Terms of Use and Handling of Personal Information

■Terms of Use
The purpose of these Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms”) is to define the terms of use of the website “ASUKA Comprehensive Childcare Support & Service Co., Ltd.” (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”) managed and operated by ASUKA Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), as well as the rights and obligations between the Company and Users (defined in Article 2). If you wish to use the Service, please read these Terms and Conditions and use the Service only if you agree to these conditions.

Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1 (Application of Terms, etc.)
These terms apply to all relationships when the user uses the service, and by using the service, the user is deemed to have agreed to all of the contents of these terms. The Q&A, notices, privacy policy, and non-disclosure agreement/pledge (hereinafter referred to as “other provisions”) posted on the service constitute part of these terms, and unless otherwise specified, the term “the terms” in the following terms includes these terms. In the event of any discrepancy between the contents of these terms and the other provisions, the contents of the other provisions shall take precedence.

Article 2 (Definition of Terms)
The definitions of the main terms used in these Terms and Conditions are as follows:

“This Service” refers to the service by which our company provides information on comprehensive childcare services, such as dispatch and job information for childcare workers, kindergartens, babysitters, etc. through this site. “This Site” refers to the website operated by our company (PC site /). In addition, if any additions or changes are made to the website, this also includes the website after the additions or changes. “User” refers to anyone who accesses this site. “Register” refers to an individual or corporation who agrees to these terms and conditions and registers personal information in accordance with the procedures specified on this site. “Provided Data” refers to posts and other content (including but not limited to text such as columns and user comments, images, videos, and other data) that users provide to our company through this service. “Intellectual property rights” refers to patent rights, rights to obtain patents, utility model rights, rights to obtain utility model rights registrations, design rights, rights to obtain design rights registrations, copyrights, trademarks, and other rights related to intellectual property rights as stipulated by law or rights related to interests protected by law.

Article 3 (Changes to these Terms and Conditions)
These terms may be changed without notice. The changed terms will take effect from the time they are posted on this site. However, if the changes have a significant impact on users, we will provide a 14-day advance notice period and notify users by the method specified by our company.

Chapter 2 User Registration
Article 4 (Registration)
Those who wish to register for this service (hereinafter referred to as “Applicant”) may become a registrant of this service by agreeing to abide by these terms and conditions and by providing certain information (hereinafter referred to as “Registrant Information”) specified by our company. Our company may refuse registration or re-registration if the applicant falls under any of the following items. Furthermore, our company shall not be obligated to disclose the reason for such refusal.

If the person is a minor, an adult ward, a person under guardianship, or a person under assistance and has not obtained the consent of a legal representative, guardian, guardian, or assistant; If the Company determines that the person is a member of an antisocial force (meaning an organized crime group, a member of an organized crime group, a right-wing group, an antisocial force, or any other person equivalent thereto; the same applies below), or has some kind of interaction or involvement with an antisocial force, such as cooperating or participating in the maintenance, operation, or management of an antisocial force through funding or other means; If the person wishing to register is a person who has violated a contract with the Company in the past, or a person related to such a person.

If you have been subject to measures set out in Article 10

Any other case in which the Company determines that registration is inappropriate

If a minor uses the Service by falsely representing himself/herself as having consent from a legal guardian when he/she does not have such consent, or falsely representing himself/herself as an adult, or if he/she uses fraudulent tactics to make others believe that he/she has the capacity to act, any legal acts related to the Service cannot be revoked.

Article 5 (Changes to registered information)
When we receive notice from a registrant that there has been a change in the registered information, we will update the registrant information without delay to reflect the change.

Chapter 3 User Obligations, etc.
Article 6 (Notification and Distribution)
The Company may send notifications to Registrants, including job information, guidance and announcements related to the Service, administrative notices, and various surveys, via email or SMS (Short Message Service). Registrants agree in advance to the sending of emails containing advertisements and promotions related to the Company or third parties such as the Company’s business partners, and the display of advertisements within the Service. If Registrants do not wish to receive such notifications, they may stop the delivery in advance or after the fact by a method designated by the Company. However, if there is a notification that will have a significant impact on the Registrant, the notification will be delivered.

