Terms of Use
1. Terms
This is a legal document between the administrator of Chitomi.com, Ishtar Media, and the users of the site herein referred as to ‘users’.
By accessing the website at http://chitomi.com, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms of service, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law. Ishtar Media is not related with any educational institution or government
Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us through our contact form.
2. Use License
The graphic elements, content and information available on the site is Ishtar Media’s property and therefore protected by copyrights.
Company logos present on the site are third parties property and are protected by trademarks.
a. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Ishtar Media’s website for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
i. modify or copy the materials;
ii. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
iii. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Ishtar Media’s website;
iv. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
v. transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.
b. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Ishtar Media at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.
3. Sales
You authorize us to charge your account for Chitomi.com fees. Unless noted, fees are in Japanese Yen; tax is additional. To the extent permitted by law, fees are nonrefundable, even for posts we remove. We may refuse purchases, which may place a hold on your account.
4. Disclaimer
a. The materials on Ishtar Media’s website are provided on an ‘as is’ basis. Ishtar Media makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights.
b. Further, Ishtar Media does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.
c. Ishtar media reserves the right to provide discounts and change the costs of services of www.chitomi.com without notification to the customer.
d. Ishtar Media reserves the right to ban users, delete posts and moderate, without limitation, the site and community content of www.chitomi.com without notice, in order to enforce the rules of these terms.
5. Prohibited Conduct
The following actions are prohibited when using the site:
Providing false information
Violating intellectual property rights or copyrights
Providing defamatory or obscene content
Providing content offending public order or morals
Providing content that violates any applicable law
Providing virus infected content
Any other conduct not listed here that interferes with the site’s operation or harms the site’s reputation
6. Limitations
In no event shall Ishtar Media or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Ishtar Media’s website, even if Ishtar Media or a Ishtar Media authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.
7. Accuracy of materials
The materials appearing on Ishtar Media’s website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Ishtar Media does not warrant that any of the materials on its website are accurate, complete or current. Ishtar Media may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. However Ishtar Media does not make any commitment to update the materials.
8. Links
Ishtar Media has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Ishtar Media of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk.
9. Modifications
Ishtar Media may revise these terms of service for its website at any time without notice. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these terms of service.
Ishtar Media also reserves the right to modify, halt temporarily or permanently the service at any time and without preliminary notice.
10. Governing Law
These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan and the United States and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that State or location.
11. Date
The present terms of use shall become effective from August 8, 2017.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us.
It is Ishtar Media’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose and otherwise make use of personal information. We have outlined our privacy policy below.
We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
We will collect and use personal information solely for fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other ancillary purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
We will protect personal information by using reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
We will only retain personal information for as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained. Ishtar Media may change this privacy policy from time to time at Ishtar Media’s sole discretion.