These terms of use, together with our
Player
Privacy Policy and all supplemental terms and other documents
referenced in these terms (the
Terms) govern your use, (in-game) purchases and downloading of
our Games, Virtual
Items, User Generated Content (
UGC), websites, store and related services made available from
time to time,
unless we specifically state otherwise (collectively:
Services).
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. These Terms form a legally binding contract between you and
us. By accessing
or using any of the Services you accept and agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms then do not
access, purchase or use our Services.
Games means any games developed and/or made available by us, whether existing now or in the
future.
FOR U.S. AND CANADIAN USERS ONLY: These terms include a binding arbitration clause and class action
waiver under
section 24.8, which means you agree to submit any dispute related to these Terms, and/or any element of the
Services, and/or your relationship with us, to binding arbitration rather than proceeding in court. You may
opt-out of this mandatory arbitration agreement only by following the procedures below. These terms also
include
a jury waiver.
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About you
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By using the Services, you agree that you are at least 18 years of age, or if you are younger
than
18 years of age, that you have reviewed these Terms with your parent(s) or guardian(s) and they
have
agreed to these Terms on your behalf and take full responsibility for your compliance with them.
If
we are informed by a parent/guardian that their child has misrepresented his/her age when
registering for our Games or Services, we will Stop the Account (as defined
below) provided we have
information which satisfies us that the reporting person is indeed the parent or guardian of
that
child. You also represent that you attained at least the minimum age to consent to data
processing
under the laws of your jurisdiction (e.g. 13 years old in the United States and 16 years old in
some
EU jurisdictions) and are not barred from accessing the Services under applicable law.
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If you access our Services through a third-party platform or site, you may be required to comply
with their policies in addition to these Terms.
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Who we are
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We are Chiseled Games Japan Co., Ltd, a company registered in Japan and located at 7-11,
Nihonbashi Kayabacho 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, with commercial register number
0105-01-045113.
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You can contact us at support@chiseledgames.com.
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Changes to these Terms
We may change these Terms from time to time, for example in order to ensure that we remain compliant
with applicable laws or to reflect any changes we make to the Services or otherwise. The updated Terms
will be posted on our website. We may also provide additional notice, such as messaging within our
Services, of any material changes to these Terms. It is your responsibility to check these Terms
regularly before using any of our Services. Your continued use of our Services from the date of change
will be deemed your acceptance of the amended Terms.
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Account
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To use certain of our Services you may be required to create an account with us and/or with the
third party platform or site operator e.g. Apple or Google (Account). To create an Account, you
must provide truthful and accurate information about yourself on the Account registration page
and keep that information up-to-date. You may not share your Account with others and are solely
responsible for keeping the login credentials to your Account confidential. You are responsible
for all activity associated with your Account. We may Stop your Account or permanently remove
any content or Virtual Items from any of our Services at our reasonable discretion if we have
reasonable grounds for believing you have violated any of these Terms. References
to "Stopping" or to "Stop" an Account includes temporarily or
permanently disabling, suspending,
banning or muting an Account. If your Account is muted, you can continue to play but will not be
able to use free text chat during the relevant muting period. If your Account is disabled or
banned, you will not be able to access your Account and any licences previously granted to you
to use our Games and Services will be either temporarily or permanently revoked. THIS MEANS YOU
WILL LOSE YOUR ACCOUNT, CHARACTERS AND ANY IN-GAME ITEMS OR CURRENCY. We are under no obligation
to compensate you for any losses that result from your Account being disabled or banned. More
information about when we may Stop your Account can be found in section 4.2 below.
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If, acting reasonably, we consider that: (i) these Terms have or may have been breached or may
likely be breached; and/or (ii) you have committed fraudulent, unlawful or abusive activity
including any breach or suspected breach of the rules of conduct set out in section 8 of these
Terms; and/or (iii) it is necessary in order to prevent or stop any harm or damage, including
without limitation harm or damage to us, to any our Games or Services, to other players or, the
general public, then, in our sole discretion, we may at any time: (i) Stop (as
defined) any or
all of your Accounts; (ii) restrict access to any content-uploading or other
feature of our
Games or Services; and/or (iii) restrict access to or delete Virtual Items or anything acquired
by means of Virtual Items. These actions may result in loss of real money paid in prohibited
transactions, such as “Account trading”.
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If we take any of the above actions, you may, by no later than six months following the
decisions made or actions taken under section 4.2, submit a “reconsideration request” by sending
an email to support@chiseledgames.com. All
reconsideration requests will be dealt with by us at
our sole discretion acting reasonably.
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WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ONGOING SUPPLY OF ANY GAMES OR SERVICES OR THAT CONTENT WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES, IN ALL LOCATIONS, OR AT ANY GIVEN TIME, OR THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO
OFFER SUCH GAMES, SERVICES AND CONTENT FOR A PARTICULAR LENGTH OF TIME. UPON REASONABLE NOTICE
TO YOU (AND WITHOUT REASON), WE MAY STOP ANY ACCOUNT AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMISSIBLE BY
LAW YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY REFUND FOR ANY AMOUNTS PAID IN
CONNECTION WITH THE ACCOUNT.
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Deletion and Restoration of your Account
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If you want to permanently delete your account you may easily request your account deletion at
any time under your profile in the Game.
