Terms of Use
DOKODEMO Terms of Use
These terms and conditions of use (hereinafter referred to as “Terms of Use”) stipulate the terms and conditions for using “the Service” (hereinafter referred to as the service provided by DOKODEMO, prescribed in Item 1, Article 2) and the rights and obligations between Vega Corporation Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Vega”) and Members or other individual persons who browse DOKODEMO (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Users”) that use DOKODEMO.
Before using the Service, a User is required to agree to Terms of Use after reading it carefully. Once a User begins to use the Service, the User is deemed to have agreed to Terms of Use. If a User is a minor or lacks civil legal capacity, the User is required to obtain the consent of the User’s guardian or legal representative before using the Service.
Article 1 Application
1.1 With the purpose of stipulating the terms and conditions for using the Service and prescribing the rights and obligations between Vega and Users regarding the use of the Service, Terms of Use applies to any relationship between Users and Vega regarding the use of the Service.
1.2 If Vega publishes any other terms, guidelines or rules (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Guidelines”) related to the use of the Service, the Guidelines shall be regarded as part of Terms of Use.
1.3 In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between Terms of Use and Guidelines, Guidelines shall prevail.
Article 2 Definitions
Each of the terms below used in Terms of Use has the meaning defined as follows.
(1) “DOKODEMO” means the website operated by Vega whose domain is “dokodemo.world” (including the modified website if the domain or the content of DOKODEMO needs modifying);
(2) “Member” means a natural person (with civil legal capacity) who has registered as a User of the Service in accordance with Article 3;
(3) “Transaction” means each act such as ordering conducted by a User by using DOKODEMO;
(4) “Merchant” means a corporation that sells commodities by using DOKODEMO;
(5) “User Information” means personal and private information and the transaction history disclosed to Vega by Users.
Article 3 Registration
3.1 A natural person wishing to register as a Member (hereinafter referred to as “Registrant”) may apply to register to use the Service by consenting to comply with Terms of Use and providing certain information (hereinafter referred to as “Registration Information”) in a certain way stipulated by Vega.
3.2 Vega will, in accordance with its criteria, judge that whether to accept a registration or not and will notify the Registrant that has been accepted. Registration is completed as soon as Vega conducts the notification.
3.3 If a Registrant falls under any item as follows, Vega may refuse the relevant registration or re-registration and is not obligated to disclose the reason of refusing.
(1) all or some of the Registration Information submitted by the Registrant to Vega is false or incomplete;
(2) if the Registrant that is a minor or lacks civil legal capacity fails to obtain the consent of the Registrant’s guardian or legal representative when using the Service;
(3) by Vega’s judgement, If a Registrant (a) belongs to an anti-social force (means an organized crime group, an organized crime group member, or any other equivalent entities, hereinafter has the same definition) or (b) interacts or participates in any method with and in an anti-social force, such as by cooperating with it or contributing to the maintenance, operation, or management of an anti-social force by some ways such as financing;
(4) by Vega’s judgement, if the Registrant once breached Guidelines or Terms of Use in the past or is connected with the entity that breached Guidelines or Terms of Use;
(5) other situations and circumstances judged by Vega that is not suitable for registration.
Article 4 Change of Registration Information
4.1 If the Registration Information of a Member changes, the Member herein shall, without delay, update the Registration Information in the method prescribed by Vega. Vega is not liable for damage that occurs due to the reason that a Member fails to update the Registration Information.
4.2 A transaction that has happened before the change of Registration Information will continue on the basis of the former Registration Information. If there is necessity to notify Merchants about the change of Registration Information, a Member shall contact the Merchants directly.
Article 5 Management of User ID and Password
5.1 Each Member shall properly manage and retain his/her User ID and password and shall not let a third party use it or shall not lend, transfer, change the name of or trade the User ID and password.
5.2 Any act that has happened after logging in by using a User ID and password will be deemed as the act conducted by the Member related to the User ID and password herein.
5.3 A Member is responsible for the damage that occurs due to the insufficient management and misuse of a User ID and password or when the User ID and password is used by a third party for any reason. Vega is not liable whatsoever for the damage herein.
Article 6 Prohibited Acts
When using the Service, a User shall not conduct any act as follows. Vega will judge that whether a User has fallen under them or not by its own criteria.
(1) an act that violates laws and regulations or is related to crime;
(2) an act that offends or might offend social order and/or good morals;
(3) an act that infringes or might infringe the intellectual property rights, rights to privacy or other rights;
(4) An act that excessively burdens the network or system of the Service;
(5) An act that might hinder the operation of the Service;
(6) wrongfully accessing, or attempting to wrongfully access the network or system of Vega;
(7) Posting images files with the malicious intent to rewrite DOKODEMO code is forbidden and will be dealt with appropriately.
