Article 1. Applicability of Terms

1. These Terms apply to the users of “ATND” services having the functions of announcement of event information, participation registration, etc., (“Services”) provided by Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Company”) for the purpose of information transmission and communication on the Internet.
2. The contents of these Terms may be amended as appropriate; however, Recruit cannot contact the users each time there is an amendment, so users are advised to confirm the most up-to-date Terms of Use published on the Services. The Company may at its own discretion amend these Terms at any time; the relevant amendments shall become effective at the time when such amendments are indicated on the Services.
3. Any notices published by the Company on the Services (“Notices”) shall constitute part of these Terms.
4. Any matters not set forth in these Terms shall be determined by the Company at its own discretion.
5. The Company deems that the users assent to these Terms by using the Services (including acts such as inspection, use, downloading, etc., of the comments, information, etc., published on the Services). Intention of disagreement with these Terms by users can be expressed only through non-use of the Services.

Article 2. Contents of Services

1. The users may use the following Services; the specific contents and the method of provision are as follows:

   (1) Registration of event information:

   Any users logged in with a designated ID defined in Article 3 (“Member(s)”) may provide event information by text and still image information and share such information with other Members.

   (2) Inspection of event information:

   Users may inspect the event information registered in accordance with the preceding item (1). All users, whether a Member or not, may inspect this information.

   (3) Participation in an event:

   Members may express their intention to participate in an event registered in accordance with the preceding item (1).

   (4) Questionnaire functions:

   There are questionnaire functions that Members can use at the time of registration in accordance with the preceding item (1). Such functions enable setting the questionnaires requesting the participants to respond at the time of participation in an event in accordance with the preceding item (3).

   (5) Delivery of messages to persons desiring to participate in an event:

   Members holding an event may inform members desiring to participate in such event who have previously registered the means of communication information including e-mail addresses in advance, of the detailed information, etc., for such event, through the mailing function within the Services or the message delivery service affiliated with the Services. As part of the Services, the Company may automatically deliver messages in a manner designated by the Company to the Members who have registered the means of communication information including e-mail addresses.

2. The Services target users in Japan. The Company does not provide any warranty for the use of the Services by users outside of Japan. In addition, the Company will not indemnify any damages incurred by users outside of Japan using the Services unless the Company is negligent.

Article 3. Membership Registration

1. The services targeting the Members included in the Services are only available to the users who have logged in with an ID, which users use for the certain services provided by third parties, designated by the Company (including, but not limited to, an Open ID and a Twitter ID; collectively hereinafter referred to as a “Designated ID”). Users who desire to use the services targeting Members are requested to obtain a Designated ID before using the services. If a user sets up 2 or more Designated IDs for logging into the Services, such user acknowledges and agrees that the Company may identify such user as a different user for each Designated ID.

Article 4. Contribution to Services

1. The Company shall have the authority to edit event information, events for which the user expressed intention to participate in or has canceled, questionnaire contents, and comments, etc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Comments”) posted on the Services; the Company may freely engage in the following without permission of Members, free of charge. The user agrees that, if the user sets up the Designated IDs for logging into the Services, the Designated IDs and all or part of the information registered by such user in the certain services provided by third parties may appear on the Services along with the Comments; provided, however, that the Company will determine the information that will appear on the Services for each service provided by such third parties in its sole discretion.

   (1) Examine the contents of the Comments;

   (2) Publish or not publish the Comments on the Services (including the case where the Comments will not be published based on its own standards);

   (3) Modify and publish the Comments on the Services;

   (4) Modify or delete the Comments, etc., published on the Services after having been published;

   (5) Engage in any of the preceding items in the media designated by the Company other than the Services. In this case, the “Services” shall be deemed to be replaced by “Media Designated by the Company.”

