Terms of service

These Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as "these Terms") set forth the conditions for the use of the e-commerce site (hereinafter referred to as "the Service") provided by IN PLUS Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") on this LINE service. Registered users (hereinafter referred to as "Users") shall use the Service in accordance with these Terms.

Article 1 (Application)

  1. These Terms shall apply to all relationships concerning the use of the Service between the User and the Company.

  2. In addition to these Terms, the Company may establish various rules and regulations for the use of the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Individual Regulations"). Regardless of their name, these Individual Regulations shall constitute a part of these Terms.

  3. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of these Terms and the provisions of the Individual Regulations set forth in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of the Individual Regulations shall prevail, unless otherwise specified in the Individual Regulations.

Article 2 (User Registration)

  1. In this Service, user registration shall be completed when a prospective user agrees to these Terms, applies for user registration in the manner prescribed by the Company, the Company notifies the prospective user of its approval, and a friend request is approved.

  2. The Company may choose not to approve an application for user registration if it determines that the applicant falls under any of the following reasons, and the Company shall not be obligated to disclose the reason for such a decision.

    • If false information was submitted in the application for user registration.

    • If the application is from a person who has previously violated these Terms.

    • In any other case where the Company deems the user registration to be inappropriate.

Article 3 (Management of User ID and Password)

  1. The User shall, at their own responsibility, properly manage their user ID and password for the Service.

  2. The User may not, under any circumstances, transfer or lend their user ID and password to a third party, or share them with a third party. When a login is performed with a combination of a user ID and password that matches the registered information, the Company shall deem it as use by the User who registered that user ID.

  3. The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused by the use of the user ID and password by a third party, except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Company.

Article 4 (Sales Contract)

  1. In this Service, a sales contract shall be concluded when the User submits a purchase application to the Company, and the Company notifies the User of its acceptance of said application. Ownership of the relevant product shall be transferred to the User when the Company delivers the product on the LINE platform.

  2. The Company may terminate the sales contract mentioned in the preceding paragraph without prior notice to the User if the User falls under any of the following circumstances:

    • If the User violates these Terms.

    • If the product delivery cannot be completed because the User cannot be contacted or is unreachable for an extended period.

    • In any other case where the relationship of trust between the Company and the User is deemed to have been compromised.

  3. Payment methods, delivery methods, cancellation of purchase applications, and return methods concerning the Service shall be in accordance with the methods separately prescribed by the Company.

Article 5 (Intellectual Property Rights)

The copyrights or other intellectual property rights for product photos and other content provided by the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Content") belong to the Company and other legitimate rights holders, such as the content providers. The User may not reproduce, reprint, modify, or otherwise make secondary use of these without permission.

Article 6 (Prohibited Acts)

In using the Service, the User shall not engage in any of the following acts:

  1. Acts that violate laws or public order and morals.

  2. Acts related to criminal activity.

  3. Acts that infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights contained in the Service.

  4. Acts that destroy or interfere with the functions of the Company's servers or network.

  5. Acts of commercially using information obtained through the Service.

  6. Acts that may interfere with the operation of the Company's services.

  7. Acts of unauthorized access or attempts thereof.

  8. Acts of collecting or accumulating personal information about other Users.

  9. Acts of impersonating another User.

  10. Acts of directly or indirectly providing benefits to anti-social forces in connection with the Company's services.

  11. Any other acts that the Company deems inappropriate.

Article 7 (Suspension of the Service, etc.)

  1. The Company may suspend or interrupt the provision of all or part of the Service without prior notice to the User if it determines that any of the following reasons exist:

    • When performing maintenance, inspection, or updating of the computer system for the Service.

    • When the provision of the Service becomes difficult due to force majeure such as earthquakes, lightning, fires, power outages, or natural disasters.

    • When computers or communication lines stop due to an accident.

    • In any other case where the Company determines that the provision of the Service is difficult.

  2. The Company shall not be liable for any disadvantage or damage incurred by the User or a third party due to the suspension or interruption of the provision of the Service, for any reason whatsoever.

Article 8 (Usage Restrictions and Deregistration)

  1. The Company may, without prior notice, restrict the use of all or part of the Service for a User, or cancel the User's registration, if any of the following apply:

    • Violation of any of the provisions of these Terms.

    • When it is found that there is false information in the registered matters.

    • When the credit card or designated payment method reported by the User is suspended.

    • In case of default on payment obligations such as fees.

    • When there is no response to communication from the Company for a certain period.

    • When the Service has not been used for a certain period since the last use.

    • In any other case where the Company deems the use of the Service to be inappropriate.

  2. The Company shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the User as a result of actions taken by the Company based on this Article.

Article 9 (Withdrawal)

The User may withdraw from the Service by following the prescribed withdrawal procedure.

Article 10 (Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability)

  1. The Company does not warrant, either expressly or implicitly, that the Service is free from de facto or legal defects (including defects related to safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, effectiveness, fitness for a particular purpose, security, errors, bugs, or infringement of rights).

  2. The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the User arising from the Service. However, if the contract between the Company and the User concerning the Service (including these Terms) is a consumer contract as defined by the Consumer Contract Act, this disclaimer will not apply. Even in such cases, the Company shall not be liable for damages arising from special circumstances (including cases where the Company or the User foresaw or could have foreseen the occurrence of the damage) among damages caused to the User due to the Company's default or tort, resulting from negligence (excluding gross negligence).

  3. The Company shall not be responsible for any transactions, communications, or disputes that arise between the User and other Users or third parties in connection with the Service.

Article 11 (Changes to Service Content, etc.)

The Company may change the content of the Service or discontinue the provision of the Service without notice to the User, and shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the User as a result.

Article 12 (Changes to the Terms of Service)

The Company may change these Terms at any time without notifying the User if it deems it necessary. If a User starts using the Service after the changes to these Terms have been made, that User shall be deemed to have agreed to the revised Terms.

Article 13 (Handling of Personal Information)

The Company shall handle personal information acquired through the use of the Service appropriately in accordance with the Company's "Privacy Policy."

Article 14 (Notices or Communications)

  1. Notices or communications between the User and the Company shall be made in a manner prescribed by the Company.

  2. Unless the User notifies the Company of a change in accordance with the method separately prescribed by the Company, the Company will consider the currently registered contact information to be valid and will send notices or communications to that contact information. These shall be deemed to have reached the User at the time of sending.

Article 15 (Prohibition of Assignment of Rights and Obligations)

The User may not assign their status under the user agreement or their rights or obligations under these Terms to a third party, or offer them as collateral, without the prior written consent of the Company.

Article 16 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

  1. The interpretation of these Terms shall be governed by the laws of Japan. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded with respect to the Service.

  2. In the event of a dispute concerning the Service, the court having jurisdiction over the location of the Company's head office shall be the exclusive court of first instance.

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