Vivinavi Terms of Use

Vivinavi attaches importance to local characteristics and appropriateness of information. For this reason