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Terms of Use for NaviCon and NaviBridge
Article 1. Application of Terms of Use
This Terms of Use sets forth the rules concerning the use of the application and
service “NaviCon” (including “NaviBridge”) for smartphones and tablets (“Mobile
Information Terminals”). All users who use the Application and Services shall consent
to being subject to this Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If the Users consent to this
Terms of Use, this Terms of Use is the agreement between User and DENSO
CORPORATION the “Company”.
Article 2. Definitions
In this Terms of Use, the following terms shall be used in the following meaning.
(1) Application
“NaviCon” and “NaviBridge” applications provided by the Company for mobile
information terminals.
(2) Services
The services provided by the Company or its business partners through the
Application.
(3) Website
The website operated by the Company with the name “NaviCon.” and
“NaviBridge”
(4) Collaborative Application/Website
Applications or websites for mobile information terminals which are capable of
activating NaviCon using NaviCon URL and are provided by the Company or
companies, individuals or entities other than the Company
(5) Users
All of the people who use the Services.
Article 3. Changes of Terms of Use and Notice thereof
1. The content of this Terms of Use may be changed without consent of Users.
2. The Company may change this Terms of Use at the discretion of the Company in the
following cases.
(1) In the case changes of this Terms of Use conforms to User’s general interest
(2) In the case changes of this Terms of Use is not contrary to the purpose of this
Terms of Use and is found reasonable in light of the necessity of the amendment,
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the appropriateness of the changed contents and the circumstances regarding to
changed contents and other changes.
3. Company shall change this Terms of Use according to preceding paragraph by any
of the following ways.
(1) To clarify the changed Terms of Use and get prior consent of User.
(2) To notify the fact that this Terms of Use will be changed, the changed Terms of
Use and its effective date to the User by posting the changed Terms of Use on
the Website or on the Application by 14 days before the effective date of changed
Terms of Use.
4. If the Company changes this Terms of Use in accordance with (2) of preceding
paragraph and User uses the Services after the changed Terms of Use come into
effect, the User shall be deemed to have consented to the changed Terms of Use.
Article 4. Use of the Services
1. The User agrees to the terms of use set forth by the Company and other terms and
conditions (including, but not limited to, contracts, precautions and explanations) in
using the individual services contained in the Services.
2. This Terms of Use is intended only for the Services regarding the provision by the
Company or its business partners and is not intended for the Collaborative
Application/Website that is activated through the Services. The Company does not
make any confirmation or warranty with respect to the operation of the Collaborative
Application/Website.
3. Although the Company makes effort to check the functions with respect to the
Applications, the Company does not warrant the operations thereof. In the event the
function provided by the Application is lost due to a latent defect in the Application,
the Company will endeavor to improve, but shall not commit to, the execution and
time of improvement.
4. The Company will not make a backup of the information concerning the User. The
backup of information concerning the User shall be made at the User’s responsibility.
5. The Company makes no warranty of any kind, including but not limited to the
accuracy, or freedom of third parties' rights, as to the point information which is
posted, registered, shared, distributed, or modified, etc. by the Users (such
information is referred to as "Posted Information"). In addition, the Company will not
compensate, be liable for, or be involved in, any damage suffered by the User and/or
any third parties, or dispute among Users and/or between Users and third parties,
caused due to the Posted Information.
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Article 5. Burden of Expenses
The Services can currently be used for free of charge; provided, however, that the
preparation of the Mobile Information Terminal and the expenses, connection costs
with the network service providers required for their operation, packet fees for the
Mobile Information Terminals and other communication fees required to use the
Services shall be managed at the User’s responsibility under the User’s burden.
Article 6. Control of Information Capable of Identifying Individuals
1. The Company may collect information that can identify an individual User in
connection with the provision of the Services.
2. The information that is capable of identifying an individual User collected by the
Company will be handled carefully in accordance with the following “Privacy
Policy”. The “Privacy Policyis also available at
https://navicon.com/user/support/rule/policy.html. The Users shall understand and
consent to the contents of the “Privacy Policy” when the Users use the Services.
