Site Terms of Use

EpiRecipe is a portal site that introduces the most pride of a top chef, as well as delicious dishes made with seasonal ingredients, and helps you enjoy the "real taste" of gourmet people.
In addition to introducing recipes, we also introduce the chef's restaurants that appear, learn how to use delicious seasonal ingredients, and also include menus that are most recommended at the chef's restaurant during the year.
Cooking users can not only try making special chef recipes in their kitchen, but also publish their own recipes.
Also, for EpiRecipes, if you want to visit our restaurant to enjoy your favorite recipes, you can enjoy the original flavors created by the chef. I hope you will enjoy your food more and more with the heart. That's how we operate it.
When using Epi Recipes, these "Epi Recipes Terms of Use" apply, so please be sure to read this before using it.

[Article 1 Regarding these Terms of Use]

1. The "EpiRecipe Terms of Use" (hereinafter referred to as "Terms of Use") defines the terms and conditions of use for all services (hereinafter referred to as "Service") provided by NAVYPOOL Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") on its website and application (hereinafter referred to as "the Site"). By using this service, you will be deemed to have agreed to these Terms of Use.
2. Our company has established individual terms and guidelines (hereinafter referred to as "individual terms") for individual services. Individual Terms and Conditions are also part of these Terms of Use, regardless of their name (hereinafter referred to as "Terms of Use" and to refer to the portion of these Terms of Use that do not include the individual terms, is referred to as the "EpiRecipe Terms of Use"). In addition to the Epi Recipe Terms of Use and the Individual Terms of Use for individual services, please also check the contents of these Individual Terms.
3. If the provisions of the EpiRecipe Terms of Use differ from those of the individual terms, the provisions of the individual terms shall take priority.
4. If the Company determines that there are reasonable reasons, it may change these Terms of Use at any time at its discretion without obtaining the user's prior consent.
5. The revised Terms of Use shall become effective from the time of display on this site, except in cases where it is set separately by the Company. Furthermore, if a user uses this service after the changes to these Terms of Use have come into effect, it is deemed to have agreed to the revised Terms of Use.
6. If a new establishment or change of these Terms of Use is made, the following terms and conditions apply to any acts carried out by the User prior to the establishment or change of such Terms of Use.
7. Even if all or part of some provisions of these Terms of Use are deemed invalid in accordance with laws and regulations, the parts other than the invalid portion of the provisions and other provisions of these Terms of Use will remain in effect. Even if a portion of these Terms of Use is invalid or cancelled between a particular user, these Terms of Use will remain valid in relation to other users.
8. If we fail to exercise or enforce any rights set forth in these Terms of Use, we do not waive such rights.

[Article 2 Definition]

The meaning of the terms used in these Terms of Use is as defined in the following items:

1. "User" means any person using this Service, regardless of whether or not they have registered as a user.
2. "Register" refers to those who use this service (including services provided not only through free functions but also paid functions) by performing the user registration procedure based on Article 3, Paragraph 2.
3. "User Registration" means being registered on our server as a user of epi recipes.
4. A "password" refers to a string of letters and numbers that the registrant registered during the registration procedure or performed the change procedure after registration to identify the registrant himself.
5. "Registration Information" refers to information registered by the registrant during the registration procedure, such as a nickname, email address, password, postal code, date of birth, gender, etc.
6. "Notification Information" refers to information that the registrant has submitted to the Company, including registration information, address, name, phone number, occupation, bank account, credit card number, etc.
7. "Acquisition information" refers to all information about users obtained by our company, including registration information and notification information, the user's IP address, usage status, history, location information, terminals used, and the facts of credit card payments that are not possible.
8. "Personal Information" refers to information that can identify a specific user (including items that can be easily matched with other information, thereby enabling the identification of a specific user).
9. "Information regarding user attributes" refers to the acquired information such as postal code, gender, occupation, age, services you have used and purchased products, pages and advertisements you have viewed, usage times, methods of use, usage environment, etc., etc., which excludes personal information.

