利用規約
General Rules
These Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as “Terms”), set forth by Outabox Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Outabox” "us" "our", or "we") shall apply to the use of and the membership registration to “Gallerist” (hereinafter referred to as “Service”), which is provided and operated by Outabox.
Those who wish to use the Service shall agree to these Terms and the guidelines for the use of the Service (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines") set forth by Outabox. When a person uses the Service, the person shall be deemed to have agreed to these Terms.
Article 1. Definition
- 1. "Service" shall refer to the service named "Gallerist" provided by Outabox, which includes the purposes and contents set forth in Article 24. If the name or content of the Service is changed for any reason, the Service after such change shall be included. The Service shall also include blogs, Twitter, Facebook, email newsletters, and other media operated by Outabox.
- 2. “Member" or “members” shall refer to a person or persons, including the after-mentioned project implementer, who have agreed to these Terms to apply for membership to use the Service in a manner prescribed by Outabox and have been approved the membership by Outabox.
- 3. “Project" shall refer to any project, including "purchase-type project,” that solicits financial support from Members through our website or other means.
- 4. “Project organizer" shall refer to a person who performs the administrative processing pertaining to the projects on our website, namely Outabox.
- 5. “Project implementer" shall refer to a person who sells goods or services under these Terms.
- 6. “Return" shall refer to the project deliverables, including products and services, received by Members as a result of the execution of the finalized project.
- 7. "Application period" shall refer to the period of time during which each project must reach the conditions, including the target price, set by the project implementer for each project on the Service.
- 8. “Our website" shall refer to the website (URL: https://gallerist.jp) operated and managed by Outabox.
- 9. “Linked sites" shall refer to external websites other than our website, accessible by clicking on our website.
- 10. "Agreement" shall refer to the agreement between Members and Outabox for the use of the Service pursuant to these Terms.
- 11. "Specific Terms" shall refer to the specific terms and conditions, including each provision on our website, precautions, and Guidelines, stipulated by Outabox with respect to a particular service of the Service.
- 12. “External social networking service" shall refer to our designated social networking service provided by other business entities, which has functions such as authentication of members, disclosure of relationships, and publication of contents within such service, and which is used for the implementation of the Service.
- 13. "External social networking service" means a social networking service provided by another business entity, which has functions such as authentication of members, disclosure of friendships, and publication of contents within such external social network, and which is used for the implementation of the Service.
Article 2. Application of Terms and Service
These Terms shall apply to the Service. If any Specific Terms including special provisions exist besides these Terms, these Specific Terms shall constitute a part of these Terms, and Members shall agree to both.
Article 3. Priority of Application of Terms and Service
- 1. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and these Specific Terms, the latter shall prevail.
- 2. These Terms shall have Japanese and foreign language versions. In the event of any discrepancy between the Japanese version of the foreign language version, the provisions written in the Japanese version shall prevail.
Article 4. Revision of Terms
- 1. Outabox may revise these Terms and these Specific Terms (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Terms, etc.") without the prior consent of Members, who shall be bound by the revised terms.
- 2. Any Member who continues to use the Service after the revision shall be deemed to have agreed to these revised Terms, except in the case that such revision is significantly disadvantageous to the Member, where the said Member may request Outabox to terminate the Agreement.
- 3. Outabox shall notify Members who will be affected by such revision in a manner prescribed by Outabox.
- 4. In the event that Outabox decides to discontinue any part of the Service for the reason attributable to Outabox, Outabox shall give the notice described in the preceding Paragraph in advance. However, this shall not apply in cases where the discontinuance relates to a part of the Service beyond the scope of responsibility of Outabox, and Outabox is unable to give such notice in advance. Such case shall include the one in which a telecommunications carrier that provides a service that affects the configuration of the Service changes its specifications.
Article 5. Recommitment
Outabox may, without the prior consent of Members and to the extent reasonably necessary, recommission all or part of the operations pertaining to the provision of the Service.
Article 6. Information and Notification
Members shall agree that any information pertaining to the Service, system maintenance notices, or any other information or notification from Outabox to Members will be delivered by email or other means prescribed by Outabox. Such information or notification shall be deemed to have reached Members when it should have normally reached them by being sent to the contact address each Member has submitted to Outabox.
