Terms of Membership of @niterest

These “Terms of Membership of @niterest” (hereinafter referred to as “These Terms”) are applied to any relationship between user who uses all contents and services provided for members in website of @niterest (hereinafter, “website of @niterest” is referred to as “This Site”, “contents and services provided for members in This Site” is referred to as “the Service”, and “user of the Service” is referred to as “Member”) and organizer of @niterest (hereinafter referred to as “the Organizer”). Minors shall visit and access to This Site and use the Service with parental approval. In the case where user begins signing up with the Service, the Organizer deems that he/she acknowledges and agrees with all of These Terms at the time of the beginning.

Chapter 1. General Provision, the Service
Article 1. (Definition of Term, Agreement to These Terms, Range of Application)
1-1. Member is both able to “LIKE”, “WANT” or “SHARE” to images of cartoon characters on This Site, able to store and manage images of cartoon characters on “My-Page”(defined below), and able to post images which relates to cartoon characters to This Site by enrolling as member of This Site.
1-2. Member shall acknowledge and agree with all articles of both These Terms and “Website Policy of @niterest” (hereinafter referred to as “Site Policy”).
1-3. Any guidelines, cautions, terms and so on (hereinafter referred to as “Guidelines”) that the Organizer provides for the Services should complement and constitute a part of These Terms.
1-4. In the case where any contradiction of provision between the Guidelines and These Terms exists, the provision of These Terms shall prevail.

Article 2. (Outline of the Service, Conditions for Use)
2-1. The Organizer provides images, information, etc. which relate to cartoon characters through This Site. Images, information, etc. which relate to cartoon characters on This Site contains both images, etc. published on the Internet other than This Site and images, etc. posted by Member of This Site.
2-2. The Organizer exercises reasonable efforts to ensure quality, accuracy, and legitimacy of all images, articles, information, etc. in This Site. However, the Organizer gives no guarantee about its correctness, veridicality, recency, legitimacy, etc.
2-3. The Organizer gives “My-Page”, which is the webpage(s) that only its owner is able to browse and edit, to each Members. Member is able to browse and edit images, etc. that he/she has “LIKE”d, “WANT”ed or “SHARE”d through This Site, stored on My-Page, and uploaded to This Site through his/her own My-Page freely.
2-4. In the case where Member believes and uses the Information that he/she obtains through This Site and/or images that he/she has stored on his/her My-Page, both he/she assumes responsibility for all result arising from the believing and using the Information, etc., and the Organizer assumes no liability and responsibility for the result.
2-5. Member gives his/her attention to the possibility that all information (including all stored images, etc., the same shall apply hereinafter in this article) may contain expression, content, etc. that the general public feels annoyed with. In addition, the Organizer assumes no liability and responsibility about whether the content of information, etc. provided through the Service is matched with Member’s demand, expectation, etc.
2-6. Member shall acknowledge and agree that copyright, portrait right and other intellectual property right are all belong to the original author or other right holder of the cartoons. In addition, notwithstanding the Article 4 of Site Policy, he/she shall also acknowledge and agree that terms and conditions which are stated by the author, etc. of the cartoons shall be applied to storing, using, etc. of images which relates to the cartoon.
2-7. The Organizer provides some parts of the Service via service that third party operates (hereinafter referred to as “External Service”) such as Facebook™, twitter™, etc. In the case where Member uses External Service, he/she shall sign up with and use the External Service at his/her own responsibility and expense, and he/she also acknowledges and agrees with terms, conditions, guidelines, etc. of the External Service.
2-8. The Organizer assumes no obligation for backup any data, images, information, etc. that Member stores and uploads on his/her My-Page. If all or part of the data, etc. which relates to the Service (including data on Member’s My-Page) deletes for any reason such as communication failure, etc., the Organizer assumes no responsibility for the deletion other than an effort to restore the Service.
2-9. The Organizer is able to add new contents to, change the contents of and/or remove the contents from the Services without preliminary notice to Member.

