Terms of Use for Ferry Sunflower Wi-Fi
SoftBank Corp.
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1 (Application of these Terms of Use)
- In connection with the use of the Service provided by SoftBank Corp. (hereinafter the "Company") in the Managed Area, these Terms of Use shall apply to the Company, Facility Manager, Applicants, and Users.
- The Company may modify the Terms of Use by notifying Users through a method predetermined by the Company, provided that the Service shall be provided in accordance with the modified Terms of Use.
Article 2 (Definition of Terms)
In these Terms of Use, the following terms are used with each of the following meanings.
- (1) "Service" means a telecommunications service provided in the Coverage Area pursuant to these Terms of Use accessed over an Internet connection with a Wireless LAN Device.
- (2) "Service Agreement" means an agreement that needs to be made in order to use the Service.
- (3) "Facility Manager" means the person specified in Exhibit 1.
- (4) "Applicant" means a person who submitted a Service Agreement application to the Company.
- (5) "User" means one of the Applicants who entered into a Service Agreement with the Company.
- (6) "User Information" means the personal details provided by the User to the Company at the time the Agreement was concluded, such as email address, gender, year of birth, residing prefecture (in case of residence abroad: residing country), or contracted mobile phone company.
- (7) "Managed Area" means the facilities managed by the Facility Manager as described in Exhibit 2.
- (8) "Coverage Area" means the reach of the radio signal identified by the SSID specified in Exhibit 2 from Wireless Base Station Equipment.
- (9) "Wireless Base Station Equipment" means the exchange equipment (including equipment connected to the exchange equipment) installed in the Managed Area in order to accommodate Radio Links.
- (10) "Installation Site of Wireless Base Station Equipment" means where Wireless Base Station Equipment is installed.
- (11) "Wireless LAN Device" means the antenna and radio transmitter / receiver of the User used in the Coverage Area and that has functions for communicating with the Company's Wireless Base Station Equipment.
- (12) "Radio Link" means a telecommunications line installed between Wireless Base Station Equipment and a Wireless LAN Device.
- (13) "Telecommunications Service" means transmitting the communication of others using telecommunications facilities or providing telecommunications facilities for the communication of others.
- (14) "License" means the right to use the Service.
- (15) "ID & PW" means the user ID and password given by the Company to a User of the Service.
Chapter 2 Service Agreement
Article 3 (Unit of Service Agreement)
The Company shall enter into one Service Agreement for each Applicant. In this case, the number of Users who are able to use the Service under one Service Agreement is limited to one.
Article 4 (Method of Application)
Any person who wishes to use the Service shall, on his/her own, submit a Service Agreement application and request the granting of a License in the manner specified by the Company.
Article 5 (Qualifications and Conditions of Application and Conclusion of the Service Agreement)
- The Company shall accept the Service Agreement application only if it passes the examination of the Company and the Service Agreement is concluded when the application is accepted.
- If the Service Agreement is concluded, the Company shall grant an ID & PW to the User.
Article 6 (Grant of License)
- After the Service Agreement is concluded, if the User applies for the License and pays the usage fee on the license purchase screen in the manner prescribed in Exhibit 7, the Company shall grant the License to the User.
- If a License has been granted based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the User, regardless of whether he/she uses the Service, shall be obligated to pay for the License purchased.
Article 7 (Prohibition of Transfer of Rights under the Service Agreement)
The User's right to receive the offering of the Service under the Service Agreement shall not be transferred.
Chapter 3 Offering of the Service
Article 8 (Area in which the Service is provided)
- The Company will provide this Service in the Coverage Area.
- The User agrees in advance that the Coverage Area may change due to additions or deletions and the Company shall not bear any responsibility for any changes with respect to the Coverage Area.
- The provision of paragraph 1 does not guarantee that the Service will always be available in the Coverage Area.
Article 9 (Inquires from Users)
Any questions, inquiries, complaints or other issues arising from the Service shall be received at the contact point run by the Service Manager specified in Exhibit 1.