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When you request to delete your account, you will need to answer two questions to identify you
as the true account owner, which answers will enable us to successfully verify your account
information. Subsequently, the account deletion process will automatically begin, subject to a
15-day cooling-off period, before the account including all its items and content will
automatically be fully and irreversibly deleted. Whilst the deletion process is being
undertaken, during the cooling-off period, your account will be deactivated, and any content
associated with the account will no longer be accessible by you but will continue to be visible
to other users until the expiration of the cooling-off period. During the cooling-off period you
will have the opportunity to recall your deletion request by sending us a message via the
in-game portal or to support@chiseledgames.com. If you do not
recall your account within the
cooling-off period, your account will, upon the expiration of the cooling-off period,
automatically be irreversibly, fully and permanently deleted, including all items purchased
and
other associated content under your account. Following the deletion of your account
and
associated content, it may take us up to another 30 days to remove it from backups and disaster
recovery systems.
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Your account and any content associated with your account may not be permanently deleted where
deletion would restrict our ability to: (i) investigate or identify illegal activity or
violations of our Terms and policies (for example, to identify or investigate misuse of our
Services); (ii) protect the safety and security of our Services and users; (iii) comply with a
legal obligation, such as the preservation of evidence; or (iv) comply with a request of a
judicial or administrative authority, law enforcement or a government agency.
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If you have initiated the deletion or deactivation of your account by yourself (provided your
account has not been deleted or deactivated by us due to your non-compliance with these Terms),
then, until the expiration date of the cooling-off period (i.e. 15 calendar days from your
deletion request), you will be able to recover or reactivate your account by contacting our
customer services via the in-game portal or by email: support@chiseledgames.com. Following such
a request, you will need to answer two questions to identify you as the true account owner,
which answers will enable us to successfully verify you as the legitimate account owner, recover
your account and abort your account deletion process.
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Licence
Our Services, Games, Accounts, Virtual Items and all related materials (including without limitation,
software, code, information, content, data, text, characters, music, sounds, videos) made available by
us or on our behalf and all related copyright and other intellectual property rights in such Services,
Games, Virtual Items and materials (together Content) are licensed, not sold, to you
under these Terms.
Subject to your strict compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-transferable,
non-sub-licensable, revocable and non-exclusive licence to use our Content for your own personal and
non-commercial use. If you breach any of these Terms, we may immediately terminate or suspend this
licence. You acknowledge that all intellectual property and other rights in the Content are and will
remain our sole property and that you will have no ownership, title or other proprietary interest in and
to the Content, regardless of whether you 'earned' or 'purchased' such Content.
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Your legal obligations and promises to us
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You confirm that:
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all information and details provided by you are true, accurate and up to date. The
rights granted under these Terms are strictly personal to you and you must not make
the Services or your password(s) available to anyone else; and
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you will comply with the rules of conduct relating to your use of the Services and/or
Virtual Items as set out in sections 8 to 10 and any other restrictions set out
elsewhere in these Terms.
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You agree to compensate us where we pay damages or incur any other losses or expenses (including
legal fees) in respect of any claim made by a third party that your use of the Services (or any
part) is in breach of these Terms or contrary to any other laws and regulations or the rights of
a third party.
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If we take legal action against you for non-payment or any other breach of these Terms and a
court makes an award in our favour, you will be responsible for all costs allowable by the
courts.
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Rules of conduct and your use of the Services
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You agree that in using the Services (including the creation of UGC) you will not:
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use or allow the use of the Services for any purpose or activity that is illegal,
unlawful or in breach of these Terms;
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reproduce, distribute, publicly display or perform, translate, modify, adapt, create
derivative works from, deconstruct, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble, in any
manner the Services, source code in the Services or any portion thereof;
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sell, rent, lease, share or provide access to your Account or access or attempt to
access the Accounts of other users or penetrate or attempt to penetrate any security
measures relating to the Services;
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partake in any behaviour that we may deem inappropriate and disruptive, or against the
tone and nature of the Services;
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where user-generated content or an online community exists or otherwise, harass,
threaten, embarrass, spam or do anything else to another person that is unwanted, such
as repeatedly sending unwanted messages or making personal attacks or statements about
race, sexual orientation or religion; organise or participate in any activity or group
that is harmful, abusive, offensive, obscene, threatening, bullying, vulgar, sexually
explicit (including nudity and any form of inappropriate exposure), defamatory, invasive
of personal privacy or encourages conduct that would violate a law or in a reasonable
person’s view be objectionable and/or inappropriate;
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use abusive, offensive, or defamatory screen names and/or personas, whether created
through Services or through third party devices connected to Services;
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impersonate any other person, or indicate falsely that you are an employee or a
representative of us or any of our partners or affiliates;
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promote, encourage or take part in any activity involving hacking, cracking, phishing,
taking advantage of exploits or cheats and/or distribution of counterfeit software
and/or counterfeit or legitimate Virtual Items;
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upload any files that contain a virus, trojan, worm, spyware, time bombs, corrupted data
or other computer programs that may damage, interfere with or disrupt any of the
Services;
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make improper, false or spurious reports to us;
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use our Services to build a service or game that may compete with our Services or assist
another person in building a service or game that would compete with our Services;
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probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Services, or circumvent or breach the
security or authentication measures of our Services;
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improperly use in-game support or complaint buttons or make false reports to us;
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use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic
device or process to retrieve, index, 'data mine' or in any way reproduce or circumvent
the content, navigational structure or presentation of our Services; and
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sell, buy, trade or otherwise transfer or offer to transfer your Account, any personal
access to our Services, or content associated with your Account, including Virtual
Items, either within our Services or on a third-party website, or in connection with any
out-of-game transaction.