Article 3. (Precaution Statement about Posting Images, etc.)
3-1. In the case where Member uploads and posts images, data, information, etc. that relate to cartoons on This Site (including My-Page, hereinafter, “images, data, information, etc. that Member has uploaded and posted” are referred to as “Posted Images, etc.”) and publishes the images, etc. to other Members, he/she respects copyright, portrait right, and other intellectual property right of author or other right holder of the cartoons. In addition, he/she shall pay full attention not to infringe on the rights.
3-2. In the case where Member uses original drawing of cartoon characters (such as caption of the animation films, scan data of comic or magazine, celluloid image, etc.) regardless of whether he/she has modified it or not as his/her Posted Images, etc., he/she shall prior consent of the author or right holder of the cartoon about the use of original drawing; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the case where his/her use of the original drawing falls under “Fair Use” of the Copyright Act of the United States.
3-3. In the case of previous section, the Organizer deems that Member has already obtained prior consent or license to use from the author or right holder of the cartoon at the completion of uploading his/her Posted Images, etc. what the original drawing of cartoon characters is used.
3-4. In the case where Member uploads and posts Posted Images, etc. about cartoon characters on This Site, he/she shall assume all responsibility for his/her Posted Images. Member also both shall respond in all the damages or losses that arises from the Posted Images, etc. and shall discharge the Organizer from any liability.
3-5. About Posted Images, etc. that Member uploads and posts on This Site, he/she acknowledges and agree both that the Organizer publishes his/her Posted Images, etc. on This Site and that other Member may “LIKE”, “SHARE”, store, etc. his/her Images, etc. Member shall grant the Organizer and other Member license to use his/her Posted Images, etc. with no charge and no date. In addition, he/she acknowledge and agree that he/she does not execute the moral right of author when the Organizer and other Member uses his/her Posted Images, etc. for the purpose of offering or using of This Site.
3-6. In the case where any third party inquires about or makes a claim against Posted Images, etc. that Member has uploaded and posted, he/she shall respond or resolve the inquiry, etc. honestly on his/her own responsibility and expense.
3-7. In the case where copyright infringement case, etc. about Posted Images, etc. that Member has uploaded and posted is brought by author or other right holder of the cartoon, the Organizer provides necessary cooperation such as to disclose personal information or other information of the Member to the author, etc. Member shall preliminarily acknowledge and agree with the disclosure of his/her information of the Organizer.

Article 4. (Prohibition)
4-1. Member must not upload and post images, data, etc. which falls under or may fall under the following.
(1) To post any image, data, etc., that infringes upon the portrait right, copyright, trademark right, and any other intellectual property right of any third party;
(2) To post any image, data, etc., that may injure reputation of any third party;
(3) To post any image, data, etc., that contains advertisement or promotion of specific product, service ,etc. excessively;
(4) To post any image, data, etc., that encourages, abets and/or aids criminal behavior, self-injury, suicide, etc.;
(5) To post any image, data, etc., that contains violent and/or sexual expression/graphics;
(6) To post any image, data, etc., that contains depictions of scenes that make others uncomfortable, such as dead bodies, bloodshed, waste material, etc.;
(7) To post any image, data, etc., that contains virus, etc.;
(8) To post any image, data, etc., that contains false information and/or rumor;
(9) To post any image, data, etc. that differs from intent and purpose of This Site;
4-2. In the case where the Organizer finds Posted Images, etc. that may fall under the previous section (hereinafter referred to as “Prohibited Image”), the Organizer may delete the Prohibited Image without any notice to the Member who posted the Image.

Article 5. (Usage of Posted Images, etc.)
5-1. The Organizer is able to use Posted Images, etc. posted by Member or provide the Posted Images, etc. to other site or other publishing companies for the purpose of promotion of This Site, the purpose of acceleration of the spread of cartoon culture, or the purpose of assist in the operating activities of the Organizer without any prior notice to him/her.
5-2. In the case where the Organizer uses Posted Images, etc. of Member based upon the previous section, he/she shall license the Organizer to use his/her Posted Images, etc. with no charge and no date, and he/she must not charge the Organizer license fee, royalty, etc. in every instance. In this case, he/she shall not execute the moral right of author about his/her Posted Images, etc.
5-3. In the case where the Organizer secondary uses the Posted Images, etc., the Organizer is able to edit or process the Posted Images, etc. at the Organizer’s own discretion. In addition, Member shall acknowledge and agree to the editing of the Organizer.