[Article 3 User Registration]

1. You can use this service without registering as a user, but if you use some of the services of this service, you will need to register as a user.
2. Users who wish to register as a user (hereinafter referred to as "Applicant") must agree to these Terms of Use and complete the registration procedure specified by our company.
3. The Company will perform the necessary examination of the application details entered in accordance with the procedures in the previous paragraph, and if it agrees to the applicant's user registration, it will register the application details as registration information and send the URL to the email address entered when applying, and will be expressed as our intention to consent. Furthermore, if the application details are reviewed, and one of the following applies, we may not accept user registration at our discretion:
   • If the applicant has been subject to disciplinary action set forth in Article 16, Paragraph 1 by the Company for violating these Terms of Use in the past, or if it falls under any of the items of Article 15 or is likely to fall under or fall under any of the items of the respective paragraphs of Article 15.
   • If the company deems inappropriate
4. In addition to the previous paragraph, the Company will review the application details or registration information of the applicant or registered person, regardless of whether or not before and after user registration, and if the Company determines that the following items fall within the scope, it may cancel the user registration at its discretion.
   • If there is no applicant or registrant
   • If the applicant or subscriber does not have an email address that can be sent or received
   • If you have received the disposition as provided for in Article 16, Paragraph 1, or have received it in the past, or if you fall under any of the items of Article 15 or are likely to fall under or are likely to fall under any of the items of Article 15.
   • If there is a false statement in the application details or registration information
   • If the applicant or registered person is either a minor, an adult ward, a guardian, a guardian or an assistant, the registration procedure has not been carried out by the adult guardian, or the consent of a legal representative, a guardian or an assistant has not been obtained during the registration procedure.
   • In other cases, if the Company deems the applicant or registered user registration inappropriate

[Article 4 Paid Services]

If you use a paid service provided by our company through paid functions, we will comply with the terms of use for separate paid services.

[Article 5: Management of email addresses and passwords]

1. The Registrant shall manage his/her email address and password at his/her own responsibility, and the Company shall not be liable for any disadvantages or damages suffered by the Registrant due to the inaccurate or false registration information.
2. If we confirm using a specified method that the email address and password entered when logging in matches the registered email address and password, the company will consider the login to be a genuine registrant's login and be used by the registrant.

[Article 6: Handling of Personal Information, etc.]

1. The Company shall handle personal information acquired by the Company appropriately based on the separate "Privacy Policy" and "Regarding the Handling of Personal Information."
2. When using this Service, users agree to display nicknames and icon photos on this Site in addition to the matters set forth in the "Privacy Policy" and "Handling of Personal Information," as well as to enable users of this Service to recognize each other.
3. The Company shall use the acquired information within the scope of the following purposes:
   • Information regarding user attributes may be used to improve convenience, such as customizing the advertisements and content that users see on this site for each subscriber.
   • Information regarding user attributes may be used to make the content of this service and advertisements more suitable for users, enrich, improve, consider new services, and extract the targets of surveys.
   • In order to analyze what kind of advertisements, information, services, etc., to post or provide advertisers, information providers, service providers, etc., we may use the information on user attributes, or to extract the subject of an analysis survey, etc., in order to provide the results of the analysis, etc. Furthermore, information that identifies an individual will not be included in the analysis results.
   • In addition to registration information, we may use the acquired information to ask subscribers to view and correct their nicknames, email addresses and passwords, as well as viewing their usage status.
   • We may use notification information to inform subscribers about the service, send prizes and products, and contact them as necessary.
   • In addition to notification information, information such as the results of mail with certified delivery may be used to verify the identity of the registered person.
   • In order to charge registered users, we may use notification information such as the services you use, the products you have purchased, the amount you have received from your partner, your name, address, bank account, credit card number, etc.
   • We may use the notification information to make any payments to registered users from us.
   • To make it easy for registrants to enter data easily, registration information may be displayed on the input screen, or may be transferred to other services, etc. based on the registrant's instructions.
   • On this service, nicknames may be displayed to help you identify which subscribers have posted or created pages.
   • We may use the acquired information to refuse the use of those who violate these Terms of Use, such as delaying payment of fees, or causing damage to other registered users or third parties, or to use the Service for unauthorized or unfair purposes.
   • In order to respond to inquiries from registered users, in addition to notification information, information regarding user attributes such as the content of the inquiry and usage fees may be used.
4. The Company may entrust the handling of acquired information to a contractor within the scope necessary to implement the purposes of use described in the preceding paragraph.
5. The Company will not disclose or provide personal information to third parties unless the company notifies the recipient of the personal information and the purpose of use and obtains the consent of the registered person.
6. Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous paragraph, the Company may disclose and provide personal information in accordance with the following items:
   • In the event of a compulsory disposition based on Article 218 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Search, Search and Verification by Warrant) or other provisions of the Act, personal information may be disclosed and provided to the extent specified by the disposition.
   • If the requirements for a disclosure request based on Article 4 of the Act on Limitation of Liability for Damages and Disclosure of Transmitted Information (Request for Disclosure of Sender Information, etc.) of the Act on Limitation of Liability for Damages and Disclosure of Transmitted Information, personal information may be disclosed and provided within the scope of the disclosure request.
   • If we determine that it is necessary to protect your life, body or property, we may disclose and provide personal information to the extent necessary for the protection of your life, body or property.
   • In other cases provided by law and regulations and when we determine that it is necessary to disclose or provide the personal information, we may disclose and provide it to the extent necessary.