Article 10 (Communication)
In the Service, communications shall be available through an interface defined by the Company for each Installation Site of Wireless Base Station Equipment among interfaces that are compliant with IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11n or IEEE802.11ac, provided, however, that the Company does not guarantee the code transmission rate set forth in each interface.
Article 11 (Limitation by a Radio Link)
In this Service, the User consents to the possibility of situations in which the transmission rate of radio communication may decrease or fluctuate, situations in which a code error may occur, and situations in which this Service is not available at all for the following reasons;
- (1) distance of line from the radio link and the condition of Wireless Base Station Equipment
- (2) radio disturbances or radio interference etc. caused by signal leakage from telecommunications circuit facilities of other telecommunications services
- (3) radio disturbances or radio interference caused etc. due to the occurrence of electromagnetic waves from electronic products and specialized medical equipment
- (4) radio interference caused by shielding
- (5) events equivalent to any of the preceding items
Article 12 (Restrictions on Use)
- Due to unavoidable technical reasons etc., the Company may inspect the Wireless Base Station Equipment or relocate, expand, or reduce all or part of the Wireless Base Station Equipment without prior notice. In such cases, the Company may no longer be able to provide the Service even in the Coverage Area.
- Because there is only a limited number of possible concurrent connections for the Wireless Base Station Equipment, when the maximum number of concurrent connections has been exceeded, including when the Equipment is in use by third parties such as other Users, the Service will become unavailable. In addition, the maximum number of concurrent connections may differ depending on the usage situation of third parties who are connected at the same time.
- If the address of the information the User is trying to browse through this Service is included in the list of addresses of child pornography provided by the organization that manages and creates address lists of child pornography, other businesses affiliated with the Service may limit the viewing of such information. In addition, access to information that is determined to be child pornography and to which access is limited by other businesses may be limited in this Service by the Company.
- The Company may limit communication relating to a particular software or communication protocol separately determined by the Company when the User communicates using this Service.
- The Company may gather, analyze and store information that is necessary for the limitation of communication prescribed in this Article.
- Company may gather, analyze and storage information necessary for limitation of communication prescribed in this Article.
- You cannot have multiple connections simultaneously under one user ID. Furthermore, up to 5 devices maximum are allowed to be connected in the same day.
- If an act of God, accident, or other emergency occurs or if there is a risk of such events and the Company deems it necessary to deal with on a priority basis, the communication necessary for disaster prevention, rescue, transportation, communication, securing the supply of power, or maintaining of order and communication for which the content is a matter of urgency for the benefit of the public, the Company may take measures with respect to communication using a radio links to stop the use of communication by anything other than the radio links that are located in the institutions listed in Exhibit 3 (this is limited to radio links determined by the Company through discussion with such institutions).
- In addition to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, the availability of the Service may be restricted at the discretion of the Facility Manager or Service Manager.
Article 13 (Notification)
The Company may distribute information related to the Service to the mail address that the User registered at the time of application for the Service Agreement (information is free of charge; communication fee is dependent on the communication environment of the User).
Article 14 (Discontinuation)
The Company may, at any time in the future, decide to discontinue the Service for its own convenience.
Chapter 4 Fee for Use etc.
Article 15 (Fee for Use, etc.)
The usage fee of the Service is described in Exhibit 7.
Article 16 (License)
The effective period of the License is described in Exhibit 7.
Chapter 5 the User's Responsibility
Article 17 (Use of the Service)
- The User shall accept full responsibility for the use of the Service and the result of such use. In the unlikely event that another User or a third party files a claim, litigation or other dispute against the Company that is relating to, or resulting from, use of this Service by the User, the User shall resolve such dispute at his/her own cost and responsibility and compensate the Company for damages if there is a financial burden to the Company.
- The availability of the Service may be restricted depending on the business days, business hours or the like of the Installation Site of Wireless Base Station Equipment. The Service shall not be used elsewhere than in the Managed Area.
