Terms of Service

Article 1 (The Service)

Through the Service, the Company offers Users the opportunity to use various online tools (collectively, the "Tools") for tasks such as converting text and images, doing calculations, and checking URLs and domains.

The Tools fall into the following types depending on how they process input, and each tool's page shows which type it is.

1. Tools that run in the browser: what you enter is processed only on your device and is not sent to the Company.
2. Tools that look up a URL or domain: the URL or domain you enter is sent to the Company's server, which queries public sources such as WHOIS and DNS, or the target site, and shows the result.
3. AI tools that process on the server ("Server AI Tools"): the text, images, and other information you enter are sent to the servers of the Company and of the providers to which the Company outsources processing, processed with generative AI, and the result is shown.

Some features, such as the Server AI Tools, require account registration under Article 3 and the purchase of Credits as defined in Article 18. The provisions of these Terms concerning accounts, fees, and Credits do not apply to Users who do not use those features.

Article 2 (Definitions)

The terms used in these Terms have the following meanings.

1. "Content": the software of the Tools, screen displays, text, images, audio, designs, and any other expression or information that the Company provides to Users through the Service.
2. "User Input Data": files, text, numbers, URLs, domains, and any other information that a User enters or uploads in the course of using the Tools.
3. "External Authentication Services": authentication services such as social login provided by third parties, including Google.
4. "External Platforms": websites or online services operated by third parties that the Service connects with or to which Users may move from the Service.

Article 3 (Account Registration)

1. Anyone who wishes to use features that require account registration may, after agreeing to these Terms, register certain information specified by the Company ("Account Information") by the method specified by the Company, become a member using the registered Account Information (a "Member"), and use those features. Upon registration, a usage contract under these Terms is formed between the Member and the Company, and the Member is deemed to have accepted all provisions of these Terms.
2. Members agree to receive various communications and notices from the Company by email or other means in connection with registration for and use of the Service.
3. If an applicant for registration falls under any of the following, the Company may decline the application, and if this is found after registration, the Company may delete the account. The Company bears no liability for declining registration or deleting an account and has no obligation to disclose the reason.
   1. The Company determines that the applicant is likely to violate these Terms.
   2. All or part of the registration information provided to the Company is false, erroneous, or incomplete.
   3. The applicant is found to have previously had a registration canceled or received another disposition from the Company in the Service or another service operated by the Company.
   4. The applicant is a minor, an adult ward, a person under curatorship, or a person under assistance and has not obtained the consent of a legal representative, guardian, curator, or assistant.
   5. One Member is confirmed to hold multiple accounts.
   6. The Company determines that the applicant has engaged in, or is likely to engage in, conduct that may cause damage to the Company, other Users, or third parties.
   7. The Company determines that the applicant has obstructed, or is likely to obstruct, the operation of the Service.
   8. The Member has died or has become subject to a ruling for commencement of guardianship, curatorship, or assistance.
   9. The Member has not used the Service for six months or more and does not respond to communications from the Company.
   10. The Company determines that the applicant is an antisocial force (meaning organized crime groups, their members, right-wing groups, antisocial forces, or persons equivalent to them; the same applies hereinafter), or cooperates with or is involved in maintaining, operating, or managing antisocial forces through funding or otherwise, or otherwise has any interaction with or involvement in antisocial forces.
   11. The Company otherwise determines that registration as a Member is not appropriate.

Article 4 (Management of Passwords and Accounts)

1. Members shall, at their own responsibility, appropriately manage and keep their passwords and accounts for the Service, and shall not let third parties use them or lend, transfer, change the holder of, or sell them.
2. Members are responsible for any damage caused by inadequate management, misuse, or use by third parties of their passwords or accounts, and the Company bears no liability.
3. If a Member finds that their password or account has been stolen or used by a third party, the Member shall immediately notify the Company and follow the Company's instructions.