[Article 7: Changes to notification information, cancellation of user registration, etc.]

1. If there is a change in the notification information, the registered user will promptly notify the company using the procedures set forth by the company. If this notification is not submitted, we will treat the notification information as having no changes.
2. If notifications and other matters from the Company are delayed or are not delivered or defaulted due to the failure to notify the notification of a change in the notification information from the Registrar, the Company shall not be liable for such notice.
3. Registrants can cancel their user registration by performing the cancellation procedure prescribed by our company.

[Article 8: Transfer Prohibition, etc.]

1. The registrant shall not be able to transfer the rights related to the Service to a third party, or use the rights to set up pledges or other security.
2. The status of the registrant is exclusive to the individual and cannot be purchased, sold, changed or succeeded.

[Article 9: Contact or Notice]

1. If we determine that it is necessary to contact or notify the registered person, we will contact or notify you by email to the registered email address.
2. Unless otherwise provided in these Terms of Use, users will contact us using the inquiry form. We do not accept telephone contacts or visits.

[Article 10] Suspension of the provision of this service, etc.]

1. If any of the following reasons arise, the Company may temporarily suspend the provision of all or part of the Service without prior notice to the User.
   • When periodic maintenance and inspection of communication equipment etc. to provide this service or when inspection is carried out urgently
   • If the service cannot be provided due to a fire, power outage, etc.
   • If the service cannot be provided due to natural disasters such as earthquakes, eruptions, floods, tsunamis, etc.
   • If the Service is unable to be provided due to war, uprising, riots, mayhem, labor disputes, etc.
   • In other cases, if the Company determines that it is necessary to temporarily suspend the provision of this Service due to operational or technical reasons.
2. If the Company deems necessary, the Company may change the content of the Service or suspend or discontinue the provision of the Service at any time without prior notice.
3. The Company will not be liable for any delay or interruption in the provision of all or part of the Service due to any of the items in paragraph 1 or other reasons, except as otherwise provided in these Terms of Use, for any damages incurred by the User or a third party due to this result.
4. Even if the Company changes the contents of this Service or suspends or discontinues the provision of this Service, we will not be held responsible for any liability to the User, except as otherwise provided in these Terms of Use.

[Article 11: Improvement of the usage environment]

1. Users shall prepare and reserve communication equipment, software and other equipment necessary for using this Service at their own expense and responsibility and place it in an available condition. Furthermore, when using this service, the user may choose at his or her own expense and responsibility and connect to the Internet via a telecommunications service or telecommunications line.
2. Users shall use information provided by relevant government agencies, etc. to maintain security, such as preventing computer virus infection, unauthorized access and information leakage, depending on their use environment.
3. The Company does not take any responsibility or assumes any responsibility for the user's usage environment.