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To the extent the Services functionality permits, you will not post or communicate any person’s
‘real world’ personal information whilst using the Services or via any chat rooms or forums.
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We reserve the right to access, monitor and/or record any online activity within the Services
and you give us your express consent to access and record your activities.
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Any breach of the above rules of conduct shall be determined by us at our discretion, acting
reasonably in all circumstances.
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User Generated Content (UGC)
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User Generated Content (UGC) means any form of content generated by a user of
the
Services(including remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, text, images, video, information and
messages) communicated, posted, uploaded, or sent by users on or in connection with the
Services. Our Services may include social elements which permit players to come into contact
with and chat to other players. Messages exchanged between players, whether in private in-game
messaging or public forums, are included within this definition of UGC.
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You agree by submitting any form of UGC, you are giving us a non-exclusive, perpetual,
irrevocable, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, modify, copy,
create derivative works of, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in
whole or in part) publish and distribute such UGC for any purpose including the making available
of such UGC to third parties, provided that we may not use UGC in violation of the Player
Privacy Policy. You agree to waive any moral rights to the extent permitted by law and
that you
will not withdraw the submission or attempt to make a charge for its use. Further, you warrant
and represent that you are the exclusive copyright and intellectual property rights holder in
relation to the submission and that the submission in no way breaches the rights of any other
person or entity.
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We, or third parties engaged by us, may monitor and/or moderate UGC but we do not guarantee the
accuracy, quality, or integrity of any UGC posted via the Game or any part of the Services. By
using our Services you acknowledge and accept that you may be exposed to materials you may find
offensive or objectionable. We do not endorse any UGC posted on the Services, nor do we
guarantee its truthfulness or accuracy. However, if someone is violating these Terms or misusing
the Services, please report this to us by contacting us at support@chiseledgames.com. We will
review the report and may, at our reasonable discretion, take action against anyone who violates
the Terms, such as by revoking or suspending access to certain or all of our Services and
terminating or suspending their Account. We may also take such actions, at our reasonable
discretion, in respect of anyone who knowingly submits a false report in bad faith.
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We reserve the right to remove and permanently delete any UGC from our Services with or without
notice. We reserve the right to disclose your identity to any third party that validly claims
that any of your UGC infringes such third party’s intellectual property or their privacy. We
will also disclose your UGC to third parties and governmental authorities on request where we
are legally obliged to do so.
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Virtual Items
We use the term Virtual Items to mean rights that we licence to you to access or use
certain features
that we may make available on our Services. Examples may include access to digital or unlockable
content, additional or enhanced functionality (including multiplayer services), virtual assets, in-game
achievements, and virtual points, coins and currencies. When you sign up or pay for Virtual Items, we
grant you a personal, limited, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable, revocable and non-exclusive licence
to access the selected Virtual Items. Virtual Items have no monetary value and no value outside of our
Services. You cannot sell, trade or transfer Virtual Items, or exchange them for cash. Any payment you
make for access to Virtual Items is non-refundable unless otherwise stated at our sole discretion.
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Price, Payment and Tax
- We aim to ensure that the pricing of our Services (including Virtual Items, Games and any other
goods and services available on our store) are correct at all times. However, the Game and
website pages may not always accurately reflect the correct details at the moment at which you
place your order. We reserve the right to change prices without prior notice at any time before
the formation of the contract. We cannot confirm the price of an item until your order is
accepted. Where you are resident in the European Union, we will charge VAT or applicable sales
tax on purchases as required by law, and you agree to provide the information we reasonably
require in order to determine the applicable VAT or sales tax rate.
- All credit and charge card holders are subject to validation checks and authorisation by the
card issuer. If the issuer of your payment card refuses to authorise payment to us, your order
will not be accepted and we will not be liable for any delay or non-delivery.
- It is your responsibility and you must comply with the terms and conditions applicable to your
chosen payment method, as set by the payment provider. We may add or remove payment methods in
relation to our Services at our sole discretion and without notice to you.
- Certain Services may be available to users via an automatically renewing subscription (a
"Subscription Service"). If you choose to sign up for a Subscription Service, you will be
presented with subscription-specific terms at that time, describing if and when your
subscription will automatically renew, for what period of time, and at what cost, and how to
tell us to cancel it. Under the Subscription Service your account will continue to be
periodically charged for the Subscription Service until you cancel your subscription. When you
sign up for a Subscription Service, you must designate and provide information about your
preferred payment method – the information you provide must be complete and accurate, and you
are responsible for keeping it up to date – any failure to do so may lead to suspension or
cancellation of your access to the Subscription Service. You expressly authorise us and/or our
third-party payment providers, to collect via automatic debit from your nominated payment method
the appropriate fees charged for any Subscription Services. Within 24 hours before your initial
subscription commitment period has expired, and again within 24 hours before the end of any
subsequent subscription period, your subscription will automatically renew and continue, at the
subscription price and time period you agreed to on initially commencing the subscription,
subject always to any updates in pricing and services issued by us from time to time. Unused
portions of free trials will be forfeited upon purchase of a Subscription Service. Unless
otherwise stated, all fees for Subscription Services will be payable in advance and billed
automatically at the start of the monthly or annual subscription, as applicable. All purchases
of Subscription Services are final and non-refundable, except at our sole discretion.