Article 7. Retention of Rights
- 1. Any ownership and intellectual property rights pertaining to our website and the Service shall belong to Outabox or those who have licensed their rights to Outabox. Permission to use the Service based on registration as stipulated in these Terms shall not include the permission to use the intellectual property rights pertaining to our website or the Service which belong to Outabox or those who have licensed their rights to Outabox. Any Member shall not, for whatever reason, engage in the behavior that may infringe the intellectual property rights of Outabox or those who have licensed their rights to Outabox, including, but not limited to, disassembly, decompilation, and reverse engineering. However, the rights pertaining to pictures and other materials provided by the project organizer or project implementers (hereinafter referred to as “organizer, etc.” in this Article) and the rights pertaining to products and services subject to a project shall be retained by those who have licensed their rights to the organizer, etc.
- 2. Outabox shall be free to use any texts, images, videos, and other data, including those stipulated in the proviso of the preceding Paragraph, which have been posted or transmitted by Members on the Service without compensation. Such use shall include reproduction, copying, modification, and sublicensing to any other third party.
- 3. Members may reprint the contents of the project on the web in the external social networking services, including URL and embed code specified by Outabox, title, summary text and images, and project implementer's profile, as long as such reprinting does not infringe on the reputation and other rights or interests of any other third party including the project organizer. Members shall obtain our approval for any reprinting in the printed media not mentioned above.
Article 8 Transfer of Rights and Obligations
- 1. Any member shall not assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the position under the Agreement or the rights and obligations under these Terms to any other third party without the prior written consent of Outabox.
- If Outabox transfers the business related to the Service to another entity, then Outabox may transfer the status under the Agreement, the rights and obligations under these Terms, and Members’ registration information to the transferee of such business transfer. Members shall be deemed to have agreed to such transfer in advance in this Paragraph. The business transfer stipulated in this Paragraph shall include company split and any other forms of business transfer, in addition to the ordinary business transfers.
Article 9 Personal Information
Outabox may use personal information provided by Members to the extent necessary to provide the Service and for the purposes separately specified in the Company's privacy policy. Members shall agree that Outabox handles personal information provided by Members in accordance with the privacy policy.
Article 10 Confidentiality
- 1. “Confidential information" in these Terms shall refer to all information of Outabox in relation to the Agreement or the Service pertaining to technology, business, operations, finances, organization, and other matters provided or disclosed by Outabox in writing, orally, or through recorded media, etc., or otherwise obtained by Members. However, the following shall be excluded from the confidential information: (1) The information that was already publicly known or acquired at the time we provided or disclosed, or such Member acquired (2) The information that became public knowledge through publications or other means for reasons not attributable to Outabox after being provided or disclosed by Outabox (3) The information legally obtained from a third party with authority to provide or disclose it without being obligated to maintain confidentiality (4) The information developed independently without confidential information (5) The information that was confirmed in writing by Outabox that confidentiality is not required.
- 2. Members shall use confidential information only for the purpose of using the Service and shall not provide, disclose, or divulge such information to any other third party without our written consent.
- 3. Notwithstanding the preceding Paragraph, any Member may disclose confidential information if required by law or ordered by a court or other government agencies. In such a case, such Member shall promptly notify Outabox to that effect.
- 4. Members shall obtain the prior written consent of Outabox before reproducing any document or magnetic recording medium containing confidential information. Duplicates shall be strictly managed pursuant to Paragraph 2.
- 5. Members shall, without delay and pursuant to our instructions, return or destroy the confidential information, any documents or other recorded media containing it, and all copies thereof, if requested by Outabox.
Article 11 Secrecy of Communications
- 1. Outabox shall abide by Telecommunications Business Act to protect the secrecy of communications pertaining to the Service.
- 2. Outabox shall not assume the obligations set forth in the preceding Paragraph if any one of the following items applies: (1) When a compulsory disposition or court order is made pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure or Act on Communications Interception for Criminal Investigation (2) When an administrative action is taken in accordance with laws and regulations (3) When Outabox determines that the requirements for a disclosure request set forth in Article 4 of the Act on the Limitation of Liability for Damages of Specified Telecommunications Service Providers and the Right to Demand Disclosure of Identification Information of the Senders have been met (4) When Outabox deems it necessary for the protection of the life, body, or property of a third party
- 3. Pursuant to Article 4, Paragraph 2 of the Act on the Limitation of Liability for Damages of Specified Telecommunications Service Providers and the Right to Demand Disclosure of Identification Information of the Senders, Outabox shall obtain the opinion of the sender of said registered information as to whether such information should be disclosed. However, this shall not apply in cases where Outabox is unable to contact the sender of the infringing information pertaining to the request for such disclosure or in other special circumstances.