[Article 12: Principles of Personal Responsibility]

1. The user shall use the Service at his or her own risk and shall be responsible for any actions and consequences performed using the Service.
2. If the user causes damage or disadvantage to other users or other third parties and the Company when using this Service, he shall resolve this at his own liability and costs.

[Article 13: Intellectual Property Rights, etc.]

1. You shall deem that you have granted the Company the right (including sublicensing rights) of content sent (transmitted) by the User, and the Company, to use the content freely (including copying, publishing, transmitting, distribution, transfer, lending, translation, adaptation) without paying any consideration (including sublicensing rights) until the expiration of the copyright and all other rights related to the Content. Even if the user holds the moral rights of the content of the author to the Company and the person designated by the Company, the user shall not exercise such rights.
2. All claims and claims arising out of or in connection with content sent (transmitted) by the User, violation of the Service, connection, and terms of use by the User, or infringement of the User's rights to a third party, will be resolved at the User's liability and costs.
3. If expenses arise from the Company in connection with the response to the claim or claim listed in the preceding paragraph or if compensation is paid, the user shall bear the costs, compensation, and attorney's fees paid by the Company, and the Company may request that the user pay the total amount.
4. Users recognize that the Company does not have an obligation to store content sent (transmitted) by Users, and shall take appropriate backups of necessary content.
5. The Company may view content sent (transmitted) by the User as necessary for its operation, and if it determines that it violates the terms and conditions, it may privately or delete all or part of the content without prior notice to the User.

[Article 14: Property Rights of the Company]

1. Except for content and information transmitted (transmitted) by the user, all property rights in relation to the content and information contained in this Service belong to the Company.
2. Content posted or provided during this service or advertisements is protected by copyright law, trademark law, design law, etc.
3. This Service and all software used in connection with this Service contain property rights and trade secrets protected by laws and regulations relating to intellectual property rights.

[Article 15 Prohibited Matters]

1. When using this service, the user shall not perform the following actions:
   • Acts that infringe or are likely to infringe the intellectual property rights such as copyrights, trademarks, etc. of the Company, other users, or other third parties (hereinafter referred to as "other parties").
   • Acts that infringe or may infringe on another person's property, privacy or portrait rights
   • Provision of personal information for a specific individual
   • One user holds the status of multiple registered users or the status of multiple registered users jointly
   • Act on user registration on behalf of a registered person whose status has been suspended or disabled
   • Acts that discriminate or slander others, or damage the honor or credibility of others
   • Tampering or erasing the content or information of the Service that is accessible or of other people's content or information
   • Acts of impersonating the company or someone else (including the act of crafting parts such as email headers in order to impersonate them).
   • Transmitting harmful computer programs, etc., or making them available for reception by others
   • Pre-election campaigns, election campaigns (including similar actions), or acts that violate the Public Offices Election Act
   • Sending emails such as advertising, promotion, solicitation, etc. to others without permission or disgusting emails (including emails that may result in this), obstructing others' reception of emails, requesting a chain-based forwarding of emails, or forwarding them in response to the request.
   • Acts that place a load on the server beyond the usual act of using the Service or encourage it, or other acts that interfere with or interfere with the operation or provision of the Service or use of the Service by other users.
   • Acts of distributing information, devices, software, etc. to cancel or avoid access control functions of servers, etc.
   • Replica, modify, reproduce, modify, modify, modify, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, translate or analyze the functions provided by the Service.
   • Obtaining the registration information of another person without the consent of the person or by fraudulent means (including so-called phishing and similar means).
   • Acts of using all or part of this Service for commercial purposes, regardless of how it is used (including activities intended to prepare them).
   • If a procedure such as notifying the relevant authority to the supervisory authority or obtaining a license is required in accordance with laws and regulations, using the Service without fulfilling the procedures, or other acts that violate or may violate the relevant laws and regulations.
   • Acts that interfere with the operation of this Service, acts that interfere with the exchange or sharing of information led by others, or acts that cause disadvantage to the Company or others, such as damage to the credit or infringement of property rights, etc.
   • Acts that severely interfere with our business by overly requiring long phone calls, repeating similar inquiries, or forcing us to do nothing or have no obligation or reason.
   • In addition to the above items, acts that violate laws or these Terms of Use, or acts that violate public order and morals (including acts of sending or displaying information or cruel footage that may promote or induce violence, or of recruiting friends in the heart).
   • Acts that link to data, etc. that are found to include an act that falls under any of the above items (including cases where the act is being carried out by another person) with the purpose of encouraging the act.
   • Other actions that the Company deems inappropriate as a user
2. If the user falls under any of the following persons, the user will not be able to use this service.
   • Gangsters
   • Gangsters
   • Associate members of the gang
   • Gang-related companies
   • General Aiyaku, etc., social movements, etc., or special intelligence violence groups, etc.
   • Others who follow the previous items

