Terms of Service

Article 1 (Application)

1. These Terms of Service (these "Terms") set forth the terms and conditions for the use of the service "PasteSync" (including the web application, the iOS application and keyboard extension, the desktop applications (Mac/Windows), and the Chrome browser extension; hereinafter the "Service") provided by Blue Office Inc. (hereinafter the "Company").
2. Users shall use the Service in accordance with these Terms. By using the Service, users are deemed to have agreed to these Terms.

Article 2 (Definitions)

The terms used in these Terms are defined as follows.

• "Service" means PasteSync provided by the Company (including the web application, the iOS application and keyboard extension, the desktop applications (Mac/Windows), and the Chrome browser extension) and any related services.
• "User" means any person who uses the Service.
• "Registered User" means a person who has registered to use the Service.
• "Content" means templates (text, images, and PDFs), boards, folders, and other data created, saved, or uploaded by a User on the Service.
• "Paid Plans" means the Pro plan and the Team plan. The plan available free of charge is referred to as the "Free plan."
• "Organization" means a group formed under the Team plan for multiple members to use the Service jointly.

Article 3 (Registration and Use by Minors)

1. A person who wishes to use the Service shall apply for registration by the method prescribed by the Company after agreeing to these Terms. The Service supports registration and login with an email address and password, a Google account, or an Apple ID.
2. The Service is not intended for persons under 16 years of age. If a minor uses the Service, the minor shall do so after obtaining the consent of a parent or other legal representative.
3. The Company may decline an application for registration if the Company determines that the applicant falls under any of the following.
   • The applicant provided false information when applying for registration
   • The application is from a person who has previously violated these Terms
   • The Company otherwise determines that the registration is not appropriate

Article 4 (Account Management)

1. Users shall appropriately manage their account information for the Service at their own responsibility.
2. Users may not transfer or lend their account to any third party under any circumstances.
3. The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused by the use of account information by a third party, except where such damage is caused by the Company's willful misconduct or negligence.

Article 5 (Fees and Plans)

1. The Service offers a Free plan and Paid Plans (Pro and Team). The features and usage limits of each plan (including the number of boards, the number of templates, storage capacity, and the availability of collaborative editing, publishing, and other features) shall be as prescribed by the Company and displayed on this website.
2. The fees for the Paid Plans, the billing cycles (monthly or annual), and the per-seat fees for the Team plan shall be as separately prescribed by the Company and displayed on this website and in the "Disclosure under the Specified Commercial Transactions Act."
3. Payment for the Paid Plans is made by credit card through the payment processor designated by the Company (Stripe). The handling of payment information is governed by Article 17 and the Company's Privacy Policy.
4. If a User is late in paying the fees, the User shall pay late payment charges at an annual rate of 14.6%.

Article 6 (Free Trial, Automatic Renewal, Cancellation, and Refunds)

1. The Company may offer a free trial period for some Paid Plans. The trial period and its conditions shall be as displayed at the time of application. If a User does not cancel during the trial period, the User will automatically be transitioned to the Paid Plan upon the end of the trial period and the fees will be charged.
2. The Paid Plans renew automatically for each selected billing cycle (monthly or annual). If a User does not wish to renew, the User shall complete the cancellation procedure by the method prescribed by the Company (the billing management screen) by the end date of the current contract period.
3. Even after cancellation, the User may continue to use the Paid Plan until the end date of the applicable contract period. Upon the end of the period, the User will be transitioned to the Free plan.
4. If a User changes plans or the number of seats, a prorated adjustment may be made in accordance with the Company's payment processing.
5. Because the Paid Plans are digital content, the Company does not, in principle, accept returns or refunds after purchase. Only if the Service has a material defect, the Company will respond to individual consultations through the contact desk.

Article 7 (Handling of Content upon Plan Changes and Downgrades)

1. If a User's Content exceeds the usage limits of the Free plan due to a transition from a Paid Plan to the Free plan, withdrawal from an Organization, or similar circumstances, the Company may render the boards or templates exceeding the limits unavailable (frozen or locked).
2. Even in the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, such Content shall, in principle, be retained and not deleted. The User may continue to use the Service by, for example, swapping the boards and templates used within the applicable limits.

Article 8 (User Content and Intellectual Property Rights)

1. Intellectual property rights and other rights in Content created or saved by a User on the Service belong to the User or the rightful holder of such rights.
2. The User grants the Company a license to use such Content free of charge to the extent necessary for the provision, maintenance, and improvement of the Service (including storage, reproduction, display, backup, synchronization with devices and extensions, and generation of thumbnails and the like). The Company will not use the User's Content beyond the scope of this purpose.
3. The User represents and warrants that the User's Content does not infringe the rights of any third party and that the User has the legitimate right to use such Content on the Service.

Article 9 (Sharing and Publishing of Content)

1. Through the features of the Service, Users may share their boards with other users (via share links, member invitations, and the like) or distribute them as public templates.
2. When a User publishes or distributes Content, the User grants the Company and any third parties who obtain such Content a license to view, reproduce, and use such Content in accordance with the mechanisms of the Service. The scope of the license shall follow the conditions (license) selected by the User at the time of publication.
3. The User acknowledges in advance that third parties may reproduce and use Content that the User has published or distributed. Even if the User withdraws the publication, the withdrawal may not apply to copies obtained before the withdrawal.
4. The User shall, at the User's own responsibility, appropriately set the scope of sharing and publication (specific members, within the Organization, anyone with the link, the general public, etc.).

Article 10 (Content Provided by the Company)

The Service may include content such as official templates provided by the Company or third parties. The rights in such content belong to the Company or the relevant third party, and Users may use such content through the features of the Service within the scope of the conditions prescribed by the Company. If the Company displays conditions such as attribution (credits), Users shall comply with them.