Article 12 Forfeiture of Benefit of Time
Outabox may immediately terminate the Agreement without notice if any one of the following events occurs to a Member. In addition, the Member shall forfeit the benefit of time for any and all obligations under the Agreement and shall immediately repay such obligations to Outabox. (1) When the Member is subject to a seizure, provisional seizure, provisional disposition, disposition of delinquency, or other disposition by a public authority, or is petitioned for commencement of corporate reorganization or civil rehabilitation proceedings, bankruptcy, or auction, or the Member files a petition for commencement of corporate reorganization proceedings or civil rehabilitation proceedings, or bankruptcy, or any other third party files such petition against the Member (2) When the Member passed a resolution to reduce capital, abolish or change business, or dissolve (3) When the Member is filed for disposition of the delinquency of tax and public dues (4) When any other events similar to the preceding items that are deemed to be a deterioration of credit have occurred
Article 13 Termination of Agreement
- 1. If a Member falls under any of the following items, Outabox may immediately, without any notice, restrict or suspend the Member's use of all or part of the Service, delete all or part of the information or data displayed, transmitted, or stored by the Member, or terminate the Agreement. (1) When the Member engages in any prohibited acts prescribed in these Terms, etc. (2) When the information provided to Outabox by the Member is untrue, or the Member failed to notify Outabox of any change in the registered information (3) When there has been a default under the Agreement, or Outabox determines that there is a possibility thereof. (4) When the Member violates these Terms, or it is known that a violation of these Terms has been committed in the past (5) When it is determined that the Member belongs to an anti-social force or has a business or personal relationship with it. (6) When Outabox deems the Member to be unsuitable for any other reason
- 2. If the Agreement is terminated, the Member shall immediately pay or reimburse Outabox for any and all monetary obligations arising from the Agreement as a matter of course.
- 3. If the Agreement is terminated pursuant to the preceding Paragraph and Outabox incurs damages, the Member shall compensate Outabox for such damages even after the Member lost membership.
Article 14 Obligations After Termination of Agreement
- 1. In the event that the Agreement is terminated due to expiration of the term of the Agreement or due to cancellation thereof, Outabox shall promptly demand the Member for any debts owed by the Member to the Company.
- 2. Members shall follow the directions from Outabox to return, dispose of, and destroy any materials delivered or provided in connection with the Service provided by Outabox, promptly after the day following the termination date of the Agreement.
- 3. Any Member who has borrowings from Outabox shall promptly return them in the manner prescribed by Outabox. If such borrowings cannot be returned due to loss or other reasons, the Member shall pay damages to Outabox.
- 4. All obligations of the Member under the Agreement shall not be extinguished until such obligations are fulfilled, even after the termination thereof.
Article 15 Damages
- 1. In the event that the Agreement is terminated due to expiration of the term of the Agreement or due to cancellation thereof, Outabox shall promptly demand the Member for any debts owed by the Member to the Company.
- 2. Any Member who causes damage to equipment or other property which belongs to Outabox due to unauthorized use of the Service shall be required to compensate Outabox for any actual damages incurred. In such case, Outabox may claim the amount of such damages from the said Member.
Article 16 Prohibitions
- 1. Any Member shall not be allowed to conduct any of the following actions or the potential actions pertaining to the use of the Service. (1) Use of the Service for a nefarious purpose (2) Infringement of the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, publicity rights, or other rights which belongs to Outabox, other Members, or any other third party (3) Defamation or tarnishment of Outabox, other Members or any other third party, or violation of privacy thereof (4) Fraud or other actions with a criminal nature (5) Transmission or provision of computer viruses or other harmful programs, or solicitation thereof (6) Falsification or deletion of information of Outabox, other Members or any other third party (7) Unauthorized use of equipment that belongs to Outabox, other Members or any other third party, or actions that interfere with the operation thereof (8) Actions against laws and regulations, these Terms, Guidelines, or public policy (9) Actions that interfere with the operation of the Service (10) Any other actions that Outabox deems inappropriate
- 2. If Outabox suffers any loss or damage as a result of the Member's action that falls under any of the items of the preceding Paragraph, Outabox may claim compensation to the Member for the loss or damage.