- If you do not pay the fees or charges due for your Subscription Services, we may make reasonable
efforts to notify you and resolve the issue in accordance with section
23 of these Terms below,
however, we reserve the right to disable, suspend or terminate your access to the Subscription
Services, and may do so without notice.
- You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewals in your account settings, as described
in our FAQ on "How to Cancel a Subscription". If you do not want your subscription to renew
automatically or if you want to change or terminate your subscription, you must log in to your
account and follow the instructions to manage or cancel your subscription (simply deleting your
account will not cancel your subscription). You can stop a subscription from recurring at any
time, at least 24 hours before the end of the current Subscription Service period. If you cancel
your subscription, you may continue to use the cancelled Subscription Service until the end of
your then-current subscription term. The subscription will then not be renewed when your
then-current term expires. If you are on a free trial, your trial services will be halted and
may no longer be accessible upon your cancellation of the Subscription Service.
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Contract
All orders are subject to acceptance by us and availability of the Services. After placing an order, you
will receive an email or message from us or the third-party platform, acknowledging that we have
received your order. It will state what the item(s) you have ordered are, the cost (including VAT) and
where a physical product, the postage and packaging and delivery, invoice and cancellation details. If
your order has been unsuccessful, you will be made aware of the reason why and possible explanations.
Please note that this acknowledgment email/message does not mean that your order has been accepted –
your order constitutes an offer to us to purchase the Services. All orders are subject to acceptance by
us. When we make the Services available e.g. as a download, this represents our legal acceptance of the
offer you made to purchase the Services and the contract between us will then be formed (and we or the
third party platform or service provider will debit your account).
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Cancellation and Refunds
We want to provide you with the best possible service. We hope you are delighted with your Games,
Virtual Items and Services. However, if you change your mind, the cancellation policy set out below will
apply.
- Cancellation Policy
- You have the right to cancel your order and withdraw from the contract between you and
us
(Contract), without giving any reason, and receive a full refund within 14 days from the
day
you placed your order (Cancellation Period) BUT by downloading, streaming or accessing
your
Virtual Items, digital/online Games and/or Services, you will immediately lose this
right to
cancel once the download, streaming or accessing of such Virtual Items, digital/online
Games
and/or Services is complete, due to the nature of these Services.
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This means that if you download, stream or access the Virtual Items,
digital/online
Games
and/or Services straightaway, you acknowledge that you will therefore no longer have
the
right to cancel them.
- If you would like to exercise your rights under the Cancellation Period please send an
email
to support@chiseledgames.com and the
Virtual
Item, digital/online Games and/or Services will
be removed from your Account and any monies paid shall be refunded.
- Your refund following cancellation
- We will provide you with a full refund of the cost of the order, or part of the order that
you are cancelling within 14 days of receiving your notification that you wish to exercise
your cancellation right described above. We will carry out this refund by using the same
means of payment as you used for the initial transaction. If we issue you with a refund, you
will cease to have access to the Virtual Item, digital/online Games and/or Services to which
the refund relates.
- Except as set out above or as otherwise required by law, all purchases of our Services and
redemptions of Virtual Items made through our store site are final and non- refundable,
unless otherwise determined by us. In particular, we will not refund any amounts paid via
our store site when: (i) you have been the victim of in-game scamming (however, we will
try to assist you to recover your Account); (ii) your Account has been cancelled or
suspended as a result of you violating these Terms; (iii) you have been using unauthorised
software to access our Games and Services; (iv) we stop offering any of the Virtual Items,
Games or Services for any reason or (v) you decide to cancel your Account. For any purchases
of our Services and redemptions of Virtual Items made by you via third-party platform
providers such as Apple and Google, the refunds policy of such third-party platform
providers will apply to your purchase and you should consult the applicable third-party
refunds policy.
- If you are under the age of 18, or under the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, you
must make sure that you have the express permission of your parent or guardian before you
make any purchase. Parents and legal guardians - we strongly recommend that you set the
appropriate payment default settings relating to our Services to ensure that your express
consent is required to be given (such as by entering your Account password) in order to
trigger any transaction.
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Availability and functionality
- We reserve the right to limit the amount of Virtual Items you can purchase in a given period.
Virtual Items may only be purchased and used by players in jurisdictions where such activities
are permitted under applicable law. Virtual Items may only be purchased from us or our
representatives through the Games or as otherwise expressly authorised. We reserve the right to
refuse any request to purchase Virtual Items for any reason.
- We will use reasonable endeavours to maintain the operation of the Games and Services and
rectify faults as quickly as possible. We reserve the right to modify, including by way of
regular updates, our Games and Services and we may have to suspend operation of a Game or
particular Service without notice for repair, maintenance, improvement, security or any other
reason. If so, we will do our best to ensure that the suspension is as short as possible. We
cannot accept responsibility for such suspensions, interruptions or errors caused by
circumstances outside our reasonable control.
- We cannot guarantee that our Games or any part of our Services will work on or be compatible
with or capable of being accessed on any particular devices, platforms, operating systems or
equipment, or in conjunction with any particular software or connectivity services not approved
by us. We do not accept responsibility for such equipment, software or services. We also do not
guarantee that our Services can be accessed in all geographic locations.