Article 7 (Prohibitions)
We prohibit users from engaging in the following acts when using the Service.

Actions that violate laws and regulations
Acts that go against public order and morals
Acts of registering with false resumes or other false information
Acts of impersonating a third party using the information of other users
Acts of collecting personal or private information using this service
Acts of using this service for secondary purposes, whether for profit or non-profit purposes
Acts of criticizing or slandering specific individuals, corporations, organizations, etc.

Actions that infringe on the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, reputation, or other rights and interests of our company, the users of this service, or other third parties.

Acts of advertising services that compete with this service, or similar actions.

Acts that provide benefits to anti-social forces, etc.

Acts that place an excessive burden on the network or system of this service.

Acts of attacking this site through unauthorized access, tampering, or computer viruses or harmful computer programs, etc.

Acts that directly or indirectly cause or facilitate any of the actions listed above.

Other actions that our company deems inappropriate.

Article 8 (Ownership of Rights)
All intellectual property rights related to the Service and the Site belong to the Company or to those who have granted licenses to the Company, and the license to use the Service under these Terms does not imply a license to use the intellectual property rights of the Company or those who have granted licenses to the Company related to the Site or the Service. The User represents and warrants to the Company that he/she has the legal right to post or otherwise transmit the posted data, and that the posted data does not infringe the rights of any third party. The User grants the Company a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use, copy, distribute, create derivative works, display and execute the posted data. The User agrees not to exercise the moral rights of the author against the Company or any person who has inherited or been granted rights by the Company.

Article 9 (Cancellation of registrant)
If any of the following circumstances apply to a Registrant, we may cancel his/her registration and suspend his/her use of the Service without prior notice.

If you violate any provision of these Terms and Conditions; If it is discovered that your registration information contains false information; If the Company determines that it is not appropriate for you to continue registering as a user of this service.

If a User falls under any of the items in the preceding paragraph and has debts to the Company, the User must immediately fulfill all debts to the Company. The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the User as a result of any action taken by the Company under this Article.

Article 10 (Deletion of Registrant)
If a Registrant wishes to delete his/her information, he/she may do so by a method separately specified by the Company. If a Registrant requests to delete his/her information pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Company shall delete the said information without delay in response to such request.

Chapter 4: Our Company’s Obligations
Article 11 (Handling of Registrant Information)
The Company’s handling of the Registrant’s personal information shall be governed by the provisions of the separate Company Privacy Policy (/company-info/privacy.html), and the Registrant agrees to the Company’s handling of the Registrant’s personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. When necessary for business purposes, the Company will anonymize personal information so that a specific individual cannot be identified and cannot be restored, and when creating anonymously processed information, the Company will carry out appropriate processing in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Personal Information Protection Commission rules. The Company may use and disclose the anonymously processed information in the preceding paragraph as statistical information at its discretion, and the Registrant shall not object to this.

Article 12 (Contact)
Inquiries regarding the Service and other contact with the Company shall be made by telephone or email from the inquiry form. Contact from the Company to the user shall be made by a communication means that the Company deems appropriate, such as telephone or email, and in the case of email transmission, it shall be deemed to have arrived at the time it was sent over the Internet, regardless of whether the recipient has received it or not.

Article 13 (Suspension of the Service, etc.)
We reserve the right to suspend or interrupt the provision of all or part of the Service without prior notice to the User if any of the following circumstances apply:

When urgent inspection or maintenance work is required for the computer system related to this site; When an accident causes a computer or communication line to stop working; When operation of this site becomes impossible due to force majeure such as earthquake, lightning, fire, storm or flood damage, power outage, natural disaster, war, or riot; When the Company otherwise determines it necessary to suspend or interrupt the operation of this site.

We shall not be liable for any damages incurred by users as a result of any measures taken by us pursuant to this Article.

Article 14 (Changes to and Termination of the Service)
The Company may change the content of this service and this site or terminate its provision at its convenience. If the Company terminates the provision of this service and this site, the Company will notify users in advance.

