Terms of Use

1. Conditions of use

Please review these Terms before using the App. Minors should obtain a parent’s or guardian’s consent where required. You are responsible for your device, connection and communication costs. Relevant store, OS and external service terms from Apple, Google and other providers also apply.

2. Features and pricing

The App keeps watch details, feelings and memories, service history and plans, and wear records. All features are free and supported by advertising. There are no in-app purchases, subscriptions or paid limits on the number of watches.

3. Records and service plans

You are responsible for checking and managing your entries. The App does not provide authentication, valuation, insurance or repair diagnosis, or determine appropriate service or overhaul intervals. You set service dates; consult a manufacturer or qualified service provider when needed.

Elapsed-time displays are for reference. Check important plans in watch details or through another method as well.

4. Storage and loss of data

Records and photos are stored on your device. The App has no proprietary cloud sync or manual backup and restore. Deleted records cannot be recovered within the App. Device loss or damage and deletion of app data can result in lost records.

OS backups and device transfers depend on their providers and settings; recovery is not guaranteed. Keep important originals, purchase documents and service receipts separately.

5. License, rights and prohibited conduct

Subject to compliance with these Terms, the Operator grants the user a non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable license to use the App on devices the user lawfully controls, solely to record and manage their own watches. No rights not expressly granted are licensed, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, store terms or open-source licenses.

Rights in text, photos and other content you enter remain with you or the original rightsholder. Ownership is not transferred to the Operator. Rights in the App’s software and design belong to the Operator or relevant rightsholders. Open-source components remain subject to their respective licenses.

You must not violate applicable law or others’ rights, gain unauthorized access, introduce malicious code or disrupt services.

Except as permitted by applicable law or licenses, you must not copy, modify, redistribute, sell or rent the App without authorization, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble it, repurpose it to provide services to third parties without authorization, or remove proprietary notices. You must not improperly modify or bypass security or ad-delivery mechanisms, generate invalid advertising traffic such as automated clicks, or impersonate the Operator. Legitimate privacy controls provided by the OS or the App, and refusal or withdrawal of consent, are not prohibited.

You must have the rights or permissions needed to use the text, photos and other content you enter, and must not infringe others’ rights or privacy. The Operator does not hold your on-device records and does not provide a service to review or verify their content.

6. Advertising and privacy

Advertisements are third-party services. Their display is not an endorsement or guarantee of advertised products or services. Transactions and information handling at linked destinations follow those services’ terms.

Please review the App’s Privacy Policy for information practices. Declining or withdrawing advertising consent does not restrict watch journal features.

7. Changes, interruption and discontinuation

The Operator may change features, specifications or supported environments, or interrupt or discontinue all or part of distribution, updates or support, for maintenance, defect correction, security, compliance with laws or store rules, changes to operating systems or third-party services, or other reasonable operational grounds. Changes materially affecting use will be announced in advance in the App or on the website to the extent reasonably practicable.

Where advance notice is impracticable because of an incident, misuse, a security issue, urgent legal requirements or another emergency, the Operator may take necessary action without advance notice and provide notice afterwards to the extent reasonably practicable.

The Operator does not promise support for a particular device or OS, maintenance of older versions, individual feature additions or bug fixes, or a particular response time to inquiries. Liability for loss or damage arising from changes, interruptions or discontinuation is governed by section 9.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

The Operator does not guarantee that the App is free of errors or defects, that its displays or calculations are complete, that it is suitable for a particular purpose or compatible with every device or OS, or that it will remain available or receive updates indefinitely.

Watch details and service records do not certify or guarantee a watch’s authenticity, ownership, value, performance or safety, the need for repairs, or that servicing has occurred. Service plans are supporting tools; they do not guarantee appropriate servicing intervals or prevention of watch failures.

The Operator does not guarantee permanent retention of records or photos, prevention of data corruption or loss, or complete restoration through OS backups or device transfers. Nor does the Operator guarantee the accuracy or safety of advertisements or linked information, the quality of third-party products or services, or performance of third-party transactions.

9. Exclusions and limitations of liability

The Operator is not liable for loss or damage that is not attributable to the Operator. This applies to loss or damage arising from user entries or actions, device loss or failure, operating systems or networks, stores, advertisements or other third-party services, and natural disasters only to the extent that the loss or damage is not attributable to the Operator.

Only where liability arises from ordinary negligence (excluding gross negligence) of the Operator, its representatives or persons it employs, recoverable damages are limited to direct and ordinary loss actually incurred by the user and exclude indirect loss, loss arising from special circumstances, lost profits and lost opportunities. This limitation applies regardless of whether a claim is based on breach of contract, tort or another cause of action.

The limitation in the preceding paragraph does not apply to loss or damage caused by willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Operator, its representatives or persons it employs, or to death or personal injury. No provision of these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under the Japanese Consumer Contract Act or other applicable law, or rights protected by mandatory law in the user’s place of residence.

10. Breaches and termination of use

If a user breaches these Terms, the Operator may require the breach to stop or be remedied. For a material breach, or a breach not remedied within a reasonable period after a request, the Operator may terminate the license and require the user to stop using the App to the extent necessary and proportionate. A prior request to remedy may be omitted where urgent action is needed to prevent further harm from infringement, unauthorized access or similar conduct.

If a user’s intentional or negligent breach of these Terms or unlawful conduct causes loss or damage to the Operator, the Operator may seek compensation for loss or damage adequately caused by that conduct to the extent recoverable under applicable law. Reasonable investigation, response and legal costs are included only to the extent recoverable under applicable law.

Users may stop using the App at any time. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination of the license, including intellectual property rights, accrued damages claims, exclusions and limitations of liability, and governing law and dispute resolution, remain applicable.

11. Changes to these Terms

The Operator may amend these Terms in accordance with the Japanese Civil Code provisions on standard terms if the amendment benefits users generally, or if it is consistent with the purpose of the agreement and reasonable in light of its necessity, the appropriateness of its terms and other relevant circumstances.

The fact of the amendment, the amended terms and their effective date will be announced in the App or on the website by the effective date. Where applicable law requires individual consent or another procedure, that procedure will be followed.

12. Severability, no waiver and assignment

If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent valid. The Operator’s failure or delay in exercising a right does not, by itself, waive that right.

Except as permitted by applicable law, users may not assign, sublicense or pledge their contractual position or rights or obligations under these Terms without the Operator’s prior consent.

13. Governing law and dispute resolution

These Terms are governed by Japanese law without removing mandatory protections applicable in the user’s place of residence.

The Japanese district court or summary court with jurisdiction over the Operator’s location shall have agreed, non-exclusive jurisdiction at first instance over disputes concerning the App or these Terms. This does not restrict the user’s right to bring proceedings in another court available under applicable law, or any right to a statutory transfer of proceedings or other legal protection.

14. Contact

Operator: Hinomaru Labs. Please use our official contact form for questions about these Terms or the App.

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