Article 17 Force Majeure
- Neither Members nor Outabox shall be in breach of the Agreement and shall not be liable for any delay or default in the performance of its obligations under the Agreement due to a force majeure event as set forth below.(1) Natural disaster (2) Infectious disease (3) Terrorism, war, and civil unrest (4) Revolution or division of the state (5) Riot (6) Fire or explosion (7) Flood (8) Strike or labor dispute (9) Any legal amendment by a governmental agency that is deemed to have a material impact on the Agreement (10) Other emergencies equivalent to the preceding items
Article 18 No Warranty
- 1. Outabox shall make no warranty of any of the following items. (1) Perpetuity of the Service (2) That Member’s use of the Service meets the requirements of membership (3) No communication interruptions, delays, errors, or other malfunctions that may occur during the use of the Service (4) No malfunction or failure of Members’ PC, smartphone, or other equipment that may be caused by the use of the Service (5) Accuracy and completeness of all information on our website (6) Legality, morality, reliability, safety, and accuracy of the linked sites (7) That the content of the linked site does not infringe on the rights of any other third party (8) Reliability and accuracy of information provided by Member to Outabox at the time of registration or modification of the registered information (9) That the use of the Service will not do damage by computer viruses or other harmful programs
Article 19 Disclaimer
- 1. Any problem arising between Members in connection to the Service shall be handled and resolved by the said Members. Outabox shall not be held responsible for any such matters.
第20条 非保証
1. 当社は、次の各号について、いかなる保証をするものではありません。 (1) 本サービスが永続すること (2) 本サービスの利用が会員に必要な条件を満たすこと (3) 本サービス利用の際、通信の中断及び遅延又はエラー等の不具合が発生しないこと (4) 本サービス利用に起因して会員のPC又はスマートフォン等の機器に不具合や障害が生じないこと (5) 本サイトに掲載されている全ての情報の正確性および完全性 (6) リンクサイトの合法性、道徳性、信頼性、安全性及び正確性 (7) リンクサイトのコンテンツ等が第三者の権利を侵害していないこと (8) 会員が利用申込時又は変更登録時に運営者に通知等した情報の信頼性及び正確性 (9) 会員が本サービスを利用する際に、コンピュータウイルスなど有害なプログラム等による損害を受けないこと
Article 19 Disclaimer
- 1. Any problem arising between Members in connection to the Service shall be handled and resolved by the said Members. Outabox shall not be held responsible for any such matters.
- 2. Even though the Service may be linked with external social networking services, Outabox shall not guarantee that such linkage will be permanent. Outabox shall not be liable for any failure of the Service to link with such social networking services. In the event that the Service is linked therewith, Members shall comply with the terms of using such social networking services. Outabox shall not be liable for any disputes between the Member and the provider of such external social networking services.
- 3. Outabox shall not compensate Members for lost earnings, indirect damages, special damages, extended damages, attorney's fees, and any other costs, except in the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of Outabox. Even if Outabox is liable for any reason, Outabox shall be limited to the total amount actually paid by the Member to Outabox for damages incurred by the Member in excess of that amount. Outabox shall not be liable to compensate for any portion of such damages.
- 4. Outabox shall use the time of our servers and systems as the fiducial time of the Service. Upon the use of the Service, Members shall accept in advance that such fiducial time may not match the actual time.
- 5. Members shall accept in advance that taxation may occur in connection with the use of the Service. Outabox shall not be involved in any way in relation to such taxation. Members shall be responsible for confirming and responding to the existence or non-existence of taxation, the amount thereof, and any other relevant matters.