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Chargebacks
We may cancel a payment and make a chargeback to you, including any transaction fees incurred with
payment providers, if we have reason to believe any purchase is incomplete or any purchase is made, or
we suspect it is made, fraudulently or in an otherwise non-bona fide manner.
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Payment Methods
Payment methods accepted by us are as per those payment methods provided on our store site and by
the third-party platform providers such as Apple and Google within our Games at the point of sale.
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Updates
You agree that the Games and any aspect of the Services may automatically download and install
updates, upgrades and additional features that we deem reasonable, beneficial to you and/or reasonably
necessary. These Terms shall apply to any updates, upgrades and/or additional features that are not
distributed with a separate licence or other agreement.
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Duration
These Terms shall apply to your use of the Games, your Account, Virtual Items and Services at all
times and shall continue until you delete, cancel or remove such Games, Account, Virtual Items and
Services or we terminate this licence.
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Intellectual Property
- You acknowledge that all intellectual property rights in the Services, Games and Virtual Items
and all content appearing within the Services, Games and Virtual Items throughout the world
belongs to us, our licensees or affiliates and that such rights are licensed to you and you do
not acquire any ownership rights in the Services, Games and Virtual Items or any other part of
them other than the right to use the Services, Games and Virtual Items under the terms of this
licence.
- Any use by you of any of our intellectual property other than as permitted under these Terms may
only be undertaken with our prior express written authorisation. Nothing contained within these
Terms shall be construed as conferring any right, whether by implication or otherwise, to use
any intellectual property in the Services, Games and Virtual Items other than as expressly
permitted in these Terms.
- We reserve the right to stop offering any of our Games and/or Services at any time either
permanently or temporarily, at which point any licence granted to you to use the Games and/or
Services or a part thereof will be automatically terminated or suspended and your
Account
Stopped. Prior to stopping the availability of any of our Games and/or Services, we
will use our
reasonable efforts to notify at least 60 days before such Games and Services become unavailable.
Notification may be via our websites, push notification, alert, email or other messages. In such
an event, we shall not be required to provide refunds, benefits or other compensation to users
in connection with such discontinued elements of our Games and/or Services unless required by
law.
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Suspension and Termination
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Acting reasonably, we may suspend, restrict or terminate your access to the Games, Virtual Items
and/or any other part of the Services and consequently suspend or terminate the licence granted
to you under these Terms, if:
- you breach of any of the restrictions or provisions in these Terms;
- for reasons of a system failure, maintenance or repair or due to events beyond our
reasonable control; and/or
- we decide to withdraw the Game(s), Virtual Items and/or any other part of the Services
from the market for any reason in our sole discretion, acting reasonably.
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We will always do our best to give you an initial warning rather than moving straight to
terminating or deleting your access to our Games, Virtual Items and/or any other Services. But
if you have seriously breached our Terms or have been issued with previous warnings, we may then
move to terminating our contract with you under these Terms and your licence to access our
Games, Virtual Items and/or any other part of the Services. Under such circumstances we will
notify you in writing by email or within the app, website or other part of the Services as
appropriate. Upon termination the rights and the licence granted herein will terminate and you
must cease all use of the applicable Games, Virtual Items and/or any other part of the Services.
If we decide to withdraw Game(s), Virtual Items and/or any other part of the Services from the
market, we'll do our best to notify our users (via our website, or via email, push notification
or text) at least 60 days prior to withdrawing access.
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Third Party Content
Our Services may include hyperlinks to third-party websites and services. We do not control these
websites and services and are not responsible for their content or for their collection, use or
disclosure of your personal information. If you access our Services through a third party platform or
site, you may be required to comply with their policies in addition to these Terms.
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Our Legal Obligations and Limits on Liability
- OUR GAMES AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS'' AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE PROVIDE NO EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES
THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE OUR GAMES OR SERVICES AT THE TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF YOUR
CHOOSING OR THAT OUR GAMES OR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR FREE OF ERRORS, BUGS,
CORRUPTION, LOSS, INTERFERENCE, HACKING OR VIRUSES. ACCORDINGLY, WE ARE NOT LIABLE TO YOU FOR
ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MIGHT ARISE, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE INOPERABILITY, UNAVAILABILITY OR
SECURITY VULNERABILITIES OF OUR GAMES AND SERVICES OR FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON THE QUALITY,
ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY OF OUR GAMES AND SERVICES. WE ALSO MAKE NO GUARANTEE THAT OUR GAMES AND
SERVICES WILL WORK WITH OR CAN BE ACCESSED ON ANY PARTICULAR DEVICES, PLATFORMS, OPERATING
SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT, OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY PARTICULAR SOFTWARE OR CONNECTIVITY SERVICES.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE OR SERVICES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES
AND DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT PROFITS, GOODWILL OR DATA IN ANY WAY ARISING.
- TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT,
TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES OR
DAMAGES THAT YOU SUFFER IN CONNECTION WITH A GAME OR SERVICES OR THESE TERMS SHALL NOT EXCEED
(IN AGGREGATE} THE MONETARY AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE FEES, RELATING TO THE GAME OR SERVICES,
ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO US DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION
FIRST ARISING. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT OUR
LIABILITY FOR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION, DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY RESULTING FROM OUR
NEGLIGENCE OR THE NEGLIGENCE OF OUR EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT
UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAW BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED.
