GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. (“Company,” “we”, “us” or “our”) maintains these Terms of Service (“TOS”) that describes the terms and conditions applicable to the use of our game applications for personal computers and mobile devices, and/or applications accessible on social networking sites, platforms and services (“SNS”) (each, an “Application” and collectively, “Applications”).Your use of the Applications is subject at all times to these TOS, our privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) and any additional end user license agreements (the “EULA”) which may apply.Any inconsistencies between this TOS, the Privacy Policy or any EULA shall be resolved by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion.
EACH TIME YOU ACCESS OR USE AN APPLICATION, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TOS, THE PRIVACY POLICY AND EULA, AND REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE APPLICABLE RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN AND THEREIN AND AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THEM. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR AGREE TO BE BOUND BY (OR CANNOT COMPLY WITH) THESE TOS, THE PRIVACY POLICY AND EULA, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE APPLICATIONS.YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS AND USE OF ANY APPLICATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THESE TOS, THE PRIVACY POLICY AND EULA, AS THEY EACH MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.ANY REFERENCES HEREIN TO “YOU” AND “YOUR” REFER TO BOTH YOU AND SUCH PERSON AND ENTITY ON WHOSE BEHALF YOU ACT, IF ANY. YOU SHOULD PRINT A COPY OF OUR TOS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
In some instances, both these TOS and separate terms of service, rules, policies or guidelines set forth additional conditions that may apply to an Application, including, without limitation, the Apple iTunes Store Terms and Conditions, the Google Play Terms of Service, Google Terms of Service, Google Business Play Program and Policies and any applicable SNS terms and conditions (collectively, the “Additional Terms”).To the extent there is a conflict between the TOS and any Additional Terms, the Additional Terms will control unless the Company determines otherwise, in its sole and absolute discretion.
Your failure to comply with the restrictions and limitations listed above and elsewhere in these TOS shall result in immediate (without notice), automatic termination of the license granted hereunder and may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.
You may currently access the Applications without establishing a user account (“Account”).We may, however, in the future require Application users to register and establish an Account.
You must pay the applicable fee (if any) for each Application and any available Virtual Items.Where applicable and subject to the applicable payment terms and conditions, you can order Virtual Items by visiting the purchase page in the Application and providing your credit card, PayPal or other applicable billing method information.All such fees are non-refundable.
In addition to the foregoing, you hereby acknowledge and agree that you shall solely be responsible for and bear all telecommunication expenses, including, telephone charges, Internet connection charges and electricity charges, arising out of your access and use of the Applications.
Subject to technical problems and revisions to payment policies which may be instituted by the Company and partners at any time without notice, you may pay for any applicable fees and other charges by major credit card or such other methods expressly authorized in writing by the Company and its partners.
Any dispute arising between you and any third party payment process service (including a credit card company) shall be resolved directly between you and such third party.To the full extent permitted under applicable law, the Company shall not be liable for any obligations incurred by you to such third party in connection with your access and use of the Applications.You agree to indemnify,defend and hold harmless Company, its licensors, affiliates, employees, officers, and directors from all claims for liabilities, losses and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, from third parties arising from such disputes.
You have the right to cease accessing and using any Application at any time. You understand and agree that unless otherwise expressly provided for in this TOS, the cessation of access and use of the Applications is your sole right and remedy with respect to any dispute, including, but not limited to, any related to, or arising out of: (i) any term of this TOS, the Privacy Policy, EULA and/or any Additional Terms, or the Company’s enforcement or application thereof, (ii) the Company Materials and other content available through the Applications, (iii) your ability to access and/or use the Applications and/or (iv) the amount or type of fees, surcharges, applicable taxes, billing methods, or any change to the fees, applicable taxes, surcharges or billing methods.
Without limiting any other remedies, we may limit, suspend, terminate, modify or delete youraccess and use of the Applications (or any portion thereof) at any time if you are, or we suspect that you are, failing to comply with any of this TOS, the Privacy Policy, EULA or Additional Terms with or without notice to you.If the Company terminates your access to the Applications, you may lose your user ID as well as any benefits, privileges, Virtual Items and User Content associated with the subject Application, and we are under no obligation to compensate you for any such losses or results.