(8) impersonating Vega or a third party, or intentionally spreading false information;
(9) using a User ID and password of other Users of the Service;
(10) using the Service with a purpose that is different from the purpose of use planned for the Service;
(11) collecting, disclosing or providing a third party’s personal information, Registration Information and using history information without prior consent;
(12)supplying benefits to an anti-social force or any other acts of cooperating with an anti-social force;
(13) directly or indirectly causing or facilitating the acts prohibited herein;
(14) other acts judged by Vega that is inappropriate and improper.
Article 7 Indemnification
If Vega directly or indirectly suffers any damage, loss or expense (including but not limited to attorney fees) resulting from a User’s breach of laws and regulations and Terms of Use (including the situations and circumstances in which Vega receives a complaint or claim from a third party), the User shall immediately indemnify Vega as required.
Article 8 Suspension of Service
8.1 In following situations and circumstances, Vega may suspend or interrupt all or part of the Service without notifying Users in advance:
(1) network system of the Service needs inspection or maintenance;
(2) computers, communication lines are disrupted by an accident;
(3) it becomes difficult or impossible to operate the Service due to an event of force majeure, such as an earthquake, a lightning strike, a fire, a storm or flood, a power failure or a natural disaster;
(4) other situations and circumstances judged by Vega that need suspension.
8.2 Vega is not liable for any damage that occurs to a User due to the measures Vega takes pursuant to this Article 8.
Article 9 Ownership of Rights
9.1 The copyrights relevant to the website of DOKODEMO and the Service belong to Vega and the entity that has permitted Vega to use the copyrights. The permission to use the Service pursuant to Terms of Use does not convey any intention manifestation of permission to use the copyrights mentioned above.
9.2 The copyrights of reviews, comments and other contents transmitted by Users belong to the Users. The Users permit Vega to gratuitous and non-exclusively use the rights of copy, public transmission, distribution, translation, transfer, license, adaptation, publication and any other copyright usages specified in Copyright Act. The Users waive all moral rights specified in Copyright Act.
9.3 The permission mentioned in paragraph 9.2 is without condition of territory and limit of time.
Article 10 Deletion of Registration
10.1 If a Member falls under any of the situations and circumstances as follows, Vega may, without providing advance notice or a demand, delete the Member’s registration, interrupt all or part of the Service or take other necessary measures:
(1) the Member breaches Terms of Use or Guidelines;
(2) it is found that the Member’s Registration Information contains false information;
(3) the Member has not used the Service for one year;
(4) the Member has not made response for more than one month to an inquiry or other contacts from Vega;
(5) in necessary consideration of security, when the entry of a wrong password reaches a specified number of times;
(6) a Member falls under any of the items of paragraph 3.3.
(7) by judgement of Vega, a Member falls under the other situations and circumstances in which it is inappropriate and improper to use the Service or to register.
10.2 Vega is not liable for any damage that occurs to a Member due to any act that Vega conducts pursuant to this Article 10.
Article 11 Cancellation of Subscription
11.1 A Member may cancel using the Service and withdraw the Member’s registration by notifying Vega in the manner designated by Vega.
11.2 For Registration Information after cancellation of subscription, Vega will deal with it complying with the Article 16.
Article 12 Transactions
12.1 Each Transaction that a User conducts with a Merchant through DOKODEMO is a Transaction directly between the User and the Merchant. Vega will not become a party of that Transaction and will not be responsible for that Transaction, unless Vega participates in that Transaction as a Merchant. Accordingly, if any trouble occurs about a Transaction, the trouble shall be resolved between just the relevant User and Merchant by agreement.
12.2 Users can use the following payment methods; credit card (VISA/MASTER/AMEX), PayPal, or AFTEE to settle a transaction with merchants on the DOKODEMO website.
12.3 If a user settles a transaction, the responsibility to fulfil the contract is transferred from the merchant to our company.
Article 13 Modification and Termination of the Service
13.1 Vega may, at its discretion, modify or terminate the Service.
13.2 Vega is not liable for any damage that occurs to a User due to the modification and termination prescribed in this Article 13.
Article 14 Introduction and Price of Commodities
Vega engages in trying to display and present the introduction and price of commodities correctively but bears no responsibilities for the relevant accuracy, completeness, newness, and reliability.
Article 15 Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
15.1 Users shall directly inquire the Merchants about the details on the commodities, services, Transactions with the Merchants, information on the web pages (hereinafter collectively referred to as Merchant Information) and handling of personal information. About the information and/or details, Vega does not guarantee that there are not any authenticity, accuracy, reliability, legitimacy and infringements of third parties rights.