Article 20 Exclusion of Anti-social Forces
- 1. It is the responsibility of each Member to ensure that, he or she shall not organize any crime groups, or shall not be a current member of an organized crime group or the person who has not been a members thereof for less than five years, a quasi-constituent thereof, a worker of a company affiliated with an organized crime group, an extortionist, a social welfare activist, a member of special intelligence criminal group, a terrorist, or a person designated by the Japanese government or foreign governments as subject to economic sanctions (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "member of an organized crime group, etc."), or a person living with a current or former member of an organized crime group or a person equivalent thereto (hereinafter collectively referred to as “member of an anti-social force, etc.”), shall not fall into the above items into the future, and shall not use himself, herself or any other third party in order to make a request in a violent manner, a request unlawful enough to exceed the legal responsibility of the other side, exert threat and/or violent to conduct a transaction, defame Outabox and/or interrupt the business thereof through the spread of false information or the use of fraudulent means or force, or commit an act or acts equivalent thereto (hereinafter collectively referred to as " unreasonable claims, etc.").
- 2. “A person living with a member of member of an anti-social force, etc.” as stipulated in the preceding Paragraph shall mean any of the following. (1) A person who has a relationship with a member of an anti-social force, etc. who is found to have command over the management of a company or other entity (2) A person who has a relationship with a member of an anti-social force, etc. who is found to have substantial involvement in the management of a company or other entity (3) A person who has a relationship with a person who is found to involve unjustified use of a member or members of an anti-social force, etc., for such purposes as making unjust profits for oneself or any other third party or inflicting damage on any other third party (4) A person who has a relationship with a person who is found to be involved in providing funds, etc. or favors, etc. to a member or members of an anti-social force, etc. (5) A person who has a socially reprehensible relationship with a member or members of an anti-social force, etc. (6) A person who takes advantage of the fund-raising activities of a member or members of an anti-social force, etc. or the power, information, financial resources, etc. of them to attempt to increase profits.
- 3. Outabox may forfeit the benefit of the time of the Member who violates any of the preceding two clauses under the Agreement and immediately terminate it without any notice.
- 4. Outabox shall assume no obligation or liability for any damages incurred by a Member who has been terminated as a result of such termination in accordance with the preceding Paragraph.
Chapter 2 Projects, Services and Membership
Article 21 Project Completion
- 1. The provision of return in a purchase-type project shall come into effect with the conclusion of a purchase contract between the project implementer and the purchasing Member (hereinafter referred to as "purchase contract"). Any rights and obligations related to the purchase contract shall arise between the project implementer and the said Member, and Outabox shall not involve in the contract.
- 2. The purchase contract shall be contingent upon the completion of the project within the application period previously set by the project implementer. The transaction shall also be contingent upon the completion thereof at the time the project is supported by the Member.
- 3. Between the initiation and finalization of a project, any Member shall not withdraw its support, nor shall the project implementer halt the project.
- 4. After the project is completed, Members shall pay the consideration for the support, consumption tax and other charges in the manner separately prescribed by Outabox. In the event that payment is not made within the relevant specified period, either Outabox or the project implementer may nullify the support.
- 5. The project implementer shall provide Outabox, a payment service provider, or a collection agency designated by Outabox (hereinafter referred to as the "payment recipient") with an authority of representation to receive the support grant as compensation for return. The payment of the support grant by Members to the project implementer shall be completed when the payment recipient receives the support grant from Members.
- 6. Any problem arising between the project implementer and a Member or Members pertaining to the return shall be resolved between the parties concerned. Outabox shall not be held responsible for it, except in the case where Outabox deems it necessary to involve in a problem caused by a system glitch or other problems pertaining to payment.
Article 22 Project Implementer
- The project implementer shall follow and agree to the procedures and guidelines prescribed by Outabox, shall announce and post the project in a manner determined by Outabox, and shall aim for the completion of the project.
Article 23 Project Support
- 1. Supporters of the project shall be selected and designated from the support applicants in a method prescribed by Outabox. Any offer of support to the project with a mischievous intent or from those who do not intend to do so shall be forbidden.
- 2. If Outabox is unable to confirm the report of data pertaining to the amount of support grant and action data of support decisions on our server within the period of the project that allows support as prescribed by Outabox (hereinafter referred to as the "project period"), then the project shall be deemed to have received no support.
- 3. Members should confirm the project period announced through the Service before deciding whether to support the project.