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How to contact us for support or to report complaints, faults or abuse
If you require customer support or would like to report a complaint, a fault or abusive behaviour in
violation of the rules set out in Section 7 or if you have any other questions or comments in relation
to our Games, Virtual Items or Services then you may contact us at support@chiseledgames.com.
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Disputes
- This Section offers a streamlined way to resolve disputes between you and us if they arise. Most
of your concerns can be resolved by contacting customer service at support@chiseledgames.com. If
we cannot resolve your concern, you and we agree to be bound by the procedure set forth in this
Section to resolve any and all disputes between us.
- You will be responsible for all your legal costs incurred in relation to any dispute between us
and 50% of any arbitration costs, including fees payable to the arbitrator. This will apply
notwithstanding the outcome of any Arbitration.
- Claims Covered by Arbitration: all disputes, claims or controversies (except as specifically
excluded in Section 24.8.2 below), arising out of or relating to these Terms, any of our
Services and their marketing, or the relationship between you, or anyone using your account or
otherwise acting on your behalf, and us, or any of our current or former affiliates, whether
based in contract, statute, regulation, ordinance, tort (including fraud, misrepresentation,
fraudulent inducement, or negligence), or any other legal or equitable theory, including the
validity, enforceability or scope of this “Disputes” section ("Disputes") shall
be determined
exclusively by binding arbitration. This includes claims that accrued before you entered into
these Terms. The only Disputes not covered by this Section are claims regarding the
infringement, protection or validity of your, our or our licensors' intellectual property, trade
secrets or copyright, trademark or patent rights.
- Informal Negotiations: you and we shall first attempt to resolve any Dispute informally for at
least 60 days before initiating arbitration. The informal negotiations commence upon receipt of
written notice from one person to the other ("Notice of Dispute"). The Notice
of Dispute must:
(a) include the full name and contact information of the complaining party; (b) describe the
nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (c) set forth the specific relief sought. We will
send our Notice of Dispute to your billing or email address. You will send your Notice of
Dispute by contacting our customer service team at support@chiseledgames.com. Most disputes are
resolved by our customer service team but if for whatever reason they are not able to solve the
issue, you will be provided an opportunity to escalate the matter first to our responsible
management team.
- Binding Arbitration: If you and we cannot resolve a Dispute informally, subject to the
exceptions in sections 24.3 and 24.4, you or we will have the Dispute finally and exclusively
resolved by binding arbitration. Any election to arbitrate by one party shall be final and
binding on the other. The arbitration shall be administered by the Japan Commercial Arbitration
Association (JCAA) according to JCAA Arbitration Rules as modified by these Terms. You shall be
responsible for 50% of all arbitration fees. The arbitration may be conducted in person, through
the submission of documents, by phone or online. The arbitrator shall make a decision in
writing, and shall provide a statement of reasons if requested by either party. The arbitrator
must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so.
You and we may litigate in court to compel arbitration, to stay proceeding pending arbitration,
or to confirm, modify, vacate or enter judgement on the award entered by the arbitrator.
- Limitations: YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN OUR OR YOUR
INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR
REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator shall not consolidate another person's claims with
your claims, and shall not preside over any type of representative or class proceeding. The
arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favour of the individual party
seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party's
individual claim. If this specific subsection is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of
this agreement to arbitrate shall be null and void and the parties acknowledge that any such
claim and dispute shall be resolved exclusively by and in the courts in Tokyo, Japan and in
accordance with the laws of Japan.
- Any decision or award may be enforced as a final judgement by any court of competent
jurisdiction or, if applicable, application may be made to such court for judicial acceptance of
any award and an order of enforcement.
- FOR U.S. AND CANADIAN USERS ONLY: This section 24.8 applies only to users who reside in
the U.S.
or Canada, and offers a streamlined way to resolve disputes between you and us if they
arise.
Most of your concerns can be resolved by contacting customer service at
support@chiseledgames.com. If we cannot resolve
your concern, you and us agree to be bound by
the procedure set forth in this Section to resolve any and all disputes between us. PLEASE READ
THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT PROVIDES THAT YOU AND WE ARE AGREEING TO RESOLVE MOST DISPUTES
THROUGH BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION INSTEAD OF COURT TRIALS AND CLASS ACTIONS.
- Claims Covered by Arbitration: All Disputes shall be determined exclusively by binding
arbitration. The term “Dispute” is intended to be given the broadest possible meaning
that will be enforced. If you have a Dispute that cannot be resolved through negotiation
within the time frame described in the "Notice of Dispute" clause
below, you and we
agree to seek resolution of the Dispute only through arbitration of that Dispute in
accordance with the terms of this Section, and not litigate any Dispute in court, except
for those matters listed in the Exclusions from Arbitration clause. Arbitration means
that the Dispute will be resolved by a neutral arbitrator instead of in a court by a
judge or jury. Your agreement to arbitrate survives your, or our, termination of your
access to the Services.
