"NTPoker" Service
Terms of Use
These terms define the handling when users use the service "NTPoker" (hereinafter referred to as "the Service") provided by Kabushiki Gaisha 1900 (hereinafter referred to as "the Company"). Please use the Service after agreeing to these terms.
Article 1 (Definitions)
The definitions of the terms used in these Terms are as follows.
(1) The Service |
The service operated by the Company and related services |
(2) The Site |
The website where the content of the Service is posted |
(3) The Content |
A general term for text, sound, still images, videos, software programs, codes, etc., provided on the Service (including posted information) |
(4) User |
All those who use the Service |
(5) Registered User |
A person who has completed user registration on the Site |
(6) ID |
A unique string of characters that a registered user has for using the Service |
(7) Password |
A unique code set by the registered user corresponding to the ID |
(8) Posting |
The act of a registered user publishing text, strings, images, comments, etc. |
(9) Posted Information |
A general term for information such as text, strings, images, comments, etc., posted by registered users |
(10) Personal Information |
A general term for information that can identify an individual, such as address, name, occupation, phone number, etc. |
(11) Registered Information |
A general term for information registered by the registered user on the Site (excluding posted information) |
(12) Intellectual Property |
Inventions, devices, new varieties of plants, designs, works, and other creations resulting from human creative activities (including natural laws or phenomena that have been discovered or clarified and that can be industrially utilized), trademarks, trade names, and other indications used in business activities, and technical or business information useful for business activities, including trade secrets
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(13) Intellectual Property Rights |
Rights defined by law regarding intellectual property such as patent rights, utility model rights, breeder's rights, design rights, copyrights, trademark rights, or rights related to legally protected interests |
Article 2 (Consent to These Terms)
- Users can use the Service only after agreeing to these Terms.
- When a user downloads the Service to a smartphone or other information terminal and agrees to these Terms, a usage contract according to these Terms is established between the user and the Company.
- If the user is a minor, please use the Service with the consent of a legal guardian or other legal representative.
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If a minor user falsely claims to have obtained the consent of a legal representative or falsely claims to be an adult when using the Service, or uses fraudulent means to make others believe they have the legal capacity to act, they cannot revoke any legal acts related to the Service.
- If a user who was a minor when agreeing to these Terms uses the Service after reaching adulthood, they are deemed to have affirmed all legal acts related to the Service.
Article 3 (Changes to Terms)
- The Company may revise the content of these Terms at any time without the user's consent, and the user agrees to this without objection.
- When the Company revises these Terms, it will notify the user of the content using a method prescribed by the Company.
- The revised Terms take effect from the time the Company notifies the user as specified in the previous item.
- Users are deemed to have agreed to the revised Terms without objection when they use the Service after the Terms have been changed.
Article 4 (Use of the Internet)
- To use the Service, an online environment for connecting to the Company's operational servers may be necessary. Additionally, separate registration and authentication methods specified by the Company may be required.
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The user is responsible for preparing communication equipment, setting up the communication environment, contracting with providers, and bearing the costs for provider usage fees, communication fees, and any other expenses necessary for the online environment and connection.
- The Company will not refund any costs already borne by the user for the online environment or connection in the event of non-use or inability to use the Service unless explicitly stated otherwise in these Terms.
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When connecting to the Company's operational servers, the user may need to download update programs or data sent automatically by the Company to optimize and update the user's client. In such cases, the user must execute the updates and data downloads.
Article 5 (Paid Services)
- Users wishing to apply for paid services provided by the Company within the Service must understand and agree to the content and mechanisms of the paid services and apply according to the procedures prescribed by the Company.
- When a user applies in accordance with the previous item and the Company expresses its intention to accept, an individual contract for the paid services specified in the fee plan is established. For a monthly fee plan, an individual contract is established for each month.
- Only one user may use the paid services under a single paid service contract. If multiple users wish to use the paid services, each user must apply separately.
- If the user does not express their intention to terminate the use according to the prescribed procedure by the end of the usage period, the individual contract will be extended under the same conditions, and the same applies thereafter.
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Users must pay the usage fees for the paid services according to the individual contract. All necessary expenses for payment (such as fees and credit card membership fees) are borne by the user.
- The paid service usage fees may be changed at the Company's discretion, and users may be notified and asked for approval accordingly.