2. The rights including the copyrights of the Comments, etc., prepared by the Members on the Services (including the rights set forth in Articles 27 and 28 of the Copyright Act) shall be owned by the Members; provided, however, that, the Members shall grant to the Company free use of the Comments, etc., published without the consent of the Members, and without any limitation on the Company’s media incidental and relating thereto as well as any third party’s website containing the Services’ API and/or the media that the Company is affiliated with. In addition, the Members shall not exercise their moral rights relating to such use of the Comments, etc., by the Company for alteration, modification, or existence or non-existence of publication, etc., of the Comments, etc., by the Company.
3. The Members may only post the Comments, etc., for which they possess the copyrights or any other rights in principle. If the Members desire to post and publish Comments, etc., which include third party rights (e.g., photos of a third party, copyrighted works created by a third party, public buildings, etc., Comments provided by a third party) (“Third Party Comments, Etc.”), the Members must obtain the consent of all right holders including the copyright holders of the Third Party Comments, Etc. (including, but not limited to, persons having privacy rights as subjects, persons having portrait rights, and persons having copyrights for the Comments); and shall post and publish only the Third Party Comments, Etc., for which the Members have obtained the relevant consent.
4. In the event that any Member breaches Article 4.3 and there is any problem between the Company or other Members and a right holder of the Third Party Comments, Etc., the relevant Member shall settle the relevant problem at its own responsibility and shall not cause any inconvenience to the Company.
5. The Members shall be responsible for the contents of the Comments, etc., and shall not engage in any of the following. The prohibited matters set forth in this Article 4.5 shall apply to the contents of a message in the case where the message delivery functions set forth in Article 2.1 (5) are used by the Members.

   (1) Intentionally registering false information including one’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc., or those of other persons;

   (2) Writing information that can identify an individual such as names, e-mail addresses, addresses, telephone numbers, etc., of other persons (including, but not limited to, the cases where such information is used in the name of a contributor or the contents posted);

   (3) Obtaining personal information of other persons through Comments;

   (4) Sending or writing information while impersonating others;

   (5) Writing matters relating to the privacy of other persons;

   (6) Using the Services for commercial purposes;

   (7) Obstructing the management of the Services, making unauthorized alteration, or defaming the Company or writing the contents which might defame the Company;

   (8) Positing inquiries or claims relating to the functions of the Services or the accuracy of information;

   (9) Distributing or writing harmful computer programs, etc., or sending spam, chain letters, junk mail, etc.;

   (10) Using the Services in a manner not approved by the Company;

   (11) Causing inconvenience to the Company or any third party;

   (12) Writing or uploading contents that infringe or might infringe the rights of a third party including copyrights, trademark rights, and other intellectual property rights, privacy rights, portrait rights, and reputation of the Company or a third party;

   (13) Stating improper expressions (including partially or wholly non-written expressions) that libel, slander, defame or discriminate against, or might libel, slander, defame or discriminate against the Company or specific companies, corporations, organizations, local communities, or individuals;

   (14) Engaging in search engine optimization, advertisement, promotion, or business activities, campaigns for election to public office, inducing specific philosophies or religions, or writing contents similar thereto;

   (15) Writing pornographic material or posting pornographic photos, inducement of sexual relations, and other obscene contents;

   (16) Writing contents that induce or encourage violence, cruelty, or crimes against children or the young, or impede the sound development of children or the young;

   (17) Writing discriminatory expressions, or irrelevant or grotesque contents;

   (18) Intentionally posting a large number of the same contents of the Comments, etc.;

   (19) Information on sales or transfer of goods, discount tickets, referral cards, etc.;

   (20) Writing contents contrary or possibly contrary to the laws, ordinances, or public order or morals;

   (21) Any other acts or expressions that are deemed by the Company as improper for the Services.

6. If a user breaches Article 4.5, or engages in any act deemed by the Company as improper for the management of the Services, the Company may take necessary measures (including legal action) including discontinuing the use of the Services, terminating membership, and demanding compensation for damages.
7. If the Company or a third party suffers any damages due to any act of a user breaching Article 4.5, such user must compensate for such damages at his/her own responsibility and expense.

