Terms of Service

Article 1 (Application)

1. The purpose of these Terms is to define the conditions for providing the Service and the rights and obligations between the Company and registered users regarding the use of the Service. These Terms apply to all relationships between registered users and the Company related to the use of the Service.
2. The rules and various policies regarding the use of the Service posted by the Company on the Website (https://growthclaw.co) shall constitute a part of these Terms.
3. In the event of any discrepancy between the contents of these Terms and the rules mentioned in the preceding paragraph or other explanations of the Service outside of these Terms, the provisions of these Terms shall prevail unless otherwise specifically reserved in such explanations.

Article 2 (Definitions)

The following terms used in these Terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

1. "Service Use Agreement" means the agreement for the use of the Service concluded between the Company and a registered user, with these Terms as the contractual conditions.
2. "Intellectual Property Rights" means copyrights, patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, and other intellectual property rights (including the rights to acquire such rights or to apply for registration, etc., of such rights).
3. "Posted Data" means content (including but not limited to text, images, videos, and other data) that a registered user posts or otherwise transmits using the Service.
4. "Company" means Felo Inc.
5. "Website" means the website operated by the Company with the domain "https://growthclaw.co" where the Company sells the Service (including any subsequent website in the event that the domain or content of the website is changed for any reason).
6. "Registered User" means an individual or legal entity that has been registered as a user of the Service in accordance with Article 3 (Registration).
7. "Service" means the online service provided by the Company (including any subsequent service in the event that the name or content of the service is changed for any reason).

Article 3 (Registration)

1. A person who wishes to use the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Applicant") may apply for registration to use the Service by agreeing to comply with these Terms and providing certain information specified by the Company (hereinafter referred to as "Registration Information") to the Company in a manner determined by the Company.
2. The Company shall, in accordance with its standards, determine whether to approve the registration of the Applicant who has applied for registration based on Paragraph 1 (hereinafter referred to as "Registration Applicant"), and if the Company approves the registration, it shall notify the Registration Applicant to that effect. The registration of the Registration Applicant as a Registered User shall be completed when the Company issues the notification under this paragraph.
3. Upon completion of the registration as stipulated in the preceding paragraph, the Service Use Agreement shall be established between the Registered User and the Company, and the Registered User shall be able to use the Service in accordance with these Terms.
4. The Company may refuse registration or re-registration if the Registration Applicant falls under any of the following items, and the Company shall not be obligated to disclose the reason for such refusal:
   1. If any or all of the Registration Information provided to the Company is false, incorrect, or incomplete.
   2. If the Registration Applicant is a minor, an adult ward, a person under curatorship, or a person under assistance, and has not obtained the consent of a legal representative, guardian, curator, or assistant.
   3. If the Company determines that the Registration Applicant is an antisocial force (meaning organized crime groups, organized crime group members, right-wing groups, antisocial forces, and other similar entities; hereinafter the same) or is involved in any interaction or involvement with antisocial forces, such as providing funds or otherwise cooperating or participating in the maintenance, operation, or management of antisocial forces.
   4. If the Company determines that the Registration Applicant is a person who has violated a contract with the Company in the past or a related party thereof.
   5. If the Registration Applicant has been subject to the measures stipulated in Article 10.
   6. If the Company otherwise determines that registration is not appropriate.

Article 4 (Changes to Registration Information)

If there is any change to the Registration Information, the Registered User shall promptly notify the Company of such changes in a manner determined by the Company.

Article 5 (Password and User ID Management)

1. Registered Users shall, at their own responsibility, appropriately manage and store passwords and user IDs related to the Service, and shall not allow third parties to use, lend, transfer, change the name of, sell, or otherwise dispose of them.
2. Registered Users shall be responsible for any damages arising from inadequate management of passwords or user IDs, errors in use, or use by third parties.

Article 6 (Fees and Payment Methods)

1. Registered Users shall pay the Company the usage fees separately determined by the Company and displayed on the Website as consideration for using the Service, using the payment method designated by the Company.
2. If a Registered User delays payment of usage fees, the Registered User shall pay the Company late payment charges at an annual rate of 14.6%.