Chapter 2. Membership
Article 6. (Registration)
6-1. Applicant who hopes to sign up with the Service (hereinafter referred to as “Applicant”) shall apply to sign up with the Service through methods that the Organizer specifies.
6-2. Applicant shall register his/her own Account of External Service as Account for logging into the Service at the time of application. This “Account” means “login ID and password” and the same shall apply hereinafter.
6-3. The Organizer is able to require Applicant to enter other additional information other than Account that relates to Applicant’s individual. In this case, Applicant shall write or input true and updated information. In addition, the Organizer is also able to require Applicant to submit attachment document such as copy of driver’s license, certificate, etc.
6-4. The Organizer is able to reject the registration application by Applicant who falls under the following circumstances, or if the Applicant became already Member, the Organizer is able to disqualify him/her from the Service.
(1) In the case where he/she has been penalized by the Organizer before;
(2) In the case where the fact that he/she belongs to or relates to antisocial organizations (such as gang group, crime organization, etc.) is revealed;
(3) In the case where any error, omission or false entry exists in his/her application form;
(4) In the case where he/she disobeys instruction from the Organizer at the time of his/her application;
(5) In the case where the Organizer judges him/her to be unsuitable as Member;

Article 7. (Maintenance of Account, etc.)
7-1. Member shall maintain his/her Account for login the Service closely.
7-2. In the event of accordance between Account entered by anyone in using the Service and the Account which is registered with the Service, the Organizer deems such using to be by the Member who maintains the Account.
7-3. Member shall pay all damages, costs and expenses caused by inaccurate maintaining of, error or omission in using of his/her Account.
7-4. In the case either where Member forgets his/her Account, where he/she perceives that his/her Account is used by any third party, or where the need to change or modify all or part of his/her Account arises from any other reasons, he/she shall apply to reissue Account by method that the Organizer specifies.
7-5. Member shall keep his/her information both that he/she has input at the time of registration and that is registered in the Service (hereinafter referred to as “Registered Information”) accurate and updated.
In the case where the need to change or modify the Registered Information arises from any reasons, he/she shall change or modify his/her Registered Information immediately through method that the Organizer specifies.

Article 8. (Prohibition of Transfer of Rights)
8-1. Member must not assign, transfer, lend, pledge or sell his/her Account to any third party. In addition, Member must not make any third party use of his/her Account.
8-2. Member must not assign, transfer, lend, pledge or sell all or part of his/her right of membership which is stated in These Terms to any third party. In addition, Member must not make any third party use of the Service.
8-3. In the case where Member’s Account is used by any third party and any damages or problems arise from the unauthorized use, he/she both shall respond in the damages and resolve the problems at his/her own responsibility and expense and shall discharge the Organizer from any liability.

Article 9. (Period of the Service/ Withdrawal)
9-1. Available period of the Service is unlimited duration unless either the Organizer or Member makes any offer.
9-2. Member who hopes to withdraw from the Service shall apply to withdraw by method that the Organizer specifies.
9-3. In the case where Member applies to withdraw from the Service, the Organizer is able to delete all or part of his/her Registered Information at the time of completion of the application. Furthermore, the Organizer is also able to delete all or part of Member’s information and/or data (includes his/her own My-Page and images, data, etc. recorded on the My-Page) that he/she has uploaded, posted, stored, etc. through the Service at the same time.
9-4. Even if Member who applies to withdraw from the Service or any third party suffers damages arising from the deletion of Registered Information, etc. and any other acts that the Organizer performs in association with the withdrawal, the Organizer assumes no liability for the damages.
9-5. Member who applies to withdraw from the Service, even after he/she losses qualification as Member, shall both pay all damages, costs and expenses of the Organizer and/or any third party caused by any action of him/her, and discharge the Organizer from any liability.
9-6. Member who applies to withdraw from the Service losses all rights relates to using the Service at the time of completion of the application. In this case, Member shall pay all debt to the Organizer soon after the completion of the withdrawal.

Chapter 3. Miscellaneous Rules
Article 10. (Penalties)
10-1. In the case where Member falls under the following, the Organizer is able to suspend his/her Account in the Service, restrict access to the Service of him/her, or disqualify him/her as Member without any notice.
(1) In the case where he/she does any of the acts in contravention of the provisions of Article 3 of Site Policy;
(2) In the case where he/she has repeated post Prohibited Information in contravention of Article4;
(3) In the case where he/she has penalized by operator of External Service;
(4) In the case both where inquiry, claim, etc. relevant to rights infringement from author or other right holder and where the Organizer judges that he/she merits penalty;
(5) In the case where he/she does any of the acts in contravention of any provisions or articles of These Terms and Guidelines;
(6) In the case where he/she does any of the acts in contravention of any provisions of Article 8;
(7) In the case where he/she disobeys any instruction related to important things about usage of the Services by the Organizer;
(8) In the case where the Organizer deems him/her to be unsuitable as Member;
10-2. Member who violates any provisions of These Terms, even after he/she losses qualification as Member, shall both pay all damages, costs and expenses of the Organizer and/or any third party caused by the violation, and discharge the Organizer from any liability.
10-3. The provisions from section 9-3 to section 9-6 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a procedure toward the Member disqualified from the Service.