Article 18 (Management of ID & PW)
- A User shall be responsible for managing his/her ID & PW.
- Once use of this Service is started using the ID & PW, the subsequent series of communications until logout are deemed as the communication of the User to whom the ID & PW is provided.
- The Company is not responsible for damages caused by misuse or use by a third party of the ID & PW, provided however, that this shall not apply in cases where there is willful intent or gross negligence by the Company.
- Transferring, changing or loaning the ID & PW is not allowed.
Article 19 (Prohibition)
The User shall not perform any of the acts specified in Exhibit 4 in relation to use of the Service.
Article 20 (Management of Wireless LAN Device)
- The User shall maintain the Wireless LAN Device necessary for accessing the Service at his/her own cost and responsibility.
- In view of the fact the Service uses a radio link in a public place, the User shall give his/her full attention including but not limited to implementing appropriate security measures for the Wireless LAN Device at his/her own cost and responsibility.
- In case the User is not able to use the Service or incurs damage by a third party, the Company shall not bear any responsibility or respond to any claim for return or reduction of the fee.
Article 21 (Change of Registration Information, etc.)
In cases where there is a change in the information a User registered at the time of application for the Service Agreement, the User shall promptly notify the Company of such change in the manner prescribed by the Company.
Chapter 6 Suspension of the Service
Article 22 (Suspension of use of the Services for the reasons of the User)
The Company may suspend the availability of the Service if:
- (1) The User does not pay the fee or other obligation (not limited to the obligation under the Service Agreement) to the Company even after the due date,
- (2) The User performs any act that causes, or may cause, a considerable impediment to the Company's operations or the Company's telecommunications facilities, or
- (3) The User performs any act that may cause a considerable impediment to the Company's operations in relation to the Service or the Company's telecommunications facilities
Article 23 (Limitation of Liability)
- If the Company did not provide the Service for reasons attributable to the Company in cases where the Company should have provided the Service, the Company shall respond to the User's claim for damages only if the situation in which the Service became unavailable throughout all of the Coverage Area (including situations in which significant hindrance arises to the Service and therefore the Service is practically not available at all. The same applies hereafter.) continues to exist for more than 24 hours from the time the Company became aware of such situation.
- The scope of damages in the case of the preceding paragraph shall be calculated according to the time during which the Service was not available throughout all of the Coverage Area for the User (limited to multiples of 24 hours). In addition, the scope of damages set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be limited to actual and general damages to the User and the total amount shall not exceed the equivalent of fees for the time during which the Service was not available at all throughout all of the Coverage Area. The Company shall have no obligation to compensate for damages exceeding such amount under any circumstances.
- The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall not apply in cases where there is willful intent or gross negligence by the Company.
Article 24 (Exemption of Liability)
- Company makes no warranty on any matter including but not limited to completeness, accuracy, reliability, usability or any other item of information, etc. obtained by the User through the Service and does not assume responsibility for damage caused due to the information, etc.
- Notwithstanding of the other provisions of the Service Agreement, Company shall not assume any liability for damages arising from acts of God, accident, network failure of uncertain reason and other force majeure. In addition, regardless of the presence or absence of predictability of Company, Company shall not be liable for damages of any kind for damage caused from special circumstances, lost profits or indirect damages unless there is gross negligence or willful purpose at Company.
- Even if modifications, replacement or configuration changes, etc., of Wireless LAN Device equipment are required due to a change of the Service Agreement, Company shall not bear the cost of doing so.
- In addition to the cases explicitly prescribed in the preceding Article and these Terms of Use, unless there is willful purpose or gross negligence at Company, Company is not obligated to compensate for the damage to the User, nor to reduce or return the fee.
Chapter 7 Termination of the Service Agreement
Article 25 (Cancellation of Service Agreement by User)
If the User wishes to cancel the Service Agreement, the User himself shall follow the cancellation procedure in the manner specified by the Company.