- 4. 会員は、プロジェクト期間については本サービスを通じて表示されていますので、必ずご確認いただいたうえで支援するか決定してください。
第26条 プロジェクト実施者への支払い
当社は、プロジェクトが成立した場合、プロジェクト実施者に対し、当該プロジェクトの支援金として、発売日翌月に当社規定の金額を当社所定の方法により支払うものとします。
Article 24 Roles of Service and Outabox
- 1. The Service shall provide a venue for matching project implementers and Members, where an unspecified number of Members can make financial support for the project on our website.
- 2. Outabox, a project organizer in the Service, shall provide a forum for conducting transactions but shall not guarantee for Members and project implementers that any project will be executed as planned.
- 3. Outabox shall not be involved in canceling the purchase contract based on these Terms, changes to such contracts, refunds, defect liability, or any other matters pertaining to the exercise of rights or performance of obligations and liabilities. Outabox shall not also arbitrate or take part in the resolution of any dispute between project implementers and Members or between other Members unless Outabox deems it necessary to do so.
Article 25 Service Area
- Outabox shall provide the Service in Japan and to the installation sites specified by telecommunications carriers. Members who use a foreign telecommunications carrier to access the Service shall follow the terms and conditions of such carrier.
Article 26 Change, Addition or Discontinuance of Service
- 1. Outabox may, at any time, change the existing contents of the Service or add new contents thereto (hereinafter referred to as “changes"). or discontinue it. If such changes have a significant impact on Members, Outabox shall post a notice on the website of the Company to inform Members of the details of such changes. In addition, Outabox shall notify Members in advance of the discontinuation of the Service in a manner prescribed by Outabox.
- 2. Outabox shall not be liable for any damages incurred by Members as a result of actions taken Outabox in accordance with this Article.
Article 27 Suspension of Service
- Outabox may suspend or discontinue all or part of the Service without prior notice to Members in any of the following cases and shall not be liable for any damages incurred by Members as a result of such suspension or discontinuation. (1) When Outabox performs maintenance or inspections of the equipment and system used to provide the Service (2) When it is difficult to operate the Service due to fire, power outage, earthquake, natural disaster, and system failure (3) When an external social networking service has a problem, suspends or halts its service, cuts the linkage with the Service, or changes the specifications (4) When Outabox deems it necessary to suspend or discontinue the Service for other reasons.
Article 28 Payment
- 1. The project implementer shall agree in advance that, upon the completion of the project, 20% of the total amount of support grant will be charged as project support finalizing fee. The fee, including bank transfer fees, shall be deducted from the amount paid by Outabox to the project implementer.
- 2. Members shall make a payment in accordance with a method separately determined by Outabox.
Article 29 Application
- 1. A person who wishes to use the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Prospective Member") shall agree to abide by these Terms and provide the information required to use the Service (hereinafter referred to as "registration information") in the manner prescribed by Outabox.
- 2. The membership registration process shall be completed upon our acceptance of the application in the preceding Paragraph. At this point, the Agreement is concluded between the said Member and Outabox to allow such Member to use the Service.
- 3. Outabox reserves the right to deny membership to any Prospective Member for any of the following reasons. Outabox may also revoke the membership even after the registration has been accepted. (1) When a person whom Outabox disqualified in the past application for registration (2) When all or part of the registration information provided to Outabox at the time of application is false, erroneous, or omitted (3) When the Prospective Member is a minor, an adult ward, a person under curatorship or a person under assistance who has not yet obtained the consent of a legal representative, guardian, conservator, or assistant. (4) When Outabox determines that the Prospective Member belongs to an anti-social force etc. or is involved in the preservation of, commitment to, or involvement with the operation or management of such force through funding or other means. (5) Other cases in which Outabox deems the application inappropriate.
- 4. Members shall agree that, in the event that a Member suffers damages as a result of the application of the preceding Paragraph, the said Member shall not make any claim for such damages against Outabox, the payment service provider, the affiliated credit card company, or any other third party.
Article 30 Term of Validity
- The Agreement shall take effect on the date when the Prospective Member completed the registration pursuant to Article 29 and shall remain in effect between Outabox and the Member until the date when the membership is deleted, or the provision of the Service is terminated, whichever is earlier.
Article 31 Withdrawal
- 1. Members may withdraw from the Service and delete their membership through procedures prescribed by Outabox.