Article 5 (Copyright and User Input Data)

1. Copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Content all belong to the Company or third parties who have licensed rights to the Company. Permission to use the Service does not license Users to use the Content beyond the scope set out in these Terms.
2. Copyright and other intellectual property rights in User Input Data belong to the User concerned or to third parties who have licensed rights to that User, and are not transferred to the Company by these Terms. However, Users permit the Company to use User Input Data to the extent necessary to provide, maintain, and improve the Service.
3. The Company does not obtain User Input Data entered into tools that run in the browser. The handling of User Input Data entered into lookup tools and Server AI Tools is set out in the Privacy Policy.
4. Users may freely use the output they create with the Tools. However, Users shall confirm that the output does not infringe the rights of third parties.
5. Users represent and warrant to the Company that they have the lawful right to use and enter their User Input Data and that User Input Data does not infringe the rights of third parties.

Article 6 (Prohibited Conduct)

When using the Service, Users must not engage in any of the following, or in any conduct the Company determines to fall under any of the following.

1. Conduct that infringes the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, honor, or any other rights or interests of the Company or third parties
2. Using the Content beyond the manner of use intended by the Service (including copying, transmitting, translating, modifying, republishing, processing, redistributing, or selling the Content)
3. Conduct connected with criminal activity or contrary to public order and morals
4. Transmitting obscene information or information harmful to minors
5. Conduct that violates laws or regulations, or the internal rules of the Company or of an industry body to which the User belongs
6. Transmitting information containing computer viruses or other harmful computer programs
7. Transmitting data exceeding a certain volume specified by the Company through the Service, or placing excessive load on the Company's servers or other systems (including automated mass requests, unauthorized scraping, and multiple simultaneous access)
8. Using the lookup tools to attack or place excessive load on third-party servers, or to collect information without authorization
9. Conduct that may obstruct the operation of the Service
10. Impersonating a third party
11. Using an account held by another Member
12. Commercial promotion, advertising, or solicitation on the Service without the Company's prior permission, reselling the Service's paid features to third parties for a fee, or any other conduct the Company deems inappropriate

Article 7 (Suspension of the Service)

In any of the following cases, the Company may suspend or interrupt all or part of the Service without prior notice to Users.

1. When carrying out regular or emergency inspection or maintenance of the systems for the Service
2. When computers, communication lines, or the like stop due to an accident
3. When the Service cannot be operated due to force majeure such as fire, power outage, or natural disaster
4. When a failure occurs in an External Authentication Service or External Platform and affects the Service
5. When the Company otherwise determines that suspension or interruption is necessary

Article 8 (Changes to and Termination of the Service)

The Company may, for its own reasons, change the content of the Service or end its provision. When ending the Service, the Company will notify Users in advance. The Company bears no liability for any damage to Users caused by changing the content of the Service or ending its provision. However, termination of features related to Credits is governed by Article 21.

Article 9 (Disclaimer and Exclusion of Warranties)

1. The Company makes no express or implied warranty that the Service and the Content are free of factual or legal defects (including defects relating to safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, effectiveness, fitness for a particular purpose, or security, as well as errors, bugs, and infringement of rights). The Company has no obligation to Users to remove such defects before providing the Service or the Content.
2. The Company bears no liability for any damage suffered by Users in connection with the Service. However, this disclaimer does not apply where a contract between the Company and a User concerning the Service (including these Terms) is a consumer contract under the Consumer Contract Act of Japan.
3. Even in the case described in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, the Company bears no liability for damage arising from special circumstances (including where the Company or the User foresaw or could have foreseen the damage) among damage caused to a User by the Company's default or tort due to its negligence (excluding gross negligence). In addition, even where the Company is liable to a User for damages due to the application of the Consumer Contract Act or for other reasons, the Company's liability is limited to the total fees the User paid to the Company during the three months preceding the time the cause of the damage arose.

Article 10 (Advertising)

1. The Company may display advertisements from the Company or third parties on the Service and other media managed by the Company. The forms of advertisements displayed, the partner businesses, and the handling of information involved in measuring results are governed by the Privacy Policy.
2. Any transaction, communication, and related conduct between a User and an advertiser or other third party takes place between the User and that third party, and the Company is not a party to them. The Company is not liable for any damage to Users arising from such transactions.
3. Users shall not, without the Company's prior consent, alter the links or identifying parameters of advertisements on the Service, republish them outside the Service, or use them in a way that fraudulently generates results.