We shall not be liable for any damages incurred by users as a result of any measures taken by us pursuant to this Article.

Article 15 (Disclaimer of Warranty and Exemption from Liability)
Our company will check the employment conditions and other contract details of the company that meets the registrant’s desired conditions and will relay the contact. However, the final check is at the discretion and responsibility of the registrant. Our company does not guarantee that this service will meet the specific purpose of the user, that it has the expected functions, commercial value, accuracy, or usefulness, that the user’s use of this service will comply with the laws and regulations or internal rules of industry associations that apply to the user, or that there will be no defects. Even if any damage is caused to the user as a result of the use of this service, we will not be liable for compensation. In addition, we will not be liable for compensation for incidental damage, indirect damage, special damage, future damage, or damage related to lost profits. However, if the user is damaged by our intentional or gross negligence, we may pay compensation for damages up to the actual cost of the damage directly suffered by the relevant person. In addition to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, if a dispute arises between the user and a third party regarding this service, the user will immediately notify our company and will resolve the matter at his/her own responsibility and expense, and our company will not be involved in this in any way and will not be liable in any way.

Article 16 (Transfer of status regarding use of the Service, etc.)
Registrants may not assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of their status on the Service or their rights or obligations under these Terms to a third party without the prior written consent of the Company. If the Company transfers the business related to the Service to another company, the Company may transfer the status on the Service, the rights and obligations under these Terms, and the User’s information to the transferee of the business transfer, and the User agrees to such transfer in advance under this paragraph. Note that the business transfer specified in this paragraph includes not only normal business transfers, but also company splits and any other cases in which the business is transferred.

Article 17 (Compensation for damages)
Our company may claim damages from any user for any damages incurred by our company due to the user’s violation of these Terms and Conditions or other reasons attributable to the user.

Article 18 (Force majeure)
The Company shall not be liable to users or other third parties for any failure or delay in performance of the obligations under these Terms and Conditions that arise directly or indirectly from force majeure, including earthquakes, lightning strikes, fires, wind and flood damage, power outages, natural disasters, war, riots, or other similar circumstances beyond the Company’s reasonable control.

Chapter 5 Miscellaneous Provisions
Article 19 (Severability)
Even if any provision or part of any provision of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations, the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions and the remaining part of the provision that is determined to be invalid or unenforceable shall continue in full force and effect.

Article 20 (Governing Law)
The establishment, validity, performance and interpretation of these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of Japan.

Article 21 (Negotiations and Court of Jurisdiction)
In the event of any matter not specified in these Terms or any doubts regarding the interpretation of these Terms, the Company and the User shall negotiate in good faith and seek to resolve the matter promptly. In the event of any dispute arising between the Company and the User in relation to the Service, the District Court with jurisdiction over the location of the Company’s head office shall be the court of first instance with exclusive jurisdiction.

Established on September 1, 2019

■ Handling of personal information

We will strictly manage your personal information provided via this form and email.

1) Name of business operator:株式会社明日香
2) Name or job title, affiliation and contact details of the personal information manager
Manager’s name and job title: General Affairs Manager
Affiliation: Asuka Co., Ltd.
Contact: Phone: 03(6912)0015
3) Purpose of use of personal information
① To provide the individual with information about work
② To provide the individual with information about seminars and training sessions

4) Voluntary provision of personal information
Whether or not you provide your personal information to us is up to you. However, if you do not provide us with the necessary information, we may not be able to meet your request.

5) Request for disclosure of personal information

You may contact our office below to request the disclosure of your personal information. We will respond within a reasonable period of time after verifying your identity.

For inquiries regarding our personal information protection policy, please contact the following office.

3F Asuka Building, 5-2-2 Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0002
Asuka Co., Ltd. Personal Information Inquiry Desk
Email address: asuka-p-inquiries@g-asuka.co.jp
TEL: 03-6912-0015 (Hours: 9:00-18:00 on weekdays*)
*Inquiries on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, New Year’s holidays, Golden Week, and summer holidays will be handled from the next business day onwards.