- 2. In the event of the death of the Member or any other event that makes it impossible for the Member to use the Service, Outabox shall deem such Member to have withdrawn from the membership at that time and may suspend the use of ID and password.
Article 32 Suspension of Membership
- 1. Outabox may temporarily suspend or cancel membership without prior notice or formal demand to the said Member for any of the following reasons. (1) When the Member fraudulently uses ID, password, or the Service, or lets any other third party do so (2) When the Member uses or attempt to use the Service for purposes or in a manner that may cause damage to Outabox, other Members, external social networking service providers, or any other third parties (3) When the Member uses any means to interfere with the operation of the Service (4) When the Member fails to pay the support grant no later than the designated time (5) When a petition for seizure, provisional seizure, provisional disposition, compulsory execution, bankruptcy, civil rehabilitation, corporate reorganization, or special liquidation is filed against the Member, or when the Member himself or herself files for bankruptcy, civil rehabilitation, corporate reorganization, or special liquidation (6) When the Member wrongly entered the password more than the number of times specified by Outabox (7) When there has been no use of the Service by the Member, including the purchase of goods or services, within the period of time specified by Outabox (8) When the Member violates any or all of the provisions of these Terms or Specific Terms (9) When Outabox deems the Member to be otherwise ineligible.
- 2. If it is discovered after a project has been finalized that the said Member falls under any of the items of Paragraph 1 of this Article, Outabox may nullify such support from the Member as a purchaser or the finalized project implemented by the Member as a project implementer.
- 3. Outabox shall not be liable for any damages incurred by Members as a result of actions taken by Outabox pursuant to this Article.
Article 33 Equipment
- 1. Members shall prepare at their own cost and responsibility the equipment, software, and connection lines provided by other companies required to use the Service, except for those provided by Outabox in accordance with these Terms, and shall maintain and manage them so that they operate properly.
- 2. Outabox shall not be liable for any failure in the use of the Service or any other problems resulting from equipment, software or connection lines provided by other companies which are prepared by the Member or work performed by the Member. In such cases, the Member shall be liable for compensation for any damages incurred by Outabox or any other third party.
Article 34 Payment of Expenses
- Communication charges and packet communication fees incurred pertaining to the use of the Service shall be borne by Members.
Article 35 Changes in Registration Information
- 1. If there is any change in the registration information provided to Outabox at the time of application for membership, the Member shall notify Outabox of such change without delay in the manner prescribed by Outabox.
- 2. Even if the Member fails to submit such notification and, as a result, our notification fails to reach the Member, such notification shall be deemed to have reached the Member at the time when it should have normally reached.
- 3. Outabox shall not be liable for any disadvantage or damage incurred by the Member as a result of the Member's failure to submit such notification, such as inability to use the service.
Article 36 ID and Password Management
- 1. Members shall be responsible for the management and safekeeping of their IDs, passwords, and other credentials required to use the Service.
- 2. Members shall not allow any other third party to use their IDs or passwords, transfer or pledge them as collateral or otherwise dispose of them.
- 3. Outabox shall not be liable for any damage caused by insufficient management of IDs, passwords, and other credentials, errors in use, or use by a third party. The said member shall be responsible for any such damage.
- 4. If a Member's ID or password has been divulged to any other third party, or if a Member suspects that his/her ID or password has been used by any other third party, then the Member shall immediately notify Outabox and comply with our instructions, if any. In such cases, Outabox may suspend such ID or password as an unauthorized account.
- 5. Members who have set up a password are obligated to change it on a regular basis. Outabox shall not be liable for any damages incurred due to failure to do so.
Article 37 Dissociability
- 1. Even if any provision of these Terms is held invalid, in whole or in part, by a court of law or amendment of the laws of any country, these Terms shall be interpreted in accordance with the original intent as much as possible, and the remaining provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
- 2. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or revoked in relation to one Member, these Terms shall remain valid in relation to the other Members.
Article 38 Discussion
- Both Members and Outabox shall, in principle, follow Japanese laws and regulations and business practices. Both parties shall attempt to resolve any questions of interpretation or matters not stated in these Terms through mutual discussion in good faith.
Article 39 Governing Law and Jurisdiction
- 1. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
- 2. The Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance over any disputes arising in connection with the Agreement.
Date of Enactment: 10 2, 2018
Effective Date: 10 2, 2018