Terms of Use

This English version is provided for reference only. If there is any inconsistency between the Japanese and English versions, the Japanese version shall prevail.

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") apply to your use of the application "nokolog" and any related services (collectively, the "Service") provided by the operator of nokolog (the "Operator", "we", "us" or "our"). Please read these Terms and use the Service only after agreeing to them. Users of the Service are referred to below as "Users" or "you".

Article 1 (Application of the Terms)

  1. These Terms set out the conditions under which Users receive the Service provided by the Operator.
  2. In addition to these Terms, the Operator may establish individual terms, guidelines or other rules concerning the use of the Service. In such cases, those individual terms and guidelines form part of these Terms and take precedence in their application to the use of the Service.
  3. By using the Service, you are deemed to have agreed to these Terms.
  4. If you are a minor, you must obtain the consent of a parent or other legal representative before using the Service. The Operator will treat any use of the Service by a minor as having been made with such consent.

Article 2 (Account Registration)

  1. When you start using the Service, an account is created for you in the manner prescribed by the Operator. You may register by linking your account with an external service account such as an Apple account or a Google account, in the manner prescribed by the Operator.
  2. You must provide the Operator with accurate and up-to-date registration information.
  3. If any registered information changes, you must promptly notify the Operator of the change.
  4. The Operator is not liable for any damage or disadvantage you suffer because your registered information is inaccurate or false, or because changes have not been notified.
  5. If you lose access to your account due to a device change, loss, reset or similar event without having linked an external service account, it may not be possible to transfer or restore your account and data. The Operator is not liable for any damage or disadvantage you suffer as a result.

Article 3 (Management of Credentials)

  1. You must strictly manage and store, at your own responsibility, the credentials used for the Service (including credentials for external services operated by parties other than the Operator that are linked to the Service; the same applies below), and must not lend, transfer, sell or otherwise allow any third party to use them. The Operator is not liable for any damage or disadvantage you suffer due to insufficient management of your credentials.
  2. If you lose or forget your credentials, or discover that they are being used by a third party, you must immediately notify the Operator.
  3. All use of the Service through the credentials associated with your account is deemed to be your own conduct, regardless of whether the use was genuinely made by you, and you bear all responsibility for the consequences of such use.

Article 4 (Intellectual Property and Content)

All rights, including copyrights and other intellectual property rights, in all materials constituting the Service belong to the Operator or to third parties holding such rights. You acquire no rights in any materials of the Service and must not engage in any act that infringes the rights in such materials without the right holder's permission. The licence to use the Service under these Terms does not constitute a licence to use the rights of the Operator or of any third party in relation to the Service.

Article 5 (User Submissions)

  1. Record titles, captions, comments and other information posted by Users within the Service, and photos, videos and other content that Users upload or make viewable (collectively, "User Content"), may — where the visibility of the record is set to "public" — be accessed and viewed by an unspecified number of Users of the Service. Please use the Service with a full understanding of this. The User who posted the User Content bears all responsibility for it.
  2. You may set the visibility of each record (private, limited or public). The Operator is not liable if User Content is viewed by third parties due to an incorrect visibility setting or any other operation by you.
  3. You must not post any of the following:
    • Content that is untrue.
    • Obscene expressions or obscene images such as nudity.
    • Content that defames or damages the honour or credibility of others.
    • Content that infringes a third party's privacy rights, portrait rights, copyrights or other rights.
    • Content containing computer viruses.
    • Links or URLs to websites other than those approved by the Operator.
    • Any other content the Operator deems inappropriate.
  4. You grant the Operator a royalty-free licence to use User Content to the extent necessary to provide, maintain and improve the Service and to address defects, and — for User Content whose visibility is set to "public" — to the extent necessary to introduce and promote the Service. In granting this licence, you represent and warrant the following:
    • That you are the rightful holder of, or have obtained from the rightful holders all licences necessary for the use in the Service of, the copyrights, neighbouring rights, portrait rights and all other rights in the User Content.
    • That the posting of the User Content and its use by the Operator do not infringe any third party's copyrights, neighbouring rights, portrait rights or any other rights.
  5. The Operator may monitor the content of User Content for the purpose of enabling Users to use the Service safely.
  6. The Operator may delete User Content and restrict a User's posting without prior notice if the User Content violates these Terms or if any of the following applies:
    • A certain period of time has passed since the content was posted.
    • It is deemed necessary for the maintenance and management of the Service.
    • The volume of User Content exceeds, or is likely to exceed, the prescribed capacity of the Operator's equipment or the limit applicable to the User's plan.
  7. The Operator has no obligation to respond to Users regarding the reasons for deletion or restriction under the preceding paragraph, and is not liable for any damage or disadvantage caused to Users by such deletion or restriction. The Operator also has no obligation to delete User Content.
  8. You agree in advance to the monitoring and deletion of User Content and the restriction of posting under this Article.