Moreover, no online time or other credits will be provided to you or converted to cash or other form of reimbursement, and you will have no further access to the subject Applications(including all Virtual Items). Moreover, you will not have the right to transfer, sell, or assign any Virtual Items to anyone else.Under no circumstances shall Company be responsible for storing any User Content and other information following suspension, termination, modification or deletion of your access to the Applications.
We reserve the right to stop offering and/or supporting an Application at any time, for any reason, at which time your license to access and use the specific Application will automatically be terminated without further action.In such event, we shall not be required to provide refunds, benefits or other compensation to you.
ALL FEES AND CHARGES YOU INCURRED IN PURCHASING VIRTUAL ITEMS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND TO YOU FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS WHEN WE STOP OFFERING AND/OR SUPPORTING ANY APPLICATION AVAILABLE TO YOU.
The Company does not solicit submissions, creative materials, ideas or suggestions other than those the Company may specifically request.Any communications or materials you transmit to the Company by e-mail or otherwise including, without limitation, data, questions, feedback, comments, ideas, images, writings, music, sounds, audiovisual effects, artwork, design elements, graphics, suggestions, concepts, biographical information, notes or chat or message postings, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary except as otherwise described in the Privacy Policy.
As part of an Application, you may participate in blogs, message boards, contests, sweepstakes, voting, forums and other communication functionality and may be provided with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute or broadcast content and materials to the Company and/or other users, including, without limitation, text, writings, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions or personal information or other material (collectively, excluding Company Materials not created by you, “User Content”). You hereby represent and warrant to the Company that your User Content is wholly original to you and you exclusively own the rights to your User Content, including the right to grant all of the rights and licenses in these TOS without the Company incurring any third party obligations or liability arising out of its exercise of the rights thereto granted herein by you.
You hereby grant to the Company the unrestricted, unconditional, unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, fully-paid and royalty-free right and license to host, use, copy, distribute, reproduce, disclose, sell, re-sell, sub-license, display, perform, transmit, publish, broadcast, modify, delete, make derivative works from, retitle, reformat, translate, archive, store, cache or otherwise exploit in any manner whatsoever, all or any portion of your User Content, for any purpose whatsoever, in any and all formats; on or through any and all media, software, formula or medium now known or hereafter known; and with any technology or devices now known or hereafter developed and to advertise, market and promote same.You further agree that the Company is free to use any ideas, information, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any User Content that you send to the Company, for any purposes whatsoever, including, without limitation, developing, producing, marketing and otherwise exploiting products and/or services using such User Content, and without remuneration to you or anyone else of any kind. You further perpetually and irrevocably grant the Company the unconditional right to use and exploit your name, persona and likeness included in any User Content and in connection with any User Content, without any obligations or remuneration to you.Except as prohibited by law, you irrevocably waive any rights of attribution and/or any so-called moral rights you may have in any User Content you submit, even if such User Content is altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.
TheCompany has no obligation to monitor or enforce your intellectual property rights to your User Content but has the right to protect and enforce its licensed rights to your User Content, including, without limitation, by bringing and controlling actions in your name and on your behalf (at the Company’s cost and expense, to which you hereby consent and irrevocably appoint the Company as your attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution and delegations, which appointment is coupled with an interest).You also agree and understand that the Company is not obligated to use User Content and that you will not receive any additional consideration or compensation for your User Content or for any exploitation thereof. Should the Company institute any action to protect and enforce its licensed rights as aforesaid, only the Company shall have any claim to any proceeds or awards for damages resulting from such action.
You acknowledge and agree that your communications with other users via any channel of communication in an Application are public and not private, and that you have no expectation of privacy concerning your access and use of an Application.You acknowledge that personal information that you communicate in an Application may be seen and used by others and result in unsolicited communications, therefore we strongly encourage you not to disclose any personal information about yourself in your public communications in an Application.You are solely responsible for these communications and their legality under all applicable laws and regulations.Company is not responsible for information that you choose to communicate to other users in an Application, or for the actions of other users. For information regarding Company’s use of information collected in connection with the Applications, please refer to the Privacy Policy.