Article 7. Preparation of Environment to Use the Services
Prior to the use of the Services, the User shall prepare the hardware, software and
internet connection environment and the like that will be necessary for use of the
Services, at their own responsibility, and maintain them in a condition in which they
are capable of using the Services. If a renewal of the software occurs as a result of
any phenomenon, the User shall renew the use environment to the best condition to
maintain the performance of the Services.
Article 8. Prohibition of use other than for Personal Use
The User may not use the Services or any information that can be obtained from the
Services for purposes other than for personal use without prior Company’s consent
(in addition to commercial purposes, this means any purpose other than for personal
use).
Article 9. Intellectual Property Rights
The intellectual property rights concerning the contents contained in the Services
belong to the Company, its business partners or a third party that is providing such
contents. Some of the contents are provided according to a license from a business
partner or a third party and the use of these contents are in accordance with the
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provisions of the conditions of use by the business partner or third party.
Article 10. Posted Information
The Company may make processing to the Posted Information in order to make such
point information appropriate for the display in the Application. The User shall
authorize the Company to carry out such processing and agree not to exercise any
moral rights of author against the Company. The User shall make warranty to the
Company that the User have the right to grant above authorization with respect to
the Posted Information.
If any Posted Information falls under the prohibited acts set forth in Article 11 of this
Terms of Use, the Company may delete such Posted Information without any notice
to the User. The Company shall not be liable for any damage suffered by the User
due to deletion of the Posted Information.
Article 11. Prohibited Acts
The Company prohibits the following acts or acts that are likely to correspond to the
following acts by the User. If the User violates the provisions this Terms of Use, the
Company may prohibit the User from using the Services. Further, if the Company or
its business partners suffer any loss or damages as a result of the User violating this
Article or other provisions of this Terms of Use, such User shall compensate the
damage suffered by the Company or its business partners:
(1) Criminal acts and acts that lead to criminal acts;
(2) Acts that infringe the rights of others;
(3) Acts that damage the reputation of others;
(4) Acts that infringe the privacy of others;
(5) Obscene acts;
(6) Offensive acts;
(7) Acts that violate good public morals;
(8) Acts of discriminative expression;
(9) Acts of defamation and slander;
(10) Acts of harming minors;
(11) Acts that cause mental or economic damage to others;
(12) Acts of posting false content (texts, images, information, etc.);
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(13) Fraudulent acts;
(14) Acts of advertisement or solicitation;
(15) Acts of establishing, soliciting or operating endless money chains (Ponzi
schemes);
(16) Acts that violate the Public Offices Election Act;
(17) Acts that infringe intellectual property rights (copyrights, trademark rights, patent
rights, etc.);
(18) Acts that use the Services to spoof other persons or alter information;
(19) Acts that bring about an impediment to the Company’s business or the use of
the Services by other Subscribers such as by using harmful programs such as
computer viruses and by unauthorized access;
(20) Acts that interfere with the operation of the Services to damage the trust of the
Company or its business partners;
(21) Acts that collect or accumulate personal information of other Users or acts that
attempt to do so;
(22) Acts of entering the personal information of a third party without the consent of
such party;
(23) Acts that assign, lend, sell/purchase, change the name of, establish a right of
pledge on, sublicense, offer as collateral the rights and obligations based on this
Terms of Use, in whole or in part;
(24) Acts of analyzing or altering the source code of the Application;
(25) Acts that violate laws, regulations or ordinances; and
(26) Other acts that the Company determines to be inappropriate;
Article 12. Change of Contents of the Services, etc.
The Company may change, suspend or terminate the contents of the Services at any
time without notifying the User in advance. In any event, the Company does not bear
any liability to the User or third party in relation to the suspension or termination of
the Services.