Article 5. Suspension, etc., of Services

1. If any of the following occurs, the Company may change, suspend or terminate the Services in part or in whole without previous notice, without the consent of the users or prior notice:

   (1) If the Company changes the maintenance or specifications of the Services;

   (2) If there are or might be natural disasters, accidents, or other emergency situations, which make it difficult or impossible to manage the Services;

   (3) If the Company judges it necessary to suspend the operation of the Services due to any reasons for management or the like of the Services.

2. The Company may change or abolish the services, information, or URL of the Services without prior notice.
3. Even if the operation of the Services is suspended, or the services, information, or URL of the Services are changed or abolished in accordance with the provisions of Article 5.1 or 5.2, and the users suffer any damages caused thereby, the Company shall not at all be liable for the above.

Article 6. Company’s exemption of liability

1. The Company makes efforts to deliver reliable services or information to the users; however, the Company shall not provide any warranties for any of the following. For the use of the Services, the users are requested to judge the usefulness of the Services or the information or services provided by the Services and use the same at their own responsibility.

   (1) Usefulness, compatibility, completeness, accuracy, safeness, legality, recentness, etc., relating to any of the information provided on the Services including the contents of the posted Comments (including information, etc., provided by e-mail, etc., sent as the Services or relating to the Services, and any information contained within the links managed or operated by a third party which are indicated on the Services; the same shall apply hereinafter);

   (2) Any matters relating to the cases where the users negotiate, enter into an agreement or otherwise with a third party by using the information provided on the Services;

   (3) That the Services satisfy the desires of the users;

   (4) That there are no defects, errors, or failures in the provision of the Services;

   (5) That the products, services, information, etc., available through the Services satisfy the expectations of the users;

   (6) That the remarks or acts of transmission by the users, etc., contained in the Services do not infringe on the rights of any third party;

   (7) That e-mails, web comments, etc., transmitted in relation to the Services do not contain anything hazardous or harmful including computer viruses.

2. The Company may at its discretion at any time modify, delete, add or otherwise the contents of the Services, or revise or abolish or otherwise the Services; the Company shall not provide any warranties for the continuation of the Services or the maintenance of the identity or identicalness of the Services.
3. The Company shall not be liable for any damages caused by the users’ use of the Services or the unavailability of the Services (any disadvantage including mental distress or other pecuniary losses); unless where there is willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Company causing the occurrence of such damages.
4. The Company shall not be liable for any of the following:

   (1) Any damages caused to the users due to downloading of the Comments provided by a third party or access, etc., to any linked websites managed or operated by a third party, through the Services;

   (2) Despite the Company having taken reasonable safety measures, there are illegal acts including unauthorized alteration of the Services, illegal access to the data relating to the Services, infection by computer viruses, etc., causing damages to the users.

5. Even if the Company is liable for any of the preceding paragraphs, the Company’s liability shall be limited to direct and normal damages.

Article 7. Environment setting

1. If the Services are provided on a website or in the form of e-mail, the users are requested to use the Services by properly adjusting the settings including general text display (display in Japanese) and e-mail. If a setting is not general, the Company shall not be responsible for performance results or various effects caused thereby.

Article 8. Handling of user information

1. The Company may analyze an access log (including, but not limited to, event information registered by the users and information regarding any events, etc. that the users viewed or expressed intention to participate in ; such information referred to collectively as “User Information”) for marketing purposes and for the purpose of improving the convenience of the users using the Services, such as providing event information similar to the events in which the users had wanted to participate in the past; provided that, the User Information will not be disclosed to any third party unless legally required.

Article 9. Non-assignment of rights and obligations

1. Users shall not assign to any third party nor collateralize their status as a user of the Services or any of the rights or obligations based on such status without the prior consent of the Company.

Article 10. Governing law and jurisdiction

1. These Terms shall be governed by the laws of Japan; any conflict arising relating to these Terms and the Services shall be exclusively submitted to the Tokyo District Court in the first instance.

Supplementary provision

These Terms shall take effect on August 28, 2008.
Revised and applied on September 13, 2010
Revised and applied on April 1, 2014