company's Services or Site, the notice to the User or Registered User is considered complete when it is posted on the Site and the User or Registered User is able to view the notice by accessing the Company's Services or Site.

3. Users and Registered Users may contact the Company by e-mail or inquiry form. The toll-free number you can contact to request your privacy rights is +81 3-5315-4414.

4. If a User or Registered User does not wish to be contacted by or receive notifications from the Company, the User or Registered User may elect not to be contacted by or receive some notifications by the Company. However, in case of emergency or when the Company deems it necessary (for example to complete a transaction), regardless of the Registered User's preference, the Company may contact or notify the Registered User, and the Registered User agrees to it in advance.

Article 18 (Right to Surveillance)

The Company shall have the right to monitor the use of the Company's Services in accordance with these Terms of Use, and to determine whether there is any violation of these Terms of Use or other violation at its own discretion. However, the Company is not obligated to perform such monitoring.

Article 19 (Assignment of Position in the Service Usage Contract)

1. Registered Users may not assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of their Service Agreement or their rights or obligations under the Service Agreement or this Agreement to any third party without the Company's prior written consent.

2. The Company shall not be liable for any damage or expense to other Registered Users, Users, or other third parties resulting from the assignment, transfer, or other disposition of a Registered User's Service Agreement. If the Company incurs any damage or expense in connection with the assignment, transfer, or other disposition of a Registered User's Service Agreement, the party who made the assignment, transfer, or other disposition shall compensate the Company for the full amount of the damage or expense.

3. In the case that the Company transfers all or part of its business to a third party due to a merger, corporate separation, other corporate restructuring, business transfer, or similar actions (hereinafter referred to as "Business Transfer, etc."), Registered Users will be responsible for their obligations and rights under the Service Agreement, under this Agreement, their registered matters, and any other matters related to Registered Users.

Article 20 (Possibility of separation)

Even if any provision of these Terms of Use, or part of it, is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, and the remaining portions of any provision determined to be invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect.

Article 21 (Link)

If any User or Registered User wishes to link to this Site, they must inform the Company of the User or Registered User’s company name, name of the person in charge, contact information (address, telephone number, e-mail address), URL of the page they wish to link to, the content of the Site, and the purpose of the link, and they must obtain the approval of the Company in advance.

Article 22 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

1. These Terms of Use and the Service Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Japan.

2. All disputes arising out of or related to these Terms of Use or the Service Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court or the Tokyo Summary Court as the court of first instance.