- Exclusions from Arbitration: You and we each agree that the following causes of action
and/or claims for relief are exceptions to the Disputes covered by the arbitration
agreement and will be brought in a judicial proceeding in a court of competent
jurisdiction (as outlined in this arbitration agreement): (i) any claim or cause of
action alleging actual or threatened regarding the infringement, protection or validity
of your, our or our licensors' intellectual property, trade secrets or copyright,
trademark or patent rights; (ii) any claim or cause of action seeking emergency
injunctive relief based on exigent circumstances (e.g., imminent danger or commission of
a crime, hacking, cyber-attack); or (iii) a request for the remedy of public injunctive
relief, where such remedies are permitted and cannot be waived by applicable law. In
addition, to the extent your claim or Dispute qualifies under applicable law, you may
elect to proceed in small claims court.
- Opt-Out Right: YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF BINDING ARBITRATION AND THE CLASS ACTION
WAIVER WITHIN 30 DAYS. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THE BINDING ARBITRATION AND
CLASS ACTION WAIVER IN THIS SECTION, YOU MUST NOTIFY US IN WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE
DATE THAT YOU ACCEPT, OR ANYONE ACTING ON YOUR BEHALF ACCEPTS, THIS AGREEMENT UNLESS A
LONGER PERIOD IS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (the “Opt-Out Deadline”). YOU MAY OPT-OUT OF
THE ARBITRATION PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THIS SECTION BY EMAIL TO
support@chiseledgames.com. WITH THE
SUBJECT LINE “Terms of Use – Opt-Out Notice.” YOUR
WRITTEN NOTICE MUST INCLUDE: (1) YOUR PLAYER ID, (2) YOUR NAME, (3) YOUR ADDRESS, (4)
THE EMAIL ADDRESS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR APP STORE, IF YOU HAVE ONE, AND (5) A CLEAR
STATEMENT THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO RESOLVE DISPUTES WITH US THROUGH ARBITRATION.
In order to validly terminate the arbitration agreement, we must receive your opt
out
notice no later than 3 days after the Opt-Out Deadline for it to be valid. You agree
that you must pursue any claim in arbitration or small claims court if we do not receive
an opt-out notice from you, or if we receive an opt-out notice from you more than 3 days
after the Opt-Out Deadline.
- Notice of Dispute: If you have a Dispute with us, or any of our affiliates, you must
send a written notice to support@chiseledgames.com, with the
subject line “Notice of
Dispute”. The informal negotiations commence upon receipt of written notice from one
person to the other ("Notice of Dispute"). The Notice of Dispute must: (a) include the
player ID, full name and contact information of the complaining party; (b) describe the
nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (c) set forth the specific relief sought
(together, the “Required Information”). If your notice does not contain
all of the
Required Information (or an explanation of why you are unable to include any of the
Required Information), then the Notice of Dispute shall be without effect, and must be
re-sent before any arbitration or other legal action may be initiated. This requirement
is intended to inform us that you have a Dispute to be resolved. We will send our Notice
of Dispute to your billing or email address. Most disputes are resolved by our customer
service team but if for whatever reason they are not able to solve the issue, you will
be provided an opportunity to escalate the matter first to our responsible management
team member(s). You and us agree to attempt to resolve any Dispute informally, and in
good faith, for at least 60 days after an effective Notice of Dispute is provided,
before initiating arbitration pursuant to the terms of this Section.
- Arbitration Procedure: If you and us cannot resolve a Dispute informally, subject to the
exceptions in Section 24.8.2, you and us agree to have the Dispute finally and
exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be administered by
the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), unless the AAA declines or is unable, then
we will select an alternative arbitral forum.
We agree that we will pay all filing, administration and arbitrator fees other than
the
initial filing fee that you must pay to file the initial arbitration demand. If your
Claim is for less than US$1,000 we will reimburse you for the filing fee if you provide
a written request for reimbursement with evidence of insufficient funds to pay the fee
yourself. In the event that you are able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration
will be prohibitive as compared to costs of litigation, we will pay as much of your
filing fee in connection with the arbitration as the arbitrator deems necessary to
prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive as compared to the costs of
litigation. Otherwise, we will each bear the fees and expenses of our respective
attorneys, experts, witnesses and preparation and presentation of evidence at the
arbitration.
Arbitration will be conducted in accordance with the AAA’s rules, including the
AAA’s
Consumer Arbitration Rules
respectively the
AAA`s
Supplementary Rules for Multiple Case
Filings
(as applicable), as modified by these Terms. The AAA rules and information about
arbitration and fees are available online at www.adr.org or by calling the AAA at
+1-800-778-7879. The arbitration will be conducted in English by one arbitrator, who
will be appointed by the AAA. For Claims under US$25,000, the arbitration will not
involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses but will instead be
conducted based solely on written submissions, unless you or we request an in-person or
telephonic hearing, or the arbitrator determines that an in-person or telephonic
appearance is required. In the case of a hearing, the presumption shall be in favour of
a virtual hearing, unless the arbitrator determines that a party’s right to a
fundamentally fair process would be impaired without an in-person hearing. In the case
of an in-person hearing, the hearing shall be conducted in a mutually convenient
location. We will ordinarily request that the hearing be held in New York. You may
petition the arbitrator to select an alternative location for the hearing. The
arbitrator’s selection of a hearing location shall be final and binding. You agree that
in the event of an in-person hearing, we or any of our employees or affiliates who are
based outside of the United States and who are participating in the hearing may
participate by telephone or video conference, and their physical presence will not be
required.
Any arbitration will be confidential, and neither you nor we may disclose the
existence,
content or results of any arbitration, except as may be required by law or for purposes
of enforcement of the arbitration award. Judgement on any arbitration award may be
entered in any court having proper jurisdiction.
