Terms of use

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Copyright
Link to Defi website and logo-mark
Other on-line policies
Truth in advertising
Application of terms and conditions
Handling of Personal Data

1. Copyright

The content of this website is owned by or licensed to Nippon Seiki Co.,Ltd. and is subject to copyrights of Nippon Seiki Co.,Ltd. All contents of this website include designs, graphics, illustration, documents, etc. are protected by applicable copyright laws, regulations, and international treaty. The content of this web site may not be copied, distributed or transmitted in any way.

Your cooperation and understanding will be appreciated.

However, only distributors and retailers of Defi products are authorized to use of materials on this website under the following terms and conditions for distributos and reatilers.

Terms and conditions for distributors and retailers (for distributors, and retailers)

Please read the followings and cooperate with terms and conditions.

We roughly classify distributors and shops into three groups.

Distributor which has direct dealings with Defi >>> Distributor
Wholesaler which has dealings with distributor >>> Wholesaler
Retailer which has dealings with distributor >>> Retailer

<A>	Distributors, wholesalers, or retailers interested in using graphical data on Defi website for creation of websites for purpose of selling our products and complementing our website, please follow the terms and conditions listed below.
	<A-1>	Use any contents of Defi website without Defi’s permission is prohibited. If you would like to use them, please inform the following information through our official distributor and obtain Defi’s permission in advance. —Name of your company —Address, telephone number, e-mail address —Homepage address, Address of the page which you intend to insert the data in
	<A-2>	Please use the graphics data which Defi has provided distributors. You may not be allowed to copy any graphics data including flash movies on Defi website. If wholesalers or retailers need any graphics data, please obtain them from distributors.
	<A-3>	Modifications of graphics data are prohibited excepting a minimum of modifications such as scale-down, adjustment of the brightness, and clipping of graphical contents.
	<A-4>	Please specify that you have Defi’s permission to use Defi’s data on your website.
	<A-5>	Please insert Defi logo-mark on your web site. Please obtain the logo image from distributors or Defi web site. Refer to the bottom part of this page.
	<A-6>	Please establish a link to Defi’s homepage. (http://www.defi-shop.com/)
	<A-7>	To avoid users’ misunderstandings or confusion, please specify that you are the one of the shops which deal in our products, and please take care not to give users a false impression that you produce Defi’s products, for example.
	<A-8>	Before disclosing your website which has included Defi’s graphics data, please inform us of it and obtain permission.
	<A-9>	Please do not use "defi" in your domain name which may cause users’ misunderstandings that you have a monopoly on the sale of Defi products, for example defi-usa.com, defi-gauge.com, defi-shop.co.xx, etc.
<B>	We do NOT allow you using Defi’s graphics data excepting the data which have been provided to distributors by Defi in principle. However, Defi may allow you using other graphics data on your website if you need them for proper purpose which are different purpose from <A>. >>> This is applicable to only distributors, not wholesalers or retailers.
	<B-1>	Please inform Defi of the followings by e-mail and obtain a permission of use. —Which data you need —Why you need the data / Purpose of use —How you use the data
	<B-2>	Please follow <A> after you obtain the permission.

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2. Link to Defi website

You are free to link to the top page of this web site (http://www.defi-shop.com/) as long as you do not place this website within a frame on your website and do not misrepresent our relationship with you. We do not permit you to link to any page in this website other than the top page.

However, pay websites and websites which have limitation of entry may not be allowed to establish a link to this website.

The URL and directory structure of this web site are subject to change without notice.

You may use Defi logo-marks listed below. It is possible to copy and use them when you establish a link to this website. However, any modification in any way may not be allowed.

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3. On-line policies

1. Submissions to Our Website

Any and all information, including without limitation communications, graphics, ideas, remarks and suggestions, submitted to us through this web site is our exclusive property. We may use any such information for any purpose without limitation or restriction and without compensating the person making the submission. You accept full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, appropriateness and legality of any information submitted by you to us.

2. Restrictions on Liability

We provide our web site and its contents on as "AS IS" basis and without warranties of any kind regarding our products, whether express or implied, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable laws.

Although our web site has been checked for accuracy, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions in the content of our web site. Further, we are not responsible for any technical failures of any kind, including without limitation hardware, software and network failures as well as incomplete or delayed computer transmissions.

We are not liable under any circumstance for any damages or injuries which may result from the use of materials on our web site.

3. Content Applicability

Our web site is operated in Japan and the information contained on this web site is limited to products available in Japan. We make no representation that the content of this web site is appropriate for use in other locations.

4. Linking and Framing

You may not hyperlink, or make any reference to this Web site (including all web pages under its domain), or represent any affiliation with us nor our website without our express prior written consent. Similarly, you may not "frame" our site nor use any portions of it without our express prior written consent. You understand and agree that our site, including, but not limited to all trademarks, content and product descriptions embodied therein, is our exclusive property and it is on the World Wide Web solely as an informational tool, and in some instances as a channel for commerce. To apply for consent to "link to"or "frame" our site, please let us know through our official distributors.

5. Privacy Policy

Importance of Privacy. We recognize the importance of protecting your privacy when you use the subscriber services and restricted areas within our Web site. We maintain a strict customer information privacy policy and utilize advanced technology to safeguard customer information from unauthorized intrusions. To protect your privacy, we follow five principles in accordance with worldwide practices for privacy and customer data protection.