Article 11. (Treatment of Registered Information)
11-1. The Organizer uses Registered Information of Members for only the purpose of operation or offer of the Service.
11-2. The Organizer does not disclose or offer Registered Information to any third party; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the following.
(1) In the case where Member has agreed with disclosing or offering;
(2) In the case where the information is disclosed or offered as masked data;
(3) In the case where disclosing or offering is permitted in the laws and/or regulations;
(4) In the case where disclosing or offering is required by public agency based upon the laws and/or regulations;
(5) In the case where disclosing or offering is required to resolve claim, dispute, etc.;
(6) In the case where the Organizer delegates some or all of the Service to any third party for the purpose of providing the Service;
(7) In the case where the Organizer relegates some or all of the Service to any third party;
11-3. The Organizer manages and uses information which falling under “Personal Information” defined in “Act on the Protection of Personal Information” based upon “Privacy Policy” on This Site. However, the Organizer does not warrant or guarantee that the Personal Information leakage, disappearance, falsification and so on will be perfectly prevented.
11-4. The Organizer is able to send information related to any service which the Organizer provides to Member by using of Personal Information, preference information, etc., and he/she shall acknowledge and agree to the usage of information.

Article 12. (Method of Notice)
12-1. Method of notice from the Organizer to Member should be by displaying on My-Page, sending E-mail or other method that the Organizer considers as being adequate.
12-2. Notice displayed on My-Page should conclude at the time of completion of displaying on Member’s My-Page.
12-3. In the case where the Organizer gives important notice of the Services, the Organizer is able to send E-mail or E-mail newsletter to all of Members (including Member who has specified to reject E-mail or E-mail newsletter which comes from the Organizer).
12-4. Notice sent by E-mail should conclude at the time of completion of sending to the address that Member has specified.
12-5. In the case where Member changes a setting of program related to E-mail address that he/she has specified to block junk mails, he/she shall change the setting to permit reception of E-mail from the Organizer.
12-6. In the case where the Organizer gives notice to Member by any method of this Article, unless otherwise adverse claim, the Organizer deems that he/she has agreed to the notice without any dissent at the declaration day.
12-7. Although Member does not receive notice from the Organizer caused by an intentional act or a negligence of him/her: such as incorrectly-input of his/her address, neglect of change his/her address, etc., the Organizer deems that he/she has agreed to the notice without any dissent at the declaration day.

Article 13. (Interruption/Termination of the Service)
13-1. In the case where inevitable force specified in Article 8 of Site Policy, maintenance of External Service, communication failure, or other affairs not attributable to the Organizer’s responsibility occurs, the Organizer temporarily interrupts all or part of the Service. Therefore, in the case where the Organizer finds it difficult to continue providing the Service because of ongoing of the circumstances, notwithstanding the conditions of section 13-2, the Organizer is able to terminate the Service without adequate notice toward Member.
13-2. The Organizer is able to terminate the Service with at least 1 month prior notice of the termination day. The notice should be by the method of Article 12.
13-3. The Organizer accepts no liability for any damage of Member arising directly or indirectly from the temporary interruption or the termination of the Service.

Article 14. (Jurisdiction/Governing Law)
14-1. These Terms and Guidelines are governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws and regulations of California, the United States.
14-2. In the case where dispute among Member and the Organizer arising association with These Terms, Member shall acknowledge and agree that district court having jurisdiction over the address of the Organizer shall have competent and exclusive jurisdiction for the first instance.
14-3. The Organizer provides Member with translations of the English version of This Policy. Member shall agree that the translations shall be provided for his/her convenience only, and that the English version of This Policy will govern relationship between the Organizer and Member.

Article 15. (Change of This Policy)
15-1. The Organizer is able to change These Terms without any prior notice toward Member.
15-2. Member should check These Terms every time he/she access and use the Service. In the case where Member uses any of the Service after the change of These Terms, the Organizer deems that he/she acknowledge and agree with the change of These Terms.

