Public Wireless LAN Roaming Service Terms of Use (O)

 

Terms and Conditions of Use
Article 1 (Applicability of Terms and Conditions of Use)
1. Wire and Wireless Co.,Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") establishes the following terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as "these Terms") for individuals (hereinafter referred to as "the Users") who use our roaming connection service (hereinafter referred to as "the Service"). The Service relays authentication requests to a federation that provides public wireless LAN roaming.
2. In the event that it becomes necessary for Wi2 to revise these Terms of Use as a result of revision of laws, changes in social conditions, or other circumstances, then Wi2 may revise these Terms of Use based on the provisions of Article 548-4 (Amendment to Standard Terms of Contracts) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896).

Article 2 (Service Subscription)
The Service can be used by connecting to the corresponding wireless base station equipment. It also supports the use of roaming services (listed separately), and by completing the connection to the corresponding wireless base station equipment, you are deemed to have agreed to these Terms and applied to use the Service. If the applicant is a minor, they must obtain the consent of their legal guardian prior to applying.

Article 3 (Conditions for Use of Service)
The User shall prepare, at its own responsibility and expense, any data communication hardware and software necessary to use the Service.

Article 4 (Service Fee)
No fee is charged for use of the Service.

Article 5 (Restriction on Assignment of User Rights)
The User may not transfer his or her position under the Service Subscription Contract that was concluded based on Article 2, nor assign or pledge as collateral any of his or her rights or obligations based on the Service Subscription Contract, to any third party without written permission from Wi2.

Article 6 (Use of Third Party Information)
The User agrees that any third party providing any information for use by the User is fully responsible for such information and that Wi2 is not the provider of such information.

Article 7 (Non-guarantee of Information Provided by a Third Party)
1. Wi2 does not guarantee products, services or information provided by third parties through the Service regarding areas such as its completeness, accuracy, certainty, usefulness, etc.
2. Wi2 does not bear any responsibility when a dispute arises between the User and a third party regarding usage by the User of products, services or information provided by third parties.

Article 8 (Restrictions of Use of Communication)
1. The Company reserves the right to temporarily suspend or restrict the Users' use of the Service in the event that the Users engage in activities that violate Article 9 (Prohibited Activities), breach these Terms, fail to comply with the Company's instructions, or if the Company deems such actions necessary for the proper operation of the Service.
2. In order to ensure that the Service is available to a large number of customers, the Company may limit communications that it deems to involve a significant amount of authentication requests or to have the potential to affect the provision of the Service.
3. The Company shall not be obligated to implement any measures outlined in this Article and shall not be held responsible for any damages incurred by the Users or any third party as a result of the Company's decision to take or not to take such measures.

Article 9 (Forbidden Acts)
The user may not be engaged in any of the following activities in their use of the Service. Wi2 may disconnect the service if the User is deemed to be engaged in such activity.
1) Any act infringing or may be infringing on the copyright or any other rights of any third party or Wi2.
2) Any act that violating or may be violating the property or privacy of any third party or Wi2.
3) Any other act causing or may be causing any disadvantage or damage to any third party or Wi2.
4) Any act defaming any third party or Wi2.
5) Any act offensive or may be offensive to public order and morals (obscene, prostitution, violent, brutal, abusive, etc.) or providing any third party with such information offensive to public order and morals.
6) Any criminal act or other act linked to or may be linked to a criminal act.
7) Any act involved in election campaigns or similar act during or off the campaign period.
8) Any act of making the Service for-profit by reselling or leasing the Service.
9) Any act of establishing or soliciting to an endless money chain (pyramid scheme).
10) Any act of distributing advertising or soliciting email to the general public or any act of sending fraudulent or repugnant e-mails.
11) Any act of intercepting email to any third party or Wi2 or any act of requesting chain-mail forwarding or forwarding e-mail in response to such request.
12) Any act of spoofing in using the Service.
13) Any act of falsifying or erasing any Wi2 or third party data accessible through the Service.
14) Any act of using or providing harmful programs such as computer viruses through or in connection with the Service.
15) Any act of causing troubles or disadvantages to a third party or Wi2, interfering with the Service or obstructing the operation of the service.
16) Any act of using the Service in the form that seriously impacts the direct or indirect use by the others.
17) Any act of using the Service or letting others use the Service by failing to follow the procedure designated by the Company necessary for the start of the use of the Service without our permission.
18) Any other acts violating or may be violating any laws or regulations.
19) Any other acts deemed to be inappropriate by Wi2.