Article 6 (Billing and Payment Methods)
- Users agree to the payment methods and contents specified in the following two items when applying for paid services. Note that the Company will not issue receipts because payment for paid services is made through third parties.
- Based on the terms separately specified by the platform provider (Apple Inc.), the platform provider will collect on behalf of the Company. If the user has applied to pay by credit card to the platform provider, they will be billed by the credit card company.
- If the user does not pay by the payment deadline specified by the platform provider, the platform provider may notify the Company of the user's name, address, phone number, and unpaid information.
Article 7 (Account and Data Management)
- Users are responsible for voluntarily registering and managing their registration information. Users must not allow third parties to use, lend, transfer, change the name, or sell their registration information.
- If the Service is used with the registration information, the Company may treat it as if the person who registered is using it, and the person who registered will be responsible for all results and any associated responsibilities arising from the use.
- If the misuse of registration information causes damage to the Company or a third party, the user must compensate the Company and the third party for such damage.
- Users are responsible for managing their registration information, and the Company is not responsible for any disadvantages or damages caused by inaccurate or false registration information.
- If it is found that the registration information has been stolen or used by a third party, the user must immediately notify the Company and follow the Company's instructions.
- Data that can be used due to the use of the Service may be deleted regardless of the period before or after the applicable period.
- The Company does not guarantee that the data associated with the user will be stored or read without defects, regardless of the period before or after the expiration of the period mentioned above.
- If the Company deems it necessary for the smooth operation of the Service, if it benefits many users, or if it is otherwise deemed necessary, the Company may change the data without the prior consent of the user.
Article 8 (Withdrawal and Termination)
- If a user wishes to withdraw from the Service and terminate the contract, they must follow the procedures prescribed by the Company. After completing the withdrawal procedures, the user will no longer be able to use the paid services from the end of the contract term.
- If a user withdraws, the Company may delete all or part of the registration information and usage history of the user, and the user cannot object to this.
- Users are responsible for storing the necessary information themselves. The Company is not obligated to store such information and history, except as specified in this section.
- Users acknowledge in advance that if the paid service contract is terminated in the middle of the month (regardless of the reason, such as withdrawal, termination, suspension of the user account by the Company), the monthly paid service usage fee will not be prorated.
- Users acknowledge in advance that no refunds will be made by the Company if a fee plan intended for long-term use is terminated midway.
- In any case, including those caused by reasons attributable to the Company, the purchase price, usage fees, or other expenses already paid by the user will not be refunded.
Article 9 (Suspension of Use)
The Company may refuse to approve the use of the Service or suspend or terminate the use of the Service if it determines that the user falls under any of the following items. In such cases, the Company will not bear or refund any costs incurred by the user in connection with the use of the Service.
- If the information provided or registered by the user is false.
- If the user violates these Terms or the terms of other services provided by the Company, or if it is found that the user has violated them in the past.
- If the user has filed for or has been filed for bankruptcy or civil rehabilitation proceedings.
- If the payment service company used in connection with the use of the Service determines that the payment is invalid or canceled.
- If the user's account is fraudulently used by a third party due to the user's intentional or negligent actions, or if the Company determines that there is a risk of such fraudulent use.
- If the Company reasonably determines that the use of the Service is significantly inappropriate.
- If more than 30 days have passed since the last use of the Service.
- If the user uses multiple accounts to use the Service.
If the user falls under item 8 of the preceding paragraph and there is an act or fact corresponding to item 6 of the preceding paragraph using one of the user's multiple accounts, and based on this, the Company suspends the use of the user's account, the Company may also suspend the use of all other accounts used by the user.
Article 10 (Handling of Personal Information, etc.)
Personal information and user information will be handled appropriately in accordance with the "Service Privacy Policy" separately established by the Company.
Article 11 (Prohibited Acts)
When using the Service, the Company prohibits users (hereinafter referred to as "Users") from performing the following acts. If the Company determines that a user has violated the prohibited matters, the Company may take necessary measures, such as suspending use or deleting posts, and the user agrees to this without objection.