Article 13. Indemnification
1. The Company and its business partners do not make any warranty as to the
completeness, accuracy, certainty or usefulness of the Services and the information
that the User obtains through the Services, and the Applications shall be provided
as-is. Neither the Company nor its business partners shall be liable for any of the
following matters except the case where there is intent or gross negligence by the
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Company. If the Company or its business partners incur any cost or pay
compensation in connection with the settlement of complaints or claims relating to
the following matters, the User shall pay the cost and compensation (including
attorney’s fees incurred by the Company):
(1) Loss or damage suffered by the User in regard to the use of the Services or the
inability to use the Services;
(2) Loss or damage suffered by the User as the result of changes to this Terms of
Use, the suspension of the Services or the discontinuation of the Services;
(3) Loss or damage caused to other Users or third parties as the result of the User’s
use of the Services;
(4) Loss or damage arising from suspension, delay or discontinuation of the
Services, loss of data, unauthorized access to data or unauthorized alteration
of a communication line, computer, etc.;
(5) Loss or damage due to statements, transmissions or acts by third parties
through the Services;
(6) Equipment and operation of software used by the User;
(7) Expenses for connections claimed by telephone companies or various
communication carriers when using the Services;
(8) Loss or damage arising as a result of data including text or images posted by
the User on the Services and other loss of data stored by the Services or
suspension of functions of servers;
(9) Loss or damage arising as a result of the use of the Collaborative
Application/Website by the Services and provided by companies, individuals or
entities other than the Company and the operation of such activation;
(10) Loss or damage arising as a result of the name and icon information of the
Collaborative Application/Website registered by companies, individuals or
entities other than the Company and shown on the Services;
(11) Any loss or damage arising in regard to the Collaborative Application/Website;
and
(12) Any other loss or damage arising from or in connection with other matters
relating to the Services.
Article 14. Responsibility for Advertisements and Transactions of those
other than the Company
1. The Company does not bear any liability for loss or damage resulting from
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transactions made due to the advertisements posted in the Services and loss or
damage resulting from the advertisement being posted.
2. The Company is not involved with any transactions (including promises,
preparations and negotiations of transactions) between the User and the business
partners or companies, individuals and groups besides the Company that provide
the Collaborative Application/Website.
Article 15. Handling of Links
The Company shall not be liable for any occurrence caused by other websites that
are linked with the Services. Other websites mentioned here include, in addition to
websites linked with the Services, websites which are linked from the content of the
Services. Accordingly, the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising
from information posted on other websites.
Article 16. Governing Law, Jurisdiction
This Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of Japan, and in case of any dispute
arising from the Services or in relation to this Terms of Use between the parties, the
Nagoya District Court or the Tokyo District Court shall be the court of first instance
having exclusive jurisdiction.
Article 17. Notification of Violation of Terms of Use
If the User discovers an act such as of other Users violating this Terms of Use, such
User shall notify the “Inquiry Sectionof the Website.
(Supplementary Notes)
Company names and product names posted on the Application and the Website may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies.
“NaviCon” and the “NaviCon” logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
DENSO Corporation.
“NaviBridge” and the “NaviBridge” logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
DENSO Corporation.
“MapQR” is a trademark or registered trademark of DENSO Corporation.
“Apple,” “iPhone,” “iTunes,” “iPod,” “iPod touch,” “AppStore” and the “AppStore” logo
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
“Google,” “Android,” Google play,” the “Google play” logo, “Google Maps” and
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“Picasa” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Google Inc.
“KKP (kurukurupi)” and “Spin n’ Click” logos and icons are trademarks or registered
trademarks of DENSO Corporation.
Other company names and product names posted on the Application and the
Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies.
Although company names and product names stated on the Application and the
Website may not necessarily have a trademark indication (®, TM), but that does not
mean that those company names and product names do not belong to the rights of
anyone.
Trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies posted on the
Application and the Website are used in accordance with the terms of use, guidelines
or other rules concerning such trademarks.
The application programing interfaces provided by the third parties are used in the
Services in accordance with terms of use, guidelines or other rules provided by the
respective third parties. However, such use shall not represent that the third parties
individually approve or authorize such use by the Services.
This Terms of Use shall come into force as from June 30, 2020.