Terms of Service
This English text is a reference translation. The Japanese version is the authoritative text, and it prevails in the event of any discrepancy. Read the Japanese version
Article 1 (Scope)
- These Terms set out the conditions for using Bunko (the "Service"), a book management service provided by Arakawa Kensuke Design (the "Operator").
- Anyone who uses the Service (a "User") is deemed to have agreed to these Terms.
- The Community Guidelines, the Privacy Policy, and any other documents the Operator separately publishes on the Service form part of these Terms.
Article 2 (Definitions)
- "Shelf" means a unit in which a User groups books by theme.
- "User Content" means shelves, book records, tags, comments, profile information, and other information a User registers or enters into the Service.
- "Public setting" means a setting by which a User makes a shelf or similar item viewable by third parties.
- "Bibliographic information" means information obtained from external bibliographic databases, such as titles, authors, publishers, and cover images.
Article 3 (Account Registration)
- An account is required in order to use the Service.
- The Service is currently open only to those who have received an invitation. The Operator may issue or suspend invitations at its discretion.
- Persons under 13 years of age may not register. Persons under 18 years of age must obtain the consent of a parent or other legal representative before registering.
- The Operator may require email address verification as part of registration.
- The Operator may refuse registration, or delete an account after registration, in any of the following cases.
- The registration details contain falsehoods.
- The person has previously violated these Terms.
- The Operator otherwise considers the registration inappropriate.
Article 4 (Account Management)
- Users are responsible for managing their own login credentials.
- If a User becomes aware of unauthorized use by a third party, the User must notify the Operator immediately.
- Accounts may not be transferred or lent to third parties.
Article 5 (Content of the Service)
- The Service is provided free of charge.
- Bibliographic information shown by the Service is obtained from external bibliographic databases (Google Books, openBD, Rakuten Books, the National Diet Library Search, and others). The Operator does not warrant its accuracy or completeness.
- Where cover images are displayed, the Service carries the attribution notices required by each provider.
Article 6 (Handling of User Content)
- Rights in User Content belong to the User or to the rightful rights holder.
- Users grant the Operator permission to use User Content to the extent necessary to provide the Service, including storage, display, display to third parties in accordance with the public setting, display on the surfaces that introduce the Service as set out in Article 7, Paragraph 3, and generation of share links and thumbnail images.
- Except for the display on the surfaces that introduce the Service as set out in Article 7, Paragraph 3, the Operator does not use User Content for advertising or other promotional purposes.
Article 7 (Public Settings and Sharing)
- Users may choose a public setting for their shelves and similar items.
- A shelf or similar item set to public can be viewed by anyone who knows its URL, without logging in. It may also be collected by search engines.
- A shelf or similar item set to public may be introduced on the top page of the Service and on other surfaces that introduce the Service, together with the name and description of the shelf, its cover images, and the display name of the User. If you do not want this, you can exclude the shelf from such introductions in its per-shelf settings.
- Even after publication is withdrawn, information may remain beyond the Operator’s control, such as in search engine caches or in copies saved or reposted by third parties.
- Users must take care not to infringe the rights of third parties when using the public setting.
Article 8 (Prohibited Conduct)
- Users must not engage in any of the following conduct when using the Service. Details are set out in the Community Guidelines.
- Conduct that violates laws or public order and morals.
- Conduct that infringes copyrights, trademark rights, portrait rights, privacy, or other rights of third parties.
- Defaming, discriminating against, or harassing others.
- Publishing obscene or violent content.
- Posting for the purpose of advertising, promotion, or solicitation (spam).
- Impersonating others.
- Interfering with the operation of the Service, such as excessive automated access or exploitation of vulnerabilities.
- Using the Service for purposes other than recording and sharing information about books.
- Any other conduct the Operator considers inappropriate.
Article 9 (Response to Violations)
- Where the Operator determines that these Terms or the Community Guidelines have been violated, the Operator may take the following measures.
- Forcibly making the content non-public.
- Forcibly archiving the content.
- Deleting the cover image of the book concerned.
- Deleting the content.
- Suspending the account.
- Permanently deleting the account and its User Content.
- Measures may be taken without prior notice where urgency or other circumstances so require.
- A User who objects to a measure may contact the Operator through the support desk. The Operator will review the objection and will lift the measure where it considers this necessary.
- The Operator is under no obligation to take any measure.
Article 10 (Withdrawal)
- Users may withdraw from the Service at any time.
- Upon withdrawal, content set to public becomes non-public and the User can no longer log in.
- Thirty days after withdrawal, the User Content and account information are permanently deleted. Deleted data cannot be restored.
- A User who wishes to cancel a withdrawal during the grace period may contact the Operator through the support desk.
- Even after withdrawal, records of reports, operational audit records, and support desk correspondence may be retained for the periods set out in the Privacy Policy.
Article 11 (Changes to, Suspension of, and Termination of the Service)
- The Operator may change the content of the Service without prior notice.
- Provision of the Service may be temporarily suspended due to maintenance, failures, outages of external services, or similar reasons.
- The Operator may terminate the Service. Where it does so, it will give advance notice so far as reasonably possible.
Article 12 (Disclaimer)
- The Service is provided on an as-is basis. The Operator does not warrant that the Service will be available without interruption, that it will be free of errors, or that it will be fit for any particular purpose.
- The Operator is under no obligation to back up User Content against loss or damage. Users should keep their own copies of important data.
- The Operator is not liable for defects arising from external bibliographic databases, authentication providers, or other external services, except where the Operator is at fault.
- Given that the Service is provided free of charge, damages for breach of contract or tort caused by the Operator’s slight negligence are limited to ordinary damages that are direct and actually incurred.
- The preceding paragraph does not apply where the Operator has acted with intent or gross negligence.
Article 13 (Personal Information)
- Personal information is handled in accordance with the separately published Privacy Policy.
Article 14 (Changes to These Terms)
- The Operator may change these Terms pursuant to Article 548-4 of the Civil Code of Japan.
- Where the Operator changes these Terms, it will determine the amended content and the date on which the change takes effect, and will announce the fact of the change, the amended content, and the effective date by display on the Service or by other appropriate means before that effective date arrives.
- The revision history is published on this page.
Article 15 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)
- These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan.
- In the event of a dispute concerning the Service, the Tokyo Summary Court or the Tokyo District Court shall be the exclusive agreed court of first instance.