[Article 16: Unsubscribe, etc.]

1. If the Company determines that the user's actions violate these Terms of Use or if the User falls under the category of the person set forth in Paragraph 2 of the preceding Article, the Company may, at its discretion, delete and change the content sent (transmitted) through the Service, temporarily suspend the Service, terminate user registration (including suspension of the status of a registrant), or deny access to this Site, without any notice to the User.
2. When the Company issues the above paragraph, it will notify the registered user to the email address previously registered, and to users who are not registered users to the email address notified by the user.
3. If the email from the Company as set forth in the previous paragraph does not reach the user due to the user's circumstances, the email from the Company will be deemed to have been reached.
4. We do not accept any questions or complaints regarding our disposition made in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

[Article 17 Restrictions on Use]

1. If the user falls under any of the following conditions, the Company may restrict the user's use of this service without obtaining the consent of the user.
   • If it is determined that there is a risk that a third party may be affected by the involvement of the registrant due to the infection of a worm-type virus or the route of mass-transmitted emails.
   • If you cannot contact us by phone or email
   • If mail sent to the user is returned to us
   • In addition to the above items, if the company deems highly urgent
2. We will not be liable for any damages caused by the Company restricting the user's use of the Service in accordance with the previous paragraph, and the user is unable to use the Service and this causes damages.

[Article 18 Disclaimer]

1. The Company is not liable for any damages to users caused by using this service.
2. If a user causes damage to a third party by using this service, the user shall compensate for this at his own expense and responsibility.
3. We are not liable for any damages caused by the inability to use the Service due to malfunctions, errors, or malfunctions that occur with the Service.
4. The Services and the content and information on this Site may be provided by the Company at that time. The Company makes no warranty, as to the completeness, accuracy, applicability, usefulness, availability, safety, or certainty of the information provided, the text and other content that users register or transmit (transmit) by the user, as well as the software, etc.
5. The Company may provide information or advice to users as appropriate, but will not be held responsible for the results.
6. If the Service causes data to be corrupted due to any external factors, the Company will not be liable for this.
7. If a contract with a user based on these Terms of Use falls under the consumer contract under Article 2, Paragraph 3 of the Consumer Contract Act (Act No. 61 of 2000), the provisions of these Terms of Use that completely exempt our liability will not apply. If a contract based on these Terms of Use falls under a consumer contract and the Company is liable for damages based on a breach of contract or tort, except in cases where the Company is intentionally or grossly negligent, the Company shall be liable for damages up to the extent that the User has suffered directly and in reality, and shall not be liable for any damages arising from special circumstances (including cases where the damages are foreseen or can be foreseen) unless the Company is intentionally or grossly negligent.

[Article 19: Regarding services under development]

1. The Company may provide the services under development as part of the Service or as an independent service.
2. Users understand that due to their nature, the services under development are provided as being provided as may contain bugs, defects, malfunctions, and other malfunctions that do not function properly.
3. If the Company deems necessary, it may change the content of the service being developed or suspend or discontinue the provision of the service being developed at any time without prior notice.
4. We make no warranty of any kind regarding the completeness, accuracy, applicability, usefulness, availability, safety, or certainty of the services under development.

[Article 20: Applicable Law]

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with Japanese law.

[Article 21 Jurisdiction]

If a lawsuit arises between the user and the Company, the Tokyo District Court will be the exclusive court of jurisdiction of the first instance.

That's all

Effective on March 10th, 2022