- Acts that infringe the intellectual property rights of the Company or third parties
- Acts that damage the honor or credibility of the Company or third parties or unjustly discriminate against or defame them
- Acts that infringe the property of the Company or third parties or acts that have the potential to infringe
- Acts that cause economic damage to the Company or third parties
- Threatening acts against the Company or third parties
- Posting the following information
- Information that poses a risk of damaging the rights and property of third parties
- Information harmful to third parties, information that physically or mentally injures third parties
- Information related to crimes, illegal activities, dangerous activities, and information that incites or assists them
- Information that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, racist, defamatory, libelous, insulting, harassing, inflammatory, intended to cause discomfort, or likely to result in such outcomes
- Information that is known to be false or does not exist
- Information for which the user does not have control over the rights
- Information that infringes the intellectual property rights or other property rights of third parties, information that infringes public interests or individual rights
- Obscene information, child pornography, or child abuse-related images, documents, etc.
- Information that violates laws such as the Medical Practitioners Act
- Other information that the Company deems inappropriate
- Using or inducing computer viruses or harmful programs
- Acts that impose excessive stress on the infrastructure of the Service
- Attacks on the servers, systems, or security of the Site
- Attempting to access the Service using methods other than the interface provided by the Company
- One user obtaining multiple user IDs
- Other acts that the Company deems inappropriate
Article 12 (Communication Functions, etc.)
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The Company may provide bulletin board services, chat, posting, community functions, and similar services (hereinafter referred to as "Communication Functions") in the Service. The use of Communication Functions is subject to these Terms.
- Communication Functions are provided to facilitate communication between users and do not guarantee communication with specific individuals.
- Information sent (uploaded) by users may be recorded as log information on the Company's operational servers, etc.
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Users grant the Company a free and non-exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the information uploaded using Communication Functions. Additionally, if users provide suggestions related to products, marketing, etc., the Company and its group companies may use such suggestions without evaluation, consideration, adoption, confidentiality, or any obligations. Therefore, all suggestions are treated as if they were made with this agreement.
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If the Company determines that the information uploaded by users falls under any of the items in Article 11, the Company may delete such information without prior notice to the user. However, the Company's deletion in such cases does not mitigate or exempt the user's responsibility for uploading the information.
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Users acknowledge that information disclosed to other users through Communication Functions may be accessible to an unspecified number of third parties. The Company is not responsible for the consequences of users disclosing their personal or other information to other users.
- If disputes arise from claims, etc., by other users or third parties regarding the use of Communication Functions, users must resolve them at their own responsibility and expense.
Article 13 (Intellectual Property Rights)
- Users may use the content of the Service only within the scope specified by the Company.
- All intellectual property rights and other rights related to all content, programs, software, trademarks, trade names, and associated technologies provided in the Service are owned by the Company. Users are not granted any rights to use the Company's patents, utility models, design rights, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights.
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Users are prohibited from reproducing, transmitting, transferring (including sales between users), lending, translating, adapting, unauthorized reprinting, secondary use, commercial use, modifying, disassembling, decompiling, or reverse engineering the content in any way beyond the scope specified by the Company.
- Regardless of the preceding paragraph, if users lose their user qualification due to withdrawal, etc., the right to use the provided content will also be extinguished.
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The copyrights (including all rights stipulated in Articles 21 to 28 of the Copyright Act) for the content (still images, videos, text information, and all other information) posted or transmitted by users on the Service belong to the users. However, users grant the Company a free and non-exclusive right to use such content in Japan and abroad.
- Users will not exercise their moral rights of authorship within the Service.
Article 14 (Changes, Suspension, and Termination of Service Content)
- The Company may change the content of the Service without prior notice to users.
- Any disputes, lawsuits, or other conflicts between the Company and users will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo Summary Court or the Tokyo District Court, depending on the amount of the claim.
- If unexpected malfunctions occur in the Company's operational servers or systems, resulting in the suspension of the Service.
- If the Company determines that temporary suspension of server operations is necessary for regular or emergency maintenance of the operational servers or systems, or for operational or technical reasons.
- If the Company determines that interruption of service provision is unavoidable for appropriate service operation.
Even if delays or interruptions in the Service occur due to the reasons listed above, the Company will not be responsible for any damages incurred by users as a result.
- The Company may terminate the Service without prior notice to users, and the Company will not be responsible for any damages incurred by users as a result of this termination.
Article 15 (Disclaimer)
- The Company is not responsible for any damages incurred due to changes, interruptions, or termination of the Service content.
- The Company is not involved in the user's service usage environment and is not responsible for it.