Establishment Date:　December 1st, 2017
Website Policy of @niterest

User who visits WEB Site of “@niterest” (hereinafter referred to as “This Site”) and/or uses every service provided in This Site (hereinafter referred to as “User”) shall acknowledge and agree with all of these “Website Policy of @niterest” (hereinafter referred to as “This Policy”). Minors shall use This Site with parental approval. Therefore, This Policy is applied to any relationship between User and “Organizer of @niterest” (hereinafter referred to as “the Organizer”) that operates This Site. If YOU do not accept all of This Policy, please do not use This Site and leave from This Site immediately.

Article 1. (Precaution Statement about Information in This Site)
1-1. This Site specializes in Information about images of cartoon characters. User is able to search or browse information and/or the images through This Site. Also User is able to post, store and manage image data of cartoon characters on “My-Page” which is offered only to member of This Site (see below).
1-2. User is both able to “LIKE”, “WANT” or “SHARE” to images of cartoon characters on This Site, able to store and manage images of cartoon characters on “My-Page” which is given to each member, and able to post images which relates to cartoon characters to This Site by enrolling as member of This Site.
If User hopes to subscribe as member, he/she shall acknowledge and apply with all of “Terms of Membership of @niterest” at the time of the subscribing.
1-3. User shall acknowledge and agree that copyright, portrait right and other intellectual property right are all belong to the original author or other right holder of the cartoons. In addition, notwithstanding the Article 4 of This Policy, he/she shall also acknowledge and agree that terms and conditions which are stated by the author, etc. of the cartoons shall be applied to storing, using, etc. of images which relates to the cartoon.

Article 2. (Principle of Self-responsibility, Exclusion of Liability)
2-1. User shall take self-responsibility for his/her actions related to browsing This Site and/or using all Services which are offered through This Site.
2-2. The Organizer exercises reasonable efforts to ensure quality, accuracy, and legitimacy of all articles, images, information, etc. in This Site (hereinafter referred to as “Contents”). However, in the case where any problem, damage, loss, etc. arises from the Contents in the WEB Site, the Organizer assumes no liability and responsibility for the problem, etc.
2-3. In the case where User believes and uses the Contents that he/she obtains through This Site, both he/she assumes responsibility for all result arising from the believing and using the Contents, and the Organizer assumes no liability and responsibility for the result.
2-4. If all or part of the Contents in This Site contain defect, error, false, or other factually inaccurate information, the Organizer assumes no liability and responsibility for the defect, etc. other than resolution of the defect, etc.
2-5. The Organizer assumes no liability and responsibility about what all linked pages that third party provides in This Site 1) does not contain any virus, 2) does not contain any information, image or expression that the general public feels annoyed with, 3) have no illegal access or no illegal acquirement of User’s information, etc. User shall take self-responsibility for his/her visiting and/or using the linked pages that third party provides in This Site.

Article 3. (Prohibition)
3-1. User must not do any action of the following in using This Site and every service provided through This Site (hereinafter referred to as “the Services”.
(1) To do act that may cause damage on the Organizer or any third party: such as hacking, sending of viruses, sending of spam mails, and so on;
(2) To convert or alter programs etc. in This Site illegally;
(3) To burden the server(s) that the Organizer uses for providing This Site and the Services (referred to as “Server”) intentionally: such as to download a huge amount of contents or data of the Services in a short time;
(4) To use the Contents for profit or for illicit purposes;
(5) To make third party use the Service and/or to use the Service for third party;
(6) To violate the laws of Japan or laws of your country, or to do act that may violate the laws;
(7) To do act that offenses against public order and morals or to do act that may offense against the public order and morals;
(8) To input or send false information and declaration;
(9) To cause damage on the Organizer and/or third party;
(10) To defame and/or to slander the Organizer and/or third party;
(11) To interrupt operating of This Site and the Services;
3-2. In the case where User violates This Policy, other guidelines on This Site, laws and regulations of Japan, he/she shall respond in all damages of the Organizer and every third party arising from the violation on his/her own responsibility and cost.