Article 6 (Fees and Payment)

  1. The basic features of the Service are available free of charge.
  2. If you use a paid plan or other paid services, you must pay the fees separately determined by the Operator and displayed in the Service, using the payment method designated by the Operator (including the App Store billing system).
  3. The Operator does not refund fees it has received, except where required by law or by the rules of the App Store.

Article 7 (Notices to Users)

The Operator may, on a regular or irregular basis, send app push notifications or emails to Users to provide the latest information and recommendations regarding the services provided by the Operator.

Article 8 (Changes, Additions and Suspension of the Service)

The Operator may change, add to or suspend all or part of the Service without prior notice to Users, and you agree to this in advance.

Article 9 (Personal Information)

The Operator handles personal information obtained through your use of the Service appropriately, in accordance with the Operator's Privacy Policy.

Article 10 (Prohibited Conduct)

  1. You must not engage in any of the following conduct:
    • Conduct that interferes with, or is likely to interfere with, the operation of the Service.
    • Conduct that obstructs other Users' use of the Service.
    • Conduct that infringes copyrights or other rights relating to the Service.
    • Conduct that infringes the rights or interests of the Operator, other Users or third parties (including, without limitation, rights to honour, privacy and copyright).
    • Impersonating another User or a third party.
    • Unauthorised access to the Service, or reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling or otherwise analysing the Service.
    • Using the Service by scraping or other automated means.
    • Conduct that violates, or is likely to violate, public order and morals or other laws and regulations.
    • Conduct that violates these Terms.
    • Any other conduct the Operator deems inappropriate in light of the purpose of the Service.
  2. If the Operator determines that you have engaged in any of the conduct set out in the preceding paragraph, the Operator may, without prior notice to you, suspend your use of all or part of the Service or take any other measures the Operator deems necessary and appropriate. The Operator bears no liability for any damage or disadvantage you suffer as a result of such measures.

Article 11 (Exclusion of Anti-Social Forces)

  1. You represent and warrant to the Operator the following:
    • That you are not an organised crime group, a company related to an organised crime group, a corporate racketeer or any equivalent person, or a member thereof (collectively, "Anti-Social Forces").
    • That none of your officers (meaning members executing business, directors, executive officers or equivalent persons) is a member of Anti-Social Forces.
    • That you are not entering into this agreement by allowing Anti-Social Forces to use your name.
  2. You undertake not to engage in any of the following conduct, whether directly or through a third party:
    • Threatening speech or behaviour, or the use of violence, against the other party.
    • Unreasonable demands beyond legal responsibility.
    • Obstructing the other party's business or damaging its credibility through fraud or force.

Article 12 (Disclaimers)

  1. The Operator bears no liability for any damage or disadvantage caused to Users where all or part of the Service is suspended, interrupted or delayed due to natural disaster, war, terrorism, riot, labour dispute, epidemic, enactment or amendment of laws, intervention by government authorities or any other force majeure.
  2. You understand that all or part of the Service may be suspended, interrupted or delayed due to failures of communication lines or computers, system maintenance or other causes, and the Operator bears no liability for any damage or disadvantage caused to you by these events. The Operator also bears no liability for any damage or disadvantage arising from your own usage environment.
  3. The Operator makes no warranty, express or implied, as to any of the following:
    • The usefulness, completeness, accuracy, currency, reliability or fitness for a particular purpose of the content of the Service or the information provided through the Service.
    • That the information provided through the Service does not infringe third-party rights.
    • That the automatic organisation of records based on metadata such as the date and time photos and videos were taken is accurate or matches your intentions.
    • That the Service will continue to exist in the future.
  4. The Operator has no obligation to restore data that has been lost, damaged or altered, for whatever reason, and bears no liability for any damage caused to Users or third parties by such loss, damage or alteration. You are responsible for keeping your own copies of the original photos, videos and other data you post to the Service.
  5. Where the Operator is liable to you in connection with your use of the Service, the Operator's liability is limited to the amount paid for the relevant paid service, and the Operator is not liable for incidental, indirect, special or future damages or lost profits.
  6. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article, where the contract between the Operator and you regarding the Service constitutes a consumer contract under the Consumer Contract Act of Japan and the damage arises from the Operator's intentional misconduct or gross negligence, the disclaimers do not apply.