15.2 In the event the delivery destination is not Japan but a foreign country or region, a transaction is a process of buying personal and household effects. Users shall bear the responsibility of searching for, understanding clearly and complying with the laws and regulations of the relevant countries or regions regarding prohibition, limitation, taxes, purchasing and transportation issues related to import and export.
15.3 Members shall take all responsibilities for transactions they conduct. Vega and Merchants are not liable for any dispute that occurs due to the reason of, or with the authorities of those countries / regions. Vega and Merchants are also not liable for the delay or non-delivery of transportation, and any other damage due to the laws and regulations of those countries or regions.
15.4 Vega is not responsible for any damage from interruption, delay, discontinuation of systems, loss of data due to failures of communication lines and/or computers, and the damage from unauthorized access and any other damage from using the Service.
15.5 Vega does not guarantee that emails and contents from Web pages, server and domain of DOKODEMO are virus free and harmless.
15.6 Vega may give Users information and advice, however, Vega will not take any responsibilities of the damage from using the information and advice.
15.7 Vega is not liable for damage caused by a User due to breaching Terms of Use and Guidelines.
Article 16 Confidentiality
Users shall, as required by Vega, regard and deal with the unpublished information that Vega discloses to Users as confidential information, unless approved by Vega in writing in advance.
Article 17 Handling of User Information
17.1 Vega will treat and handle User information in accordance with the Privacy Policy stipulated by Vega.
17.2 Vega may, at its discretion, use and disclose the information by which a individual cannot be identified. Users shall not object to the use and disclosure.
Article 18 Amendment of Terms of Use
Vega may, anytime when necessary, without advance notice, amend and/or modify Terms of Use and publish the amended and/or modified Terms of Use on DOKODEMO.
Article 19 Notice
Inquiries related to the Service and any other contacts or notice from Users to Vega shall be conducted in the method stipulated by Vega.
Article 20 Assignment of Status as a Party
20.1 Each User shall not, about and for the status as a party of the relationship of the Service, assign, transfer, establish the security right or conduct any other acts of disposition.
20.2 If Vega transfers or cedes DOKODEMO to other entities, Vega’s status as a party of the relationship of the Service, the rights and obligations and User information specified in Terms of Use will also be transferred and ceded. Users are deemed to have consented to the transfer and ceding.
Article 21 Access History
In order to analyze Users’ access history and their usage, and to provide optimized services for other Users, Vega may accumulate and collect the information of IP address, identification number of mobile phones and the use history of Users.
Article 22 Rejection of Anti-Social Forces
22.1 Each User shall confirm and guarantee that the User is not/dose not belongs to currently and will not be/belong to in the future, (a) an organized crime group or a member of an organized crime group; (b) a person that has quitted the status of being a member of an organized crime group less than five years; (c) an associate member of an organized crime group; (d) a corporation related to an organized crime group; (e) a corporate racketeer (sokaiya); (f) a member (shakai undo-to hyobo goro) that commits the rogue acts in the name of social movements; (g) a group(tokushu chino boryokushudan-to) that commits fraudulent acts using its expertise and relationships with anti-social forces for its own interest (all the items mentioned above hereinafter collectively referred to as “Anti-Social Forces”). Each User shall also confirm and guarantee that the User does not fall under currently and will not fall under in the future the situations and circumstances as follows.
(1) using Anti-Social Forces for one’s own or a third party’s improper interests, or harming a third party;
(2) found that is related to and funds or supplies convenience to Anti-Social Force.
22.2 Each User shall confirm and guarantee that the User will not conduct any of the following acts or use a third party to conduct any of the following acts:
(1) using violence;
(2) asking for unjust demands that is not rightful and illegal ;
(3) conducting threatening behavior or violence in connection with a Transaction;
(4) damaging the other entities’ credibility or reputation and obstructing that entities’ business by spreading rumors, using fraudulent means or using fraudulent force;
(5) any other acts equivalent to the items above.
Article 23 Severability
23.1 Even if part of Terms of Use becomes null and void or unenforceable according to Consumer Contract Act or any other laws and regulations, the rest part of Terms of Use shall continue in full force.
23.2 For some specific Users if part of Terms of Use becomes null and void or is revoked, Terms of Use shall still apply to other Users.
Article 24 Governing Law and Jurisdiction
24.1 The official language of Terms of Use is Japanese and it is the Japanese language that is authentic for Terms of Use. The governing law is Japanese laws.
24.2 All parties related to the use of the Service consent that Fukuoka District Court has exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance with respect to any dispute arising from or in connection with Terms of Use.
Established on April 22, 2015
Revised on July 3, 2018
Revised on August 1, 2022