Article 7 (Prohibited Matters)

When using the Service, Registered Users shall not engage in any of the following acts or acts that the Company deems to fall under any of the following:

1. Acts that violate laws or regulations or acts related to criminal activities.
2. Acts of fraud or intimidation against the Company or other third parties.
3. Acts that violate public order and morals.
4. Acts that infringe on the Intellectual Property Rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, honor, or other rights or interests of the Company or other third parties.
5. Asking questions or transmitting information through the Service that falls under, or is deemed by the Company to fall under, any of the following:
   • Information containing excessively violent or cruel expressions.
   • Information intended to overthrow the government through terrorism or violence.
   • Information which contains child pornography
   • Information containing computer viruses or other harmful computer programs.
   • Information containing expressions that defame the honor or reputation of the Company, other users of the Service, or other third parties.
   • Information containing excessively obscene expressions.
   • Information containing expressions that promote discrimination.
   • Information containing expressions that encourage suicide or self-harm.
   • Information containing expressions that encourage inappropriate use of drugs.
   • Information containing antisocial purposes.
   • Information requesting the dissemination of information to third parties, such as chain emails.
   • Information containing expressions that cause discomfort to others.
6. Acts that place an excessive load on the Service's network or systems.
7. Reverse engineering or other analysis of software or other systems provided by the Company.
8. Acts that may interfere with the operation of the Service.
9. Unauthorized access to the Company's network or systems.
10. Acts of impersonating a third party.
11. Acts of using the ID or password of another user of the Service.
12. Advertising, solicitation, or sales activities on the Service that are not pre-approved by the Company.
13. Collection of information of other users of the Service.
14. Acts that cause disadvantage, damage, or discomfort to the Company, other users of the Service, or other third parties.
15. Acts that violate the rules regarding the use of the Service posted on the Website (https://growthclaw.co).
16. Providing benefits to antisocial forces.
17. Acts aimed at meeting strangers of the opposite sex.
18. Acts that directly or indirectly induce or facilitate any of the preceding items.
19. Attempting to perform any of the preceding acts.
20. Acts of applying for the service pretending to be for personal use, when the purpose is corporate use or commercial use.
21. Other acts that the Company deems inappropriate.

Article 8 (Suspension of the Service, etc.)

The Company may suspend or interrupt the provision of all or part of the Service without prior notice to Registered Users in any of the following cases:

1. When urgent inspection or maintenance work on the computer system related to the Service is required.
2. When the operation of the Service becomes impossible due to computer or communication line failures, operational errors, excessive concentration of access, unauthorized access, hacking, etc.
3. When the operation of the Service becomes impossible due to force majeure such as earthquakes, lightning strikes, fires, floods, power outages, or natural disasters.
4. When the Company otherwise deems it necessary to suspend or interrupt the Service.

Article 9 (Attribution of Rights, etc.)

All Intellectual Property Rights related to the Website and the Service belong to the Company or those who have granted the Company the right to use them. 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 the Company the right to use them concerning the Website or the Service. The rights to Submitted Text and Service Responses are governed by the following article.

Article 10 (Text and Responses)

1. The Company does not guarantee or assume any other responsibility for the accuracy, safety, or legality of the text transmitted by Registered Users using the Service (hereinafter referred to as "Submitted Text").
2. Registered Users shall have full rights to the Submitted Text, and shall use the responses received through the service (hereinafter "Service Responses") at their own risk and discretion.
3. The Company assumes no responsibility whatsoever for the content of Service Responses or for any malfunctions of the Service due to reasons attributable to the API integration partners of the Service.
4. In the event that copyright arises in a Service Response, the copyright of said response (including the rights under Articles 27 and 28 of the Copyright Act) shall be transferred to the Registered User upon provision of the Service Response to the Registered User.
5. Registered users shall not modify, etc. the logo of this service attached to the Service Response by the Company without the consent of the Company.
6. Registered Users fully understand that, due to the nature of the Service, identical or very similar Service Responses may be generated for other Registered Users, and consent in advance to the possibility that other Registered Users may use such responses. It is confirmed that the said consent is not intended to transfer the rights to or grant a license to use the Registered User's Submitted Text.

Article 11 (Cancellation of Registration, etc.)