Ordinarily, pre-hearing information exchange will be limited to the reasonable
production of non-privileged documents directly relevant to the dispute. Unless the
arbitrator determines that an additional form of information exchange is necessary to
provide for a fundamentally fair process, those documents will be limited to your game
play data and in-app purchases and communications directly about that information among
you and us. Any issues regarding discovery, or the relevance or scope thereof, will be
determined by the arbitrator, and the arbitrator’s determination will be conclusive.
The arbitrator will have the power to grant declaratory or injunctive relief,
whether
interim or final, only in favour of you individually and only to the extent necessary to
provide relief warranted by your individual claim without affecting our other customers,
and any provisional measures ordered by the arbitrator may be enforced by any court of
competent jurisdiction. The arbitrator shall make a decision in writing, and shall
provide a statement of reasons if requested by either party. Nothing in these Terms will
prevent you from seeking public injunctive relief separately from arbitration in court
pursuant to these Terms, and any such application will not be deemed incompatible with
the agreement to arbitrate or as a waiver of the right to arbitrate your individual
claims. You and us agree that any proceedings seeking a remedy of public injunctive
relief will proceed after the arbitration of all arbitrable Claims, remedies, or causes
of action, and will be stayed pending the outcome of the arbitration pursuant to section
3 of the US Federal Arbitration Act.
- Class Action Waiver: In addition to the above, YOU AND WE EACH AGREE THAT ANY
PROCEEDING, WHETHER IN ARBITRATION OR IN COURT, WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL
BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, EXCEPT FOR ACTIONS FOR
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AS DESCRIBED BELOW AND IN THIS PARAGRAPH. Upon motion of one or more
interested parties, and after providing all other interested parties an opportunity to
be heard, the arbitrator may, at their discretion, coordinate more than one arbitration
proceeding initiated under this arbitration agreement, in order to promote efficiency in
discovery and to avoid inconsistent legal rulings. In the interest of clarity, any
coordination under the preceding sentence will be limited only to currently pending
arbitrations initiated under this arbitration agreement, and the arbitrator may not
preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. All parties will retain
the right to request an individualised hearing.
If a court or arbitrator determines, in an action between you and us, that this
class
action waiver is unenforceable, this arbitration agreement will not apply to you. If you
opt out of the arbitration agreement as specified above, this class action waiver will
not apply to you. Neither you, nor any other customer, can be a class representative,
class member, or otherwise participate in a class, consolidated or representative
proceeding without having complied with the opt-out procedure set forth above.
- Jury Waiver: IF FOR ANY REASON A DISPUTE PROCEEDS IN COURT RATHER THAN THROUGH
ARBITRATION, YOU AND WE EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
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General
These Terms and any document incorporated by reference constitute the entire agreement between you and
us and supersede any previous terms between us in relation to such matters. The limitations, exclusions
and restrictions in these Terms shall pass to the benefit of our licensors, successors and assigns.
These Terms are drafted in the English language and may be translated into other languages. The English
language version of these Terms shall prevail if there is a conflict or inconsistency or clarification
required with other language Game versions. The headings in these Terms are for ease of reference only
and shall be disregarded in construing or interpreting the Terms. If we fail to enforce any provision of
these Terms, that failure will not preclude us from enforcing either that provision (or any similar
provision) on a later occasion. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court to be invalid, we
agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the
provision and that other provisions remain in full force and effect. We may transfer all or part of our
rights or duties under these Terms provided we take reasonable steps to ensure that your rights under
these Terms are not prejudiced. As these Terms are personal to you, you may not transfer any of your
rights or duties under it without our prior written consent. A person who is not a party to these Terms
shall have no rights to enforce any of its terms. These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan. You and
we both agree that the courts of Tokyo, Japan will have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any
dispute connected with these Terms and the Games and Services.
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Notifications
We may provide you with emails, text messages, push notifications, alerts and other messages related to
our Games and Services, such as enhancements, offers, products, events, and other promotions. After
downloading our Games, you may, depending upon the device, be asked to accept or deny push
notifications/alerts. If you deny, you will not receive any push notifications/alerts. If you accept,
push notifications/alerts will be automatically sent to you. If you no longer wish to receive push
notifications/alerts from our Game, you may opt out by changing your notification settings on your
device. With respect to other types of messaging or communications, such as emails, text messages, etc.,
you can unsubscribe or opt out by either following the specific instructions included in such
communications, or by emailing us with your request at support@chiseledgames.com.
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Force Majeure
Force majeure means any cause or event beyond the reasonable control of the affected party including
without limitation war, civil war, armed conflict or terrorist attack, nuclear, chemical or biological
contamination, pandemic, strikes, civil action, unavailability of the internet, unscheduled hosting and
maintenance to systems, power and data losses and acts of God. We shall not be obliged to perform our
obligations under these Terms to the extent that we are prevented from doing so by reason of an event of
force majeure. Performance of these Terms may cease during the continuation of the force majeure event
and for such time after that event ceases as is necessary for us to start satisfying our obligations
again. For so long as such force majeure event is continuing, our corresponding obligations under these
Terms shall be suspended to the same extent. If such force majeure continues for a continuous period in
excess of four months we may terminate access to the applicable Games, Virtual Items or Services
immediately on service of notice to you.
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