Article 26 (Termination of the Service Agreement)
- If the Company knows that the User no longer meets the acceptance requirements of the application for the Service Agreement determined by the Company, the Service Agreement shall automatically terminate without any indication of intent by the Company.
- If no License is granted to a user ID for a continuous period of six months, the Service Agreement shall terminate and all the registered User information shall be automatically deleted. In this case, the User will need to apply for the Service Agreement once again in order to use the Service.
- The provision of the preceding paragraph does not guarantee that such application will be accepted by the Company.
- If the Service is discontinued by the Company, the Service Agreement shall automatically terminate.
Article 27 (Cancellation of Service Agreement by Company)
The Company may cancel the Service Agreement if:
- (1) The User falls under any of the circumstances set forth in Article 22 for which the availability of Service may be suspended; or
- (2) The User becomes in breach of these Terms of Use and such breach is deemed to particularly cause a significant problem in the performance of business by the Company in connection with the Service.
Chapter 8 Handling of Personal Information
Article 28 (Handling of Personal Information)
- The Company shall treat personal information relating to the User in accordance with our Privacy Policy posted on a our Web site set forth in Exhibit 6.
- The Company, in addition to the provisions of this chapter, shall handle the User Information in accordance with the User's personal information.
Chapter 9 Other
Article 29 (Maintenance Responsibility of Company)
The Company shall maintain telecommunications equipment installed by the Company in such a manner as to comply with the Rules for business telecommunications facilities (No. 30 of the Ordinance of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 1985).
Article 30 (Agreed Jurisdiction)
If there is a need for action in relation to the Service Agreement between the Company and the User, the district court with jurisdiction over the location of the head office of Company shall be the agreed upon exclusive jurisdiction of a court of first instance.
Article 31 (Governing Law)
- The Terms of Use conform to Japanese law, and shall be construed in accordance with Japanese law.
- The Terms of Use in Japanese (hereinafter referred to as the "Japanese version of Terms") shall take precedence over any other translation. Per these Terms of Use, even though English Terms or Terms that have been translated into other languages (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms in Other Languages") have been reated, published, or even presented, etc., it is assumed that the Terms in Other Languages shall not have any effect; only the Japanese version of the Terms shall have any legal effect.
Issue date: July 1, 2015 Revised date: June 18, 2018 Revised date: Aug 27, 2018
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Supplementary Provision
The Company may provide the Service to all or a part of the Users upon making changes to some of the conditions of application procedures, the usage fee, eligibility, and cancellation procedures as determined by the Terms of Use for campaigns or discount services provided by the Company or the Facility Manager. It should be noted that each and every change shall be announced to the Users to whom the changes apply by the Company's prescribed methods such as by e-mail or posting on the Company's home page.
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Exhibit 1
The Company:
SoftBank Corp.