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The Company does not guarantee that the Service will meet the user's specific purposes, provide expected functions, commercial value, accuracy, or usefulness, that the user's use of the Service will comply with applicable laws and regulations or internal rules of industry organizations, or that defects will not occur.
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The Company does not guarantee that the Service will be compatible with all information terminals, and users acknowledge in advance that the operation of the Service may be affected by OS version upgrades of the information terminals. The Company does not guarantee that such defects will be resolved by program modifications or other means conducted by the Company.
- Users acknowledge in advance that changes in the terms of use or operational policies of service stores such as the App Store or Google Play may restrict the use of some or all of the Service.
- The Company is not liable for any direct or indirect damages incurred by users due to the use of the Service.
- The Company is not responsible for any loss of opportunity, business interruption, or any other damages (including indirect damages and lost profits) incurred by users or third parties, even if the possibility of such damages was known in advance.
- If other users or third parties request the deletion of posts, the Company may decide whether to delete the posts at its discretion, and the Company is not responsible for any consequences of such decisions.
- The provisions from the first item to the preceding item do not apply if the Company has intentional or gross negligence or if the contract falls under consumer contracts under the Consumer Contract Act.
- Even if the preceding item applies, the Company is not responsible for any damages incurred by users due to acts of negligence (excluding gross negligence), particularly for damages arising from special circumstances.
- If the Company is liable for damages in relation to the use of the Service, the Company is liable only up to the amount received from the user in the month when the damages occurred.
- The Company is not responsible for any disputes or troubles between users. If a dispute arises between users, they must resolve it at their own responsibility and expense, and the Company will not be liable for any claims.
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If users cause damages to other users or third parties related to the use of the Service or cause disputes, they must compensate for the damages or resolve the disputes at their own expense and responsibility, and the Company will not be liable for any inconvenience or damages caused to the Company.
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If the Company receives claims for damages from third parties due to the user's actions, the user must resolve the claims at their own expense and responsibility (including attorney fees). If the Company pays damages to the third party, the user must reimburse the Company for all costs (including attorney fees and lost profits).
- If the user causes damages to the Company related to the use of the Service, the user must compensate the Company for the damages (including litigation costs and attorney fees) at their own expense and responsibility.
- The Company does not guarantee the accuracy of information posted by other users. The Company is not responsible for any disputes or troubles related to the information posted on the Service.
- The Service does not guarantee the improvement of users' poker skills.
- The Company does not legally guarantee the accuracy, completeness, usefulness, timeliness, appropriateness, reliability, operability, or any other aspects of the Service content and the information obtained by users through the Service.
- The Company is not responsible for any damages incurred by users due to viruses, power outages, server failures, line issues, natural disasters, or other unavoidable events beyond the Company's control that cannot be prevented by usual measures.
Article 16 (Liability for Damages)
If users incur damages related to the use of the Service, the Company is not responsible for any damages arising from special circumstances, lost profits, indirect damages, or any other damages, regardless of whether the Company foresaw the damages or not. However, this does not apply if the Company has intentional or gross negligence.
If users infringe on the Company's rights when using the Service, the Company may claim damages against the user.
Article 17 (Advertising)
Users understand and agree that the Service may include various advertisements, and that the Company or its partners may post any advertisements. The form and scope of advertisements on the Service may be changed by the Company at any time.
Article 18 (Prohibition of Transfer of Rights)
- Users may not transfer their position under these Terms or any rights or obligations under these Terms to a third party without the prior written consent of the Company.
- The Company may transfer all or part of the Service to a third party at its discretion, and in such cases, all rights related to the user's account and the Service will be transferred to the transferee to the extent of the transferred rights.
Article 19 (Severability)
Even if any provision of these Terms or a part thereof is judged to be invalid or unenforceable under the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations, the remaining provisions and the remaining parts of the provision judged to be invalid or unenforceable will continue to be fully effective.
Article 20 (Contacting the Company)
Users' communications and inquiries to the Company regarding the Service should be made by sending through the inquiry form set up at an appropriate location on the Service or the website operated by the Company, or by methods separately specified by the Company.
Article 21 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)
- The validity, interpretation, and performance of these Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Japanese law.
- Any disputes, lawsuits, or other conflicts between the Company and users will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo Summary Court or the Tokyo District Court, depending on the amount of the claim.
Effective July 1, 2022
Revised and Applied December 1, 2022
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