1. If a Registered User falls under any of the following items, the Company may, without prior notice or demand, delete or hide Posted Data, temporarily suspend the use of the Service by the Registered User, or cancel the registration as a Registered User:
   1. If the Registered User violates any provision of these Terms.
   2. If it is found that there is a false statement in the Registration Information.
   3. If the Registered User becomes insolvent or unable to pay, or if a petition for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, civil rehabilitation proceedings, corporate reorganization proceedings, special liquidation proceedings, or similar proceedings is filed.
   4. If there is no response for more than [30 days] to inquiries or other communications from the Company requesting a response.
   5. If the Registered User falls under any of the items in Article 3, Paragraph 4.
   6. If the Company otherwise determines that the continued use of the Service or registration as a Registered User is not appropriate.
   7. The registered user is a free-tier user and has not logged in for 30 consecutive days. The Company may delete the associated data (including but not limited to user content, files, and related records) to optimize system resources and service efficiency.
2. If any of the items in the preceding paragraph applies, the Registered User shall automatically lose the benefit of time for all obligations owed to the Company and shall immediately pay all obligations to the Company.

Article 12 (Withdrawal)

1. Registered Users may withdraw from the Service and cancel their registration as a Registered User by completing the procedures prescribed by the Company.
2. If a Registered User has any obligations owed to the Company upon withdrawal, the Registered User shall automatically lose the benefit of time for all obligations owed to the Company and shall immediately pay all obligations to the Company.
3. The handling of user information after withdrawal shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article 15.

Article 13 (Changes to and Termination of the Service)

1. The Company may change the content of the Service or terminate its provision at its convenience.
2. If the Company terminates the provision of the Service, the Company shall notify Registered Users in advance.

Article 14 (Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability)

1. The Company does not guarantee, whether expressly or impliedly, that the Service will be suitable for a Registered User's specific purpose, have the expected functions, commercial value, accuracy, or usefulness, that the Registered User's use of the Service will comply with applicable laws or regulations or internal rules of industry organizations, that it will be continuously available, or that it will be free from defects.
2. The Company shall not be liable to compensate for damages incurred by a Registered User in connection with the Service in excess of the amount of consideration paid by the Registered User to the Company in the past [12 months], and shall not be liable for incidental, indirect, special, future, or lost profit damages.
3. Any transactions, communications, disputes, etc. that arise between a Registered User and other third parties in connection with the Service or the Website shall be resolved by the Registered User at their own responsibility and expense.

Article 15 (Confidentiality)

Registered Users shall treat as confidential any non-public information disclosed by the Company to Registered Users in connection with the Service that the Company requests to be treated as confidential, unless prior written consent is obtained from the Company.

Article 16 (Handling of User Information)

1. The handling of Registered Users' user information by the Company shall be in accordance with the provisions of the separate Privacy Policy (https://growthclaw.co/ja/privacy), and Registered Users agree that the Company will handle Registered Users' user information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2. The Company may, at its discretion, use and disclose information and data provided by Registered Users to the Company as statistical information that does not identify individuals, and Registered Users shall not object to this.

Article 17 (Changes to these Terms, etc.)

The Company may change these Terms if the Company deems it necessary. When changing these Terms, the Company shall make known the effective date and content of the revised Terms by posting them on the Website or by other appropriate means, or shall notify Registered Users. However, if the content of the change requires the consent of Registered Users by law, the Company shall obtain the consent of Registered Users in a manner prescribed by the Company.

Article 18 (Communication/Notification)

1. Inquiries regarding the Service and other communications or notifications from Registered Users to the Company, and notifications regarding changes to these Terms and other communications or notifications from the Company to Registered Users, shall be made in a manner determined by the Company.
2. If the Company makes a communication or notification to the email address or other contact information included in the Registration Information, the Registered User shall be deemed to have received such communication or notification.

Article 19 (Assignment of Status under the Service Use Agreement, etc.)

1. Registered Users may not assign, transfer, pledge as collateral, or otherwise dispose of their status under the Service Use Agreement or their rights or obligations under these Terms to a third party without the prior written consent of the Company.
2. If the Company transfers the business related to the Service to another company, the Company may transfer the status under the Service Use Agreement, the rights and obligations under these Terms, and the Registration Information and other customer information of Registered Users to the transferee of the business transfer, and Registered Users shall be deemed to have consented in advance to such transfer in this paragraph. The business transfer stipulated in this paragraph includes not only ordinary business transfers but also company splits and any other cases where the business is transferred.

Article 20 (Severability)

Even if any provision or part of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable under the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations, the remaining provisions of these Terms and the remaining parts of the provision held to be invalid or unenforceable shall continue in full force and effect.

Article 21 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

1. These Terms and the Service Use Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Japan.
2. The Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance over any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service Use Agreement.