Article 4. (Copyright, etc.)
4-1. Copyright of the Contents shall belong to the Organizer or other right holder of the information, etc.
4-2. The Organizer licenses User to use the Contents only when he/she uses the Contents within a scope of purpose of the personal use.
4-3. User must not make and/or save digital copy of the Contents even though in the scope of the purpose of previous section (except the case where member of This Site saves them as backup of his/her My-Page to his/her own device). Therefore, User must not do any actions of the following without any approval from the Organizer about using of literal information such as articles, reports, etc. which includes in the Contents.
(1) To reproduce copies in large numbers beyond the scope of the personal use;
(2) To distribute and/or to deliver to third party;
(3) To reprint or to post to other website, blog, magazine, newspaper, etc.;
(4) To upload onto the Web Server, etc. and to make transmittable;
(5) To infringe copyright or other intellectual property right of the Organizer;

Article 5. (Treatment of Information regarding User’s privacy)
5-1. The Organizer does not collect information regarding User’s privacy (include, but not be limited to, personal information) through This Site (except the case where User registers as member of This Site).
5-2. Some advertisement and information on This Site are displayed by using behavioral targeting advertising system that third party provides such as Google AdSense, etc. The advertisements, etc. are displayed by using cookie.
5-3. User is able to hide or remove the behavioral targeting advertising on This Site by prescribed method. In addition, User shall take self-responsibility for the change of setting, etc., and the Organizer assumes no liability and responsibility for all damages arising from his/her change the setting, etc.

Article 6. (Important Notice form the Organizer)
6-1. Method of important notice from the Organizer to User should be (unless otherwise provided for) by displaying on This Site and/or other method that the Organizer considers suitable.
6-2. Notice displayed on This Site should conclude at the time of completion of displaying on This Site.
6-3. In the case where the Organizer gives notice to User, unless otherwise adverse claim, the Organizer deems that User has agreed to the notice at the declaration day.

Article 7. (Preparation of Device, Equipment)
7-1. User shall set up and operate every devices, communication tool, software, etc. to connect and use This Site and the Service properly on his/her own responsibility and expense.
7-2. User shall acknowledge and agree that packet communication fees, etc. may accrue to connect and use This Site and the Service. In addition, User shall pay all of the packet communication fees, etc.

Article 8. (Interruption/Termination of This Site and/or the Service)
8-1. In the event of the following circumstances, the Organizer temporarily interrupts all or part of This Site and/or the Service. Therefore, in the case where the Organizer finds it difficult to continue providing the Service because of ongoing of the circumstances, notwithstanding the conditions of section 8-2, the Organizer is able to terminate This Site and/or the Service without adequate notice toward User.
(1) In the case where Convulsion of nature, riots or civil commotion, wars, etc. occurs;
(2) In the case where some kind of emergency arising from the reason beyond the control of the Organizer, such as server down of This Site because of advanced hacking or viruses, occurs;
(3) In the case where the Organizer repairs and maintains system or server of This Site;
(4) In the case where the Organizer judges that the temporarily interruption is required because of any other reason other than preceding issues;
8-2. The Organizer is able to terminate This Site and/or all or part of the Service with at least 1 month prior notice of the termination day. The notice should be by the method of Article 6.
8-3. The Organizer accepts no liability for any damage of User arising directly or indirectly from the temporary interruption or the termination of This Site and/or the Service.

Article 9. (Jurisdiction/Governing Law)
9-1. This Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws and regulations of California, the United States.
9-2. In the case where dispute among User and the Organizer arising association with This Policy, User shall acknowledge and agree that district court having jurisdiction over the address of the Organizer shall have competent and exclusive jurisdiction for the first instance.
9-3. The Organizer provides User with translations of the English version of This Policy. User shall agree that the translations shall be provided for his/her convenience only, and that the English version of This Policy will govern relationship between the Organizer and User.

Article 10. (Change of This Policy)
10-1. The Organizer is able to change This Policy without any prior notice toward User.
10-2. In the case where the Organizer changes This Policy, the Organizer is able to conclude at the time of completion of uploading and displaying on This Site.
10-3. User should check This Policy every time he/she access and use This Site and the Service. In the case where User visits and accesses multiple pages of This Site or uses the Service after the change of This Policy, the Organizer deems that User acknowledge and agree with the change of This Policy.

Establishment Date:　December 1st, 2017
Privacy Policy of @niterest

(General Provision)
1. “The Organizer of @niterest” (hereinafter referred to as “the Organizer”) operating WEB site of “@niterest” (hereinafter referred to as “This Site”) respects the privacy of users of all contents and services in This Site (hereinafter referred to as “Users”) and exerts extreme caution in managing of Users’ personal information. In addition, hereinafter this “Privacy Policy of @niterest” is referred to as “This Policy”.
2. The Organizer sets its policy to protect Users’ personal information as below and handles the personal information by abiding by laws and regulations for treating and protecting of Users’ personal information.