Article 13 (Confidentiality)

You must not disclose or leak to any third party any information disclosed to you by the Operator or learned by you in connection with your use of the Service, and must not use such information for any purpose other than the use of the Service.

Article 14 (Notices from the Operator)

  1. Notices from the Operator to Users are given by email to the email address registered by the User, by posting within the app or on the website for the Service, by push notification, or by any other method the Operator deems appropriate.
  2. Where a notice is sent to the email address referred to in the preceding paragraph, the notice is deemed to have reached the User when it is recorded on the mail server of that email address.
  3. If the email address referred to in paragraph 1 changes, you must promptly notify the Operator. Any notice sent by the Operator to the previous email address before receiving notification of the change is deemed to have reached you at the time it was sent.
  4. The Operator bears no liability for any damage or disadvantage you suffer as a result of your failure to give the notification set out in the preceding paragraph.

Article 15 (Disputes with Third Parties)

  1. You must resolve, at your own expense and responsibility, any dispute that arises between you and a third party in connection with the Service, and the Operator bears no liability for such disputes.
  2. If the Operator suffers damage (including attorneys' fees) in connection with the preceding paragraph, you must compensate the Operator for such damage.

Article 16 (Assignment of Contractual Status)

  1. You may not assign, transfer, create security interests over or otherwise dispose of your contractual status under these Terms or any rights or obligations arising from it, in whole or in part, to any third party without the prior written consent of the Operator.
  2. If the Operator transfers the business relating to the Service to another party, the Operator may, as part of that business transfer, assign its contractual status, its rights and obligations under these Terms and Users' registered information and other customer information to the transferee, and you are deemed to have consented in advance to such assignment under this paragraph. The business transfer referred to in this paragraph includes not only ordinary business transfers but also company splits and any other case in which the business is transferred.

Article 17 (Severability)

If any provision of these Terms is held to violate laws or regulations applicable to the contract with a User based on these Terms and is held invalid, that provision does not apply to the contract with that User to the extent of such violation. Even in that case, the validity of the other provisions of these Terms is not affected.

Article 18 (Amendment of the Terms)

Where it becomes necessary to amend these Terms, the Operator may do so in accordance with Article 548-4 of the Civil Code of Japan (amendment of standard terms of contract). When amending these Terms, the Operator will set an effective date and, by the effective date, announce the following by email, by posting within the app or by other means:

  • The fact that these Terms will be amended.
  • The content of the amended Terms.
  • The effective date.

Article 19 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

  1. These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
  2. The Operator and Users agree in advance that the Tokyo District Court has exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance over any dispute arising between the Operator and a User in connection with the Service.

Article 20 (Contact)

For inquiries regarding these Terms, please use the contact channel within the app or any other method designated by the Operator.

Article 21 (Special Provisions for Use via the App Store)

Where you download and use the app for the Service from the App Store operated by Apple Inc. ("Apple"), the following provisions take precedence over the other provisions of these Terms.

  1. Parties to the contract: These Terms are concluded between you and the Operator, and Apple bears no responsibility whatsoever for the Service.
  2. Subscriptions (auto-renewable subscriptions):
    • Payment: The fee for a paid plan (a "Subscription") is charged to your Apple ID account when the purchase is confirmed.
    • Auto-renewal: A Subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled (auto-renewal turned off) at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
    • Renewal fee: The renewal fee is charged to your account within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
    • Management and cancellation: After purchase, you can manage your Subscription and turn off auto-renewal from the account settings in the App Store.
    • Free trial: If a free trial period is offered, any unused portion of the free trial is forfeited when you purchase a Subscription.
  3. Maintenance and support: Support for the Service is provided under the responsibility of the Operator, and Apple has no obligation whatsoever.
  4. Warranty and refunds: If the Service fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and receive a refund of the purchase price. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the Service.
  5. Product claims and intellectual property: The Operator, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims relating to the Service from you or any third party (including, without limitation, product liability claims, claims that the Service fails to conform to applicable legal or regulatory requirements, and claims under consumer protection or similar legislation). If a third party claims that the Service infringes its intellectual property rights, the Operator, not Apple, is solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of such claim.
  6. Legal compliance: You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo, and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
  7. Apple as third-party beneficiary: You acknowledge that Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and that Apple has the right to enforce these Terms against you.
  8. Contact: Please use the contact channel set out in Article 20.

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Established: July 10, 2026