Article 11 (Changes to These Terms)

The Company may change the content of these Terms when it deems necessary. When changing these Terms, the Company will announce the changed content in advance by notifying Users or posting it on the Service. If a User uses the Service after the notice or announcement, or does not complete the procedure for deregistration within the period specified by the Company, the User is deemed to have agreed to the changed Terms.

Article 12 (Withdrawal)

Members may withdraw from the Service by completing the withdrawal procedure specified by the Company. If a Member owes any debt to the Company at the time of withdrawal, the Member automatically loses the benefit of time for all such debts and must immediately pay all of them to the Company.

Article 13 (Notices)

Communications and other notices from the Company to Users concerning the Service will be given by the method specified by the Company.

Article 14 (Handling of Personal Information)

The Company's handling of Users' personal information is governed by the Company's Privacy Policy (https://sokufu.com/en/privacy/), and Users agree that the Company handles their personal information in accordance with that Privacy Policy.

Article 15 (Assignment of Status)

1. Users may not assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of their status under these Terms, or all or part of their rights or obligations under these Terms, to a third party without the Company's prior written consent.
2. If the Company transfers the business relating to the Service to another company, the Company may, in connection with the business transfer, transfer its status under these Terms, its rights and obligations under these Terms, and Members' registration information and other customer information to the transferee, and Users agree in advance in this paragraph to such transfer.

Article 16 (Severability)

Even if any provision of these Terms, or any part of one, is held invalid or unenforceable under the Consumer Contract Act or other laws, the remaining provisions of these Terms, and the remaining part of any provision held partly invalid or unenforceable, continue in full effect.

Article 17 (Fees and Payment Method)

1. The fees for paid features of the Service are the amounts (including consumption tax) shown on the purchase screen of the Service.
2. Fees are paid by credit card. Payments are processed through a payment service provider to which the Company outsources processing. Members shall follow the conditions set by that provider, and the Company does not hold credit card information. The name and country of the payment service provider are shown in the Disclosure under the Specified Commercial Transactions Act (https://sokufu.com/en/tokushoho/).
3. The Service has no recurring billing (automatically renewing plans). Fees are paid each time a purchase is made, upon completion of the purchase.
4. Users shall prepare, at their own expense, the communication devices, communication lines, and other environment needed to use the Service.

Article 18 (Credits)

1. The Company sells prepaid rights of use ("Credits") that can be applied to the use of features specified by the Company (such as the Server AI Tools) within the Service. The range of features to which Credits can be applied is shown on the Service.
2. Credits are added to the Member's balance immediately after payment is completed. When a Member uses a feature to which Credits can be applied, the quantity specified by the Company is deducted from the balance.
3. If a Member holds Credits with different expiry dates, Credits are consumed in order starting with those that expire first.
4. Credits cannot be exchanged for cash or other property, and cannot be transferred or lent to third parties.

Article 19 (Expiry and Lapse of Credits)

1. Credits expire six months after the date they are granted upon completion of the purchase. The expiry period is counted for each purchase from the date the Credits from that purchase are granted.
2. The Company does not extend the expiry of Credits.
3. Credits lapse once their expiry date has passed. The Company does not refund, cash out, or reissue lapsed Credits, nor carry their balance over to newly purchased Credits.

Article 20 (Refunds and Payment Failure)

1. Because Credits and other paid features are digital services, the Company in principle does not accept returns or refunds of fees already paid.
2. The preceding paragraph does not prevent refunds required by law or the refund set out in the next article.
3. If a fee cannot be settled due to a declined authorization or other reason, the Company will not grant the Credits for that purchase. If a payment is reversed after it is completed, the Company may cancel the unused balance of Credits granted by that payment.

Article 21 (Termination of Credit Features)

1. If the Company ends the provision of features related to Credits under Article 8 for its own reasons, the Company will refund to the Member an amount equal to the balance of Credits that have not lapsed and remain unused on the date of termination.
2. The method and timing of refunds under the preceding paragraph will be specified by the Company together with the notice of termination.

Article 22 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

1. These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan.
2. The Tokyo District Court has exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance over any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service.