(Personal Information)
3. All words and terms used in This Policy (including “Personal Information”) shall be interpreted in accordance with the “Act on the Protection of Personal Information”.

(Collecting of Personal Information)
4. The Organizer collects Users’ Personal Information by just and legitimate methods, and not by illegal methods that is contrary to Users’ will.
5. The Organizer notifies Users of or publishes the purpose of use of Personal Information preliminarily.

(Usage of Access Log and IP Address by the Organizer)
6. The Organizer is able to collect information related to Users’ privacy by using access log, IP address, etc. Information about liking or interest, history information, etc. (Hereinafter referred to as “Privacy Information”) is collected by using access log, IP address, etc.
In addition, the Organizer is able to use such Privacy Information without any limitation as long as the Organizer uses the Privacy Information in a format that is impossible to identify the individual and that is impossible to check against or to inquire for Personal Information.

(Purpose of Use of Personal Information)
7. The Organizer uses Personal Information collected from Users for the purpose of operation of This Site and other site that the Organizer operates. Main purpose of use is as follows.
(1) To give important notice about providing the Service, etc. to Users;
(2) To respond to an inquiry, etc. from Users;
(3) To caution or warn against Users who violates every terms, etc. of the Service;
(4) To make or to analyze statistical data, and to make or to carry out questionnaire about marketing, promotion, product planning, etc.;
(5) To confirm identity of Users when he/she requires disclosure, change, addition, deletion, etc. of his/her Registered Information.

(Provision of Personal Information to Third Party)
8. The Organizer does not provide or disclose Personal Information to any third party without the Users’ approval or permission; provided, however, that this shall not apply to the following.
(1) In the case where the Organizer provides or disclose in a format that is impossible to identify the individual;
(2) In the case where disclosing or offering is permitted in the laws and/or regulations;
(3) In the case where disclosing or offering is required by public agency based upon the laws and/or regulations;
(4) In the case where the Organizer delegates some or all of the Service to any third party to the extent necessary to achieve the “Purpose of Use of Personal Information”;
(5) In the case where disclosing or offering is required for resolving dispute, claim, etc.;
(6) In the case where the Organizer transfers its business such as amalgamation or other reasons to any third party;
(7) In the case where the provision or disclosure is required for management and operation of This Site;

(Management of Personal Information)
9. The Organizer manages Personal Information closely and makes an effort to keep the Personal Information confidential. However, the Organizer assumes no liability and responsibility for leakage, falsification, deletion, etc. of information.

(Inquiry by Users)
10. User is able to inquire, adjust, add or delete his/her Personal Information that the Organizer stores through My-Page which is granted to himself/herself.

(Modification of Purpose of Use)
11. Modification of This Policy by the Organizer: such as a change of purpose of use, change of method of management, etc. should become effective immediately when the Organizer uploads the updated This Policy on This Site.

(Exclusion of Liability)
12. If the Users’ Personal Information is acquired by any third party, the Organizer accepts no liability for the acquisition.
13. The Organizer does not accept any liability for protection of privacy from linked WEB sites in This Site. Users shall access or visit linked WEB sites at their own risk.

(Using of Analytical Tool, etc.)
14. The Organizer collects the Privacy Information by using analytical tool such as Google Analytics™, etc.
15. Some advertisements on This Site are displayed by using behavioral targeting advertising system that third party provides such as Google AdSense, etc. The advertisements, etc. are displayed by using cookie.
16. User is able to hide or remove the behavioral targeting advertising on This Site either 1) by disabling cookies in his/her browser, or by opting out via the webpage which is associated with the behavioral targeting advertising. In addition, User is also able to refuse collection of his/her Privacy Information by the Organizer by the same method.
17. User shall take self-responsibility for the change of setting, etc. of previous section, and the Organizer assumes no liability and responsibility for all damages arising from his/her change the setting, etc.

(Chief Administrator)
18. The Organizer appoints the following person to be Chief Administrator of Personal Information, and tries to manage Personal Information appropriately and to improve enforcement of policies related to protection of Personal Information continuously. In addition, the following person should be the contact for inquiries about Personal Information at the Organizer.

Operator of This Site: The Organizer of @niterest
Operation Director: Personal Information Desk
Address: https://twitter.com/aniterest