http://www.softbank.jp/mobile/
[Inquiries Regarding the Service]
SoftBank Customer Support
[Phone] 0800-100-0026 (Japanese only)
Facility Manager:
Ferry Sunflower Limited
3-21 Koyocho Higashi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 658-0031 Japan
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Exhibit 2
SSID determined by Company shall be as follows;
- Ferry_SF
Managed Areas shall be as follows:
- "Satsuma"
- "Kirishima"
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Exhibit 3
- (1) Meteorological organizations
- (2) Flood control agencies
- (3) Firefighting agencies
- (4) Disaster relief organizations
- (5) Police agencies (including maritime security agencies)
- (6) Defense agencies
- (7) Institutions directly related to securing transport
- (8) Institutions directly related to securing communication
- (9) Institutions directly related to securing power supply
- (10) Institutions directly related to securing gas supply
- (11) Institutions directly related to securing water supply
- (12) Election management institutions
- (13) Newspaper publishers, broadcasters, news service agencies complying with the standards set forth in Exhibit 5
- (14) Financial institutions to perform banking service
- (15) State or local government agencies
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Exhibit 4
- (1) Acts that infringe, or may infringe, on Company's, or a third party's, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights
- (2) Acts that infringe, or may infringe, on property, privacy or any right of publicity of a third party
- (3) Unfairly discriminating, insulting, or slandering others or encouraging unfair discrimination against others, or damaging the honor or trust of others
- (4) Acts that lead to, or are highly likely to lead to, crimes including, but not limited to, fraud, child prostitution, illegal transaction of savings accounts and mobile phones
- (5) Transmitting or displaying images, movies, sounds, or documents falling into obscenity, child pornography, or child abuse
- (6) Acts that lead to, or are highly likely to lead to, abuse of a controlled substance, or advertise unauthorized pharmaceuticals
- (7) Advertising of money lending without a registration to engage in money lending business
- (8) Engaging in, or soliciting, pyramiding sales (nezumi-ko)
- (9) Illegally rewriting or erasing information stored in Company's facilities
- (10) Pretending to be someone else and using the Service
- (11) Transmitting or leaving in a state that allows others to receive harmful computer programs such as viruses
- (12) Sending spam (e-mail advertising or solicitation sent to others without authorization or e-mail inciting, or likely to incite, others toward a feeling of disgust in light of common sense
- (13) Operating websites that use spam to solicit customers
- (14) Obtaining e-mail or information from others by using the Service
- (15) Acts that interfere, or may interfere, with the use or operation of facilities of others or the Service
- (16) Having others engage in illegal gambling or soliciting others to participate in illegal gambling
- (17) Undertaking, mediating, or soliciting (including asking others) of illegal acts (including, but not limited to, the transfer of handguns, illegal manufacture of explosives, provision of child pornography, counterfeiting official documents, murder, intimidation)
- (18) Indiscriminate sending of cruel information such as images of murder, information such as images of killing or abusing animals, or other information significantly inciting in others a feeling of disgust in light of common sense
- (19) Inducing or soliciting others to commit suicide, or introducing means to commit suicide with a high risk of harming a third party
- (20) Encouraging unspecified persons to post information which leads to, or is highly likely to lead to, crime or illegal activity, or information unduly insulting or slandering others, or violating their privacy
- (21) Obtaining, or potentially obtaining, information such as user ID or password of others by using websites, e-mail etc., contrary to the intention of such persons due to a mistake of the persons to whom the information belongs to
- (22) Establishing a link to web sites of third parties for the purpose of encouraging certain acts while knowing such acts fall under any of the preceding items, and
- (23) Other acts determined by Company as violations of public policy or the rights of others
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Exhibit 5
Company shall make the final decision whether the following criteria are applicable based on our research.
- (1) Newspaper publisher
A newspaper publisher that issues a daily newspaper complying with all of the following criteria;- Newspaper universally available for the purpose of reporting or discussing political matters, economic matters, cultural matters and other public matters
- The circulation for one title is at least 8,000.
- (2) Broadcaster
A person who has received a license for a broadcast station in accordance with the provisions of the Radio Law (Law No. 131 of 1950) - (3) News Agency
A news agency existing mainly for the purpose of supplying news (news or information (excluding advertisements) to be posted in a daily newspaper with all of the criteria of column 1 or to be broadcast by a broadcaster) to newspaper publishers or broadcasters
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Exhibit 6
Action guidelines for the protection of personal information
https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/group/sbm/privacy/policy/
Handling of Personal Information in Telecommunication Business
https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/group/sbm/privacy/telecom/
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Exhibit 7
Fee for use and rights
Name of plans | Fee for use (excluding tax) | Availability period | Others |
Plan for 24 hours | JPY490 | Available 24 hours from the time Company accepts the application for purchase by the User | End date and time of the Right to Use will be separately notified in an email. |
How to purchase the Right to Use
Application from the web site provided by Company, which is automatically connected from the access point
The settlement method
Payment by credit card issued by the companies designated by Company
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