Article 10 (Principle of Self-Responsibility)
The User shall be fully liable to any damages caused to Wi2 or any third party by any act of the User subject to the previous article (Forbidden Acts) including compensation even after the User is disqualified.

Article 11 (Self-Responsibility of the User)
In the event the User incurs any damages or is held liable in connection to the data or files uploaded or downloaded using the Service, the User shall fulfill such damages or legal liabilities at its own responsibility and shall not make any claim or cause any trouble to Wi2.

Article 12 (Ownership Rights and Intellectual Property Rights)
All programs, software, services, procedures, trademarks, trade names and services provided by third parties as well as all property rights and intellectual property rights for overall technology belonging to these which make up the Service belong to Wi2 or said provider.

Article 13 (Copyright)
1. The User may not use any information or file provided through the Service in any way beyond the extent of duplicating for personal use as defined in the copyright law without consent of the right holder.
2. The User may not have any third party use or disclose any information or file provided through the Service in any way without consent of the right holder.
3. In the event of any dispute arising out of any breach of the provisions of this article, the User shall settle such dispute at its own responsibility and expense and shall ensure that Wi2 is not exposed to any damages.

Article 14 (Use of Personal Information)
Any personal information on applicants that comes to the knowledge of Wi2 through the application for the Service or the personal information of the User that comes to the knowledge of Wi2 through the process of their use of the Service will be treated appropriately in compliance with the corporate privacy policy. The purpose of use of such personal information shall be specified separately.
Privacy Policy https://wi2.co.jp/en/privacy/

Article 15 (Terminating the Service Subscription Contract)
1. When the User disconnected from the Service base station equipment and has not reconnected when the amount of time set at that base station equipment has elapsed, the Service Subscription Contract shall be rightfully terminated without any notice.
2. In the event that the Service usage agreement is terminated, the Users must reapply for the Service under Article 2 in order to continue using it.

Article 16 (Cancellation and Suspension of Service)
Wi2 may cancel or suspend operation of the Service in the event of any of the circumstances listed below.
1) When scheduled or emergency maintenance or work is performed on the Service systems, or when unavoidable in cases such as Wi2 system failure
2) When ordinary provision of the Service becomes impossible as a result of war, riot, civil disturbance, labor dispute, earthquake, volcanic eruption, flood, tsunami, fire, power outage or any other incident of force majeure
3) When the Service is canceled or suspended based on a regulation or order from a national agency or local governing body, or when the Service is canceled or suspended by another telecommunications company
4) When Wi2 concluded that temporary suspension of the Service was necessary for reasons related to Service operations

Article 17 (Indemnification)
1. Regardless of other provisions in this Agreement, the Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Users in connection with the provision of the Service, unless the Company had acted with malicious intent or gross negligence.
2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply when the Service Subscription Contract concluded by Wi2 and the User is classified as a Consumer Contract as prescribed in Article 2-3 of the Consumer Contract Act (Act No. 61 of 2000).
3. Wi2 shall not warrant operation of any communications hardware or software used by the User.

Article 18 (Governing Law)
The conclusion, effect, performance and interpretation of these Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of Japan.

Article 19 (Negotiation in good faith)
Any dispute arising out of the Service between the User and Wi2 shall be discussed mutually in good faith between the parties.

Article 20 (Jurisdiction)
In the event that litigation becomes necessary between the User and Wi2 in relation to the Service, the agreed exclusive court of first instance shall be the district court which has jurisdiction over the district where the Wi2 headquarters is located.

(Supplementary Provisions)
This agreement (Public Wireless LAN Roaming Service Terms of Use (O)) shall come into effect on April 28, 2023.


Utilization of Location Data and Other Information for Tourism Promotion and Disaster Prevention
We may analyze the information obtained through the relay of authentication requests, such as usage time and location, as non-personally identifiable statistical information and provide this information to third parties such as local governments and collaborating companies for use in regional tourism, disaster prevention measures, and other purposes.

(Attachment) List of Services compatible with Roaming Connection through the Service
・Services compatible with OpenRoaming operated by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA)
・Service compatible with roaming with Cityroam
・Service compatible with roaming with eduroam JP