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| Welcome to these Websites (“Sites”), http://www.kenwood.com and http://www.kenwood.co.jp, which are owned and operated by Kenwood Company Ltd. (“The Company”). Please note that it is assumed that you agree to any and all the Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms and Conditions") if you use these websites. The Company reserves the right to modify content on the Sites and the Terms and Conditions without prior notice and such modifications will be described there. Accordingly you are requested to confirm the latest Terms and Conditions before using these websites. |
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Restrictions of usage |
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| Any information made available in these Sites are protected by each foreign country’s copyright laws, international treaties, and other related laws. Without obtaining any prior consent of the Company, you may not make use of the concerned information, including any copy, alterations, uploading, description, sending, distributions, licenses, sales and publications, exceeding the range privately or expressly permitted by laws. All or any software provided by the Company through these Sites belong to the Company and are protected as its proprietary copyright by laws. In case of usage of such software, you are requested to comply with all provisions prescribed by usage agreements of software, copyright laws, related international treaties, and other related laws. “KENWOOD” used in the Sites and the trade name of other Kenwood products are trademark of registered trademark of KENWOOD Company Ltd. Please note that you may not use it without obtaining any consent of the Company. |
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Prohibited Actions |
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In the use of these websites, the actions shown below are strictly prohibited:
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Actions that infringe on property of the Company or third party, or those eventually causing such an infringement. |
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Actions detrimental to third party or the Company, or those eventually causing such a detriment. |
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Actions such as slander, abuse, or menace to third party or the Company, or those eventually causing such a slander. |
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Actions detrimental to public order and morality, or those eventually causing such actions |
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Criminal actions and those related with it, or those eventually causing such criminalities. |
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Registering or sending of personal information such as other third party’s e-mail address, or pretending to be other people. |
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Commercial activities or those aiming to gain. |
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Actions detrimental to honor and/or reputation of the Company and/or the Sites. |
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Using or providing injurious programs such as computer virus, or actions eventually causing such a risk. |
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Actions that violate laws, ordinances or regulations, or those eventually causing such infringements. |
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Any other actions that the Company deems improper. |
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Links to Other Sites |
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The third party’s websites other than Kenwood’s Sites linked to or from the Company’s site (“Linked Sites”) are independently operated and maintained by each operator of such third parties and are not under the control and/or supervision of the Company. You are requested to know that use of the Linked Site shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated by the operator of each Linked Site and/or provisions of related copyright laws. The Company would not be responsible for any content of such Linked Sites as well as any loss or damage, however caused, in connection with the use of any Linked Site. |
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In case you desire to link your website to the Company’s sites, you are requested to apply for its permission to the Company by submitting “Link Applying Form”. The Company will answer you within 10 business days. However, please note that the Company doesn’t permit you to link the concerned sites, even if you don’t receive any answer. |
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URL to be linked shall be in principle on the top page of the Company’s website, http://www.kenwood.co.jp/ |
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Nobody shall not provide any hyperlinks by using trade marks owned by the Company such as its logos and its marks without obtaining any written consent of the Company. In case you need a banner (logo) for linking, please put it in “Link Applying Form”. |
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Please note that the Company’s URL may be modified suddenly without letting your website know it in advance. |
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In case the content on your website is greatly modified, you are requested to communicate with the Company by making use of “Link Applying Form” again. |
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Any links from the sites shown below are strictly forbidden:
* Any sites that includes actions such as slander and abuse to the third party or the Company, and/or any sites having the content detrimental to quality and/or reputation of the third party or the Company.
* Any sites indicating as if the Company’s site were developed within third party’s frame, and/or making it unclear that the site is Company’s website, and as a result giving a false impression to a third party.
(You are requested to set your website so that a new page of browser never fails to open in order to show the Company’s Sites independently).
In addition to the above-mentioned items, forbidden are also any sites violating laws, or detrimental to public order and morality, or eventually disturbing operations of the Company’s Sites. |
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In case the Company finds any links showing the above-mentioned item 7 or those which the Company deems inappropriate, the Company may cancel its permission at any time and ask them to eliminate the concerned link immediately, even after they are permitted to link their sites to the Company’s Sites. |
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Proposal of Ideas |
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The Company has the policy NOT to accept (1) any original ideas, from the third parties, (2) any proposal and/or offer which are provided without the Company’s request for its products and/or services, including, without limitation, any proposal and any ideas for new products, new technologies, designs, marketing, notes, plans, conceptions, etc., in addition to their related documents.
Regarding the above-mentioned (1) and (2), and/or their related documents, whatever they are sent by e-mail or by postal delivery or in any other manners, the Company has no responsibility for keeping them confidential.
Even if the Company and/or its affiliates adopts any idea and/or proposals identical or similar in whole or in part to the concerned idea, the Company and its affiliates shall not be liable for compensation at all times and have no responsibility. |
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Disclaimers of Warranties |
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Though the Company carefully makes the contents having various information in its Sites, it does not mean that the Company warrants (1) exactitude, (2) usability, (3) certainty, (4) coincidence with aim of usage, (5) safety, relating to the concerned information. The Company and/or its affiliates shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising out of your use or access, or inability to use or access, any information used in the Sites.
The contents of the Sites may be altered or deleted, from time to time or suddenly, and the operation may be suspended or discontinued at any time without any prior notice. Even in such a case, the Company and its affiliates shall not be liable for any damage incurred for any reason. |
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Governing Laws and Court of Jurisdiction |
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Unless otherwise specified, use of these Sites and application of the Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
Unless otherwise specified, the Tokyo District Court shall be exclusively the court of first jurisdiction for all disputes related to these Sites. |
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Use of Cookies |
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| It is possible that the Sites make use of cookies. Cookie is a kind of software providing selected information designated for individuals from websites. It is also possible that cookies are incorporated in data sent to your browser, and that the cookies are placed on your hard disk drive when you are using it. You can customize your browser so that you are notified whenever the cookies are sent to you, and thus you have the option to receive the cookies or not. To the contrary, please note that refusal of cookies may happen to prevent you from using a part of information appeared in the Sites. |
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Recommendable environment |
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| You are recommended to make use of the contents described in the Sites under the 5.0th or higher versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. It happens that you cannot make use of the Sites or they are not shown exactly, probably partly or wholly due to your customizing of browser, even under the recommendable environment, or under the different environment other than that. |
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Plug-In Software |
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| In order to satisfactorily enjoy the contents of Kenwood’s sites, you are recommended to prepare the following softwares: |
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SSL Encrypted Communication |
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The Company adopts Secure Server “SSL Encrypted Communication” provided by Japan Geo Trust Company with the aim of protecting personal information as well as other information, so that all customers can make use of the Sites without any worries. As a result, communications between the Sites and customers’ browsers are safely carried out by encrypting them without any leak to other third parties. Notwithstanding, it is reported that a certain of browser (those non-compatible with such encrypted algorithm) prevents customers of viewing certain pages due to Secure Server’s specifications. Recommended for those who have such a browser is to change it to another browser compatible with the encrypted algorithm, or to upgrade it.
The Company recommends you to access the Sites under the environment of the 5th or higher versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. |
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