You agree that you will be personally responsible for your access and use of the Applications and for all of your User Content and online activity in connection with the Applications, and that you will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its licensors, affiliates, employees, officers, and directors from all claims for liabilities, losses and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, from third parties arising from such use, User Content and activity. Specifically, you agree to comply with these TOS, all applicable laws, rules and regulations governing the disclosure and use of third party property, including, without limitation, any and all intellectual property rights. Moreover, you agree not to engage in any of the following:
If you encounter another user who is violating any of the items described in the Online Conduct list above, please report them to GungHo Support.
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE USE OF THE APPLICATIONS AND THE INTERNET IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.THE APPLICATIONS, THIRD-PARTY SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS FOR YOUR USE, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY PROVIDES THE APPLICATIONS ON A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE BASIS AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE THE APPLICATIONS AT TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF YOUR CHOOSING, OR THAT THE COMPANY WILL HAVE ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR THE APPLICATIONS AS A WHOLE OR IN ANY SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA. YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE APPLICATIONS IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACCESS OR USE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON APPLICABLE STATUTORY RIGHTS, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DISPUTE WITH THE COMPANY OR ITS LICENSORS IS TO STOP ACCESSING AND USING THE APPLICATIONS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS LICENSORS OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT BY THEM OR ANY OTHER PERSON REGARDING CONDUCT, COMMUNICATION OR CONTENT ON THE APPLICATIONS OR THE ACCESS OR USE THEREOF. MOREOVER, IN NO CASE SHALL THE COMPANY’S OR ITS LICENSORS’, AFFILIATES’, EMPLOYEES’, OFFICERS’, OR DIRECTORS’ (COLLECTIVELY, “COMPANY AFFILIATES”) LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT YOU PAID TO THE COMPANY FOR THE SUBJECT APPLICATION.FURTHERMORE, IN NO CASE SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS LICENSORS OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM PERSONAL INJURY, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR OTHER COMPARABLE LOSS) ARISING FROM YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF ANY APPLICATION, THE INTERNET OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF OR USERSHIP, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, PRODUCT LIABILITY, PERSONAL INJURY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY OR ANY COMPANY AFFILIATE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS OR THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, THE COMPANY’S AND COMPANY AFFILIATES’ LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE COMPANY DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY THIRD PARTY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH ANY APPLICATION AND WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
For the convenience of our user, an Application may provide certain links to other applications, services and websites provided by third parties. The Company is not responsible for the content of any other application, service or website linked to or from an Application.If you follow such links, you leave the subject Application and you do so entirely at your own risk.The Company provides links from an Application solely as a convenience to you and in no way should this be interpreted as a referral or endorsement of any content, sponsor or owner of any other application, service and/or website. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR OTHER TERMS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS TO ANY SUCH LINKED APPLICATION, SERVICE OR WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AS TO ACCURACY, OWNERSHIP, VALIDITY OR LEGALITY OF ANY CONTENT OF A LINKED WEBSITE.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its licensors, affiliates, employees, officers, and directors from all claims for liabilities, losses and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising from: (a) any breach of these TOS, the Privacy Policy, the EULA, Additional Terms or any applicable rules, laws or regulations, whether or not referenced herein, (b) in connection with your access and use of the Applications, (c) violation of any rights of any third party, (d) use or misuse of the Applications, or (e) communication spread by means of the Applications.The Company reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. The obligations set forth herein shall survive termination of these TOS.
The Applications are made accessible, operated and controlled from GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. in Japan.It can be accessed from various countries of the world.The laws of the Japan, without regard to conflicts of law provisions, will apply to all matters arising out of or in connection with the Applications and your access use thereof.By accessing and using the Applications, you submit and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of state and federal courts located in Japan with respect to any dispute or cause of action arising out of or in connection with these TOS, the Privacy Policy, EULA, Additional Terms and/or your access and use of any Application.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Applications.If you have a dispute with one or more users of any Application, in addition to any other remedies reserved for the Company herein, you release us (and its licensors, affiliates, employees, officers, directors, contractors, agents, third party suppliers, licensors and third party partners) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known or unknown, arising out of or in connection with such disputes.
You acknowledge that the rights granted and obligations made hereunder to the Company are of a unique and irreplaceable nature, the loss of which shall irreparably harm the Company and which cannot be replaced by monetary damages alone so that the Company shall be entitled to injunctive or other equitably relief (without the obligations of posting any bond or surety) in the event of any breach or anticipatory breach by you.To the full extent permitted under applicable law, you irrevocably waive all rights to seek injunctive or other equitable relief and agree to limit your claims to claims for money damages (if any).