5-1. NOTICE of the ways your information will be used

Personal Identifying Information. We refer to this information in the paragraph above as your "personal information". We will not sell, rent, swap or otherwise disclose your "personal information" to any third party without your consent, except to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws, police investigations, legal proceedings, or in other reasonable ways where such information is relevant. We intend to fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those that use our services for illegal activities. Also, we reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities, which we believe to be illegal, or in any way unlawful, for investigation.

When we use other agents, contractors or companies to perform services on our behalf, we require them to agree to safeguard "personal information" in strict compliance with our privacy policy, but this privacy policy only applies to our Web site, and we are not responsible nor are we making any representations as to the privacy policies or content of our affiliates or any other site on the Internet, and their information collecting is not governed by this policy.

Non-Personal Identifying Information. There may also be locations on our Web site for you to provide additional information such as gender, age, areas of interest and preferences. This is "non-personal information" since it can not be specifically linked back to you.

Such additional information allows us to better target our products and services to your interests and preferences. We also use a small file stored on your computer called a "cookie" to track new visitors to our site and to collect non-personal identifying information automatically. You should be advised that when volunteering "personal information," you are consenting to its use, and it may be matched up with your "cookie" file to track personal preferences.

In this way we can recognize past customers and tailor our Web site to reflect each customer’s historical preferences. You can exercise control over and turn off "cookies" by reviewing the user documentation accompanying your browser to learn more about such functions.

We reserve the right to disclose to third parties general information about customer usage, such as a customer’s operating system, browser, domain name, IP address, accessed Web pages and customer preferences, provided that such information will only be disclosed in the form of aggregate data that does not identify any individual customer unless necessary to comply with legal authorities or other reasonable uses.

5-2. CONSENT to use of data

By using our site, you are consenting to the collection of non-personal information about your use of our Web site. If you do not volunteer any personal information, we will not collect it and will not know any of your personal data. If you choose not to register or provide any personal information, you can still use most of our Web site.

If you do decide to volunteer your personal information, it constitutes your consent for us to use the data, and we will collect it to enhance your experience on our Web site.

Special offers and Promotional Contract. Unless you indicate otherwise, we reserve the right to use any "personal information" and additional information voluntarily provided by you to send you information about us, our Web site, our products and services as well as for marketing research and other promotional purposes, which may include sharing it with our affiliated companies and business partners.

If you do not wish to receive any special offers or direct marketing communications from us, you may select the "opt out" option during the registration process or at any time following registration.

By corresponding with us by e-mail, you consent to having our correspondence with you shared. It is not subject to the other provisions of this privacy policy due to the nature of the e-mail medium. This is to ensure that you receive the best quality customer service from us, and we can be most responsive to your needs through whatever steps that need to be taken.

5-3. ACCESS to data collected about oneself

You may modify, correct, change or update your "personal information" that we maintain or request that we delete your "personal information" at any time by contacting our official distributors. Once we have processed your request, your "personal information" will be modified or deleted, as the case may be, from our database within a commercially reasonable amount of time.

5-4. SECURITY and accuracy of collected data

Security in Transmission. We maintain a secure area on our Web site for the transmission of some "personal information", through the implementation of certain security technology, and we store all "personal information" in a private database.

We will continue to enhance our security procedures as new technology becomes available. Although we will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your "personal information", transmissions by means of the Internet can not be made absolutely secure, and you understand that there is no expectation of an absolute right of privacy when transferring information over the Internet.

Accordingly, we will have no liability for disclosure of your "personal information" due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties.

5-5. ENFORCEMENT mechanisms to ensure compliance

If for some reason you feel that we have not observed these principles, please inform us through our official distributors, and we will do our best to ensure that the problem is solved quickly and efficiently.

Privacy of Children

We have no intention of collecting personally identifiable information from children and recognize that children may not be able to make informed choices about personal information requested on-line. If a child wants to log in or register at this site, we prefer that a parent or guardian do so instead of the child, or at least give their child consent, so as to have the parent or guardianfs consent before we collect any non-personal identifying or personal identifying information from them.

We encourage parents to take an active role to protect the privacy of their children and support technologies designed to do the same. Children should seek the consent of their parents or guardians prior to providing any personal information or information relating to their household by means of the Internet. Also, any parent or guardian can modify, correct, change, update or delete the "personal information" given by the child by using the procedures outlined in part 3 of this privacy policy.

Amendments to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend our privacy policy at any time. Any amendments will be effective upon posting to our Web site.

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4. Truth in advertising

We have reviewed our Web site, and believe that we comply with all the Federal Trade Commission’s policies of truth in advertising, including sections 5 and 12 of the Federal Trade Commission Act and 15 U.S.C. Section 45. All representations made on this Web site are believed to be true to the best of our knowledge. If you feel that there are any inconsistencies, please contact us to advise us of such.

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5. Application of terms and conditions

These terms and conditions are governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of California, United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. In the event any part of these terms and conditions is deemed to be invalid or unenforceable, the same will be deemed severable from the remainder of these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining parts.

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6. Handling of Personal Data (for users)

Personal data are handled and protected based on Japan’s Act for Protection of Computer Professed Personal Data held by Administrative Organs.

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