Article 11 (Prohibited Acts)

In using the Service, Users must not engage in any of the following acts.

• Acts that violate laws or regulations or public order and morals
• Acts related to criminal activity
• Acts that infringe the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy, honor, or other rights or interests of the Company, other users, or other third parties
• Creating, saving, sharing, or publishing content that is illegal, harmful, or discriminatory, or that infringes the rights of third parties
• Registering, sharing, or publishing confidential information or personal information of third parties as content without authorization
• Acts that may interfere with the operation of the Service
• Gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access
• Improperly using the keyboard extension, browser extension, or other features for purposes other than their intended purposes
• Improperly collecting, accumulating, or using information about other users obtained through the Service
• Acts that cause disadvantage, damage, or discomfort to other users of the Service or other third parties
• Directly or indirectly providing benefits to antisocial forces in connection with the Company's services
• Any other acts that the Company deems inappropriate

Article 12 (Removal of Content and Restriction of Use)

1. If the Company determines that a User's Content or use of the Service violates or is likely to violate these Terms, the Company may, without prior notice, take measures such as hiding or deleting the Content, suspending its sharing or publication, suspending the User's use of the Service, or deleting the User's registration.
2. The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to the User or third parties by the measures set forth in the preceding paragraph, except where such damage is caused by the Company's willful misconduct or gross negligence.

Article 13 (Organizations and the Team Plan)

1. Under the Team plan, the owner of an Organization enters into the contract and bears the fees according to the number of seats. Each member of the Organization is assigned a role such as owner, admin, billing manager, or member, and the available features differ depending on the role.
2. Members are added through invitations by the owner or an admin, within the number of contracted seats. The owner or an admin may add or remove members, change roles, configure departments, configure automatic joining of boards, set external sharing policies, and perform similar actions.
3. If a member is removed from an Organization, ownership of the boards created by that member within the Organization may be transferred to the owner of the Organization. The removed member will be transitioned to the Free plan, and their Content may be frozen or locked in accordance with Article 7.
4. If the Team plan ends or is cancelled, the Organization's boards may become unavailable (frozen) and the Organization's share links may become invalid. Each member will be transitioned to the Free plan.
5. The owner and admins of an Organization shall be responsible for ensuring that the Organization's and its members' use of the Service complies with these Terms.

Article 14 (Withdrawal and Account Deletion)

1. Users may delete their account and withdraw from the Service at any time from the account settings screen of the Service. Upon deletion of the account, the User's account information and created Content stored by the Company will be erased (excluding transaction records and the like retained by the payment processor).
2. A User who is the owner of an Organization may be unable to delete their account until the Organization is dissolved or ownership is transferred.

Article 15 (Suspension of the Service)

1. The Company may suspend or interrupt the provision of all or part of the Service without prior notice to Users if the Company determines that any of the following applies.
   • When performing maintenance, inspection, or updates of the computer systems for the Service
   • When the provision of the Service becomes difficult due to force majeure such as earthquake, lightning, fire, power outage, or other natural disasters
   • When computers or communication lines are stopped due to an accident
   • When an external service used by the Company (cloud infrastructure, payment services, etc.) is suspended or malfunctions
   • When the Company otherwise determines that the provision of the Service is difficult
2. The Company shall not be liable for any damage suffered by Users or third parties due to the suspension or interruption of the provision of the Service, except where such damage is caused by the Company's willful misconduct or gross negligence.

Article 16 (Changes to the Service)

The Company may change, add to, or discontinue the contents of the Service upon prior notice to Users, and Users shall accept this.

Article 17 (Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability)

1. The Company makes no warranty, express or implied, that the Service is free from de facto or legal defects (including defects relating to safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, effectiveness, fitness for a particular purpose, or security, as well as errors, bugs, and infringements of rights).
2. The Company shall not be liable for any damage caused to Users arising from the Service, except where such damage is caused by the Company's willful misconduct or gross negligence.
3. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if the Company is liable to a User for damages (except in cases of the Company's willful misconduct or gross negligence), the amount of such compensation shall be limited to the total amount of fees paid by the User to the Company during the three months immediately preceding the time the damage occurred.
4. The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the Company's liability cannot be excluded or limited under the Consumer Contract Act of Japan or other mandatory laws.

Article 18 (Handling of Personal Information)

The Company shall appropriately handle personal information obtained through the use of the Service in accordance with the Company's Privacy Policy.

Article 19 (Amendment of These Terms)

1. The Company may amend these Terms without obtaining the individual consent of Users in the following cases.
   • When the amendment of these Terms conforms to the general interest of Users
   • When the amendment of these Terms is not contrary to the purpose of the service usage agreement and is reasonable in light of the necessity of the amendment, the appropriateness of the amended terms, and other circumstances pertaining to the amendment
2. When amending these Terms pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Company shall notify Users in advance of the fact that these Terms will be amended, the contents of the amended Terms, and the effective date of the amendment.

Article 20 (Special Provisions Concerning Use Through App Stores)

1. If a User obtains or uses an application of the Service through an app store such as the App Store, the terms of use prescribed by the operator of that store may apply in addition to these Terms. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and the store's terms, the store's terms shall prevail solely with respect to the use of that application.
2. With respect to the iOS application of the Service, Apple Inc. is not a party to these Terms and bears no responsibility for the application or its use. These Terms are concluded solely between the User and the Company. Apple Inc. and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon the User's acceptance of these Terms, Apple Inc. will have the right to enforce these Terms against the User.
3. The Company does not offer in-app purchases, and payment for the Paid Plans is made not through the App Store or similar stores but by the method set forth in Article 5 (payment on the web).

Article 21 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

1. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
2. In the event of any dispute concerning the Service, the court having jurisdiction over the location of the Company's head office shall have exclusive agreed jurisdiction.