The information provided through the Applications are not intended for distribution to or use by any person in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject the Company to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. The Company makes no representation or warranty that any material on the Applications is lawful in every jurisdiction from which such content can be accessed, or is available for use in all jurisdictions.If you access or use the Applications from a jurisdiction outside Japan you are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws.THE APPLICATIONS ARE INTENDED FOR USE BY PERSONS WHO ARE AGE 13 OR OLDER. BY ACCESSING AND USING ANY APPLICATION, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE 13 OR OLDER, AND THAT YOU AGREE TO AND TO ABIDE BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THESE TOS, THE PRIVACY POLICY, THE EULA AND ADDITIONAL TERMS.MOREOVER, IF YOU ARE BETWEEN 13 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE YOUR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN’S PERMISSION TO ACCESS AND USE THE APPLICATIONS.IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 13 OR BETWEEN THE AGE OF 13 AND 18 BUT DID NOT HAVE YOUR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN’S PERMISSION TO THE ACCESS AND USE THE APPLICATIONS, THE COMPANY MAY IMMEDIATELY (WITHOUT NOTICE) TERMINATE THE LICENSE GRANTED HEREUNDER.
The Company takes claims of infringement of intellectual property rights and violation of rights of privacy or publicity very seriously.If you believe that any of the material that is or was in any Application infringes or has infringed any rights, including copyrights or trademarks, owned by you, or by an owner for which you are authorized to act, please contact us at GungHo Support.
The Company is committed to respecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal data.The Privacy Policy sets out how the Company may use your personal data, the traffic data and the content contained in your communication(s).If you object to your information being used in the way set out in the Privacy Policy, your sole remedy is to cease accessing and using the Applications.
In the event the Company decides, in its sole and absolute discretion, to give notice to a user regarding the termination of the licenses granted herein, revisions to payment policies, or any Changes, it may do so via email, telephone call, posting in the Applications or these TOS, or such other method of notice the Company deems appropriate.Where Company decides to give such notice, any access or use of any Applications after delivery of such notice constitutes acceptance by you of the noticed action.
The Applications may be subject to international rules that govern the export of software. You shall comply with all applicable international and national laws that apply to the Applications as well as end-user, end-use and destination restrictions issued by national governments. The Applications are controlled under ECCN 5D992.b.1 of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) per CCATS # G047973 and thus may not be exported or re-exported to or downloaded by any person in any countries controlled for anti-terrorism reasons under the EAR, which include Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria and Sudan. EAR 742.15(a), Title 15 Code of Federal Regulations. Moreover, the Applications may not be exported or re-exported to or downloaded by any person or entity subject to US sanctions regardless of location. The Company is making the Application available to you for download only on the condition that you certify that you are not such a person or entity and that the download is not otherwise in violation of Japan export control and sanctions regulations.
If any provision of these TOS, the Privacy Policy, the EULA and/or Additional Terms (if applicable) is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be deemed to be restated to reflect as nearly as possible the original intention in accordance with applicable law, and the remainder of the TOS, the Privacy Policy, the EULA and/or Additional Terms will remain in full force and effect. The TOS, the Privacy Policy and Additional Terms (if applicable) constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall exclude or restrict the liability of you arising out of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.Any waiver of any provision of the TOS will be effective only if in writing and signed by the Company.The failure of party to assert any right under these TOS shall not be considered a waiver of that party’s right will remain in full force and effect. In addition, the TOS, the Privacy Policy, the EULA and any Additional Terms, including the Company’s enforcement of those policies, are not intended to confer, and do not confer, any rights or remedies upon any person.The original English version of these TOS may have been translated into other languages.In the event of inconsistency or discrepancy between the English version and any other language version, the English language version shall prevail.You are not allowed to assign the TOS or any rights hereunder.The Company is allowed at its sole discretion to assign the TOS or any rights hereunder to any third party, without giving prior notice to you.
The parties hereto confirm their express wish that these TOS as well as all other documents related to them, including notices, be drawn up in the English language only and declare themselves satisfied therewith.
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If you have any questions, complaints, or comments regarding these TOS, or have other questions or suggestions about the Applications, please contact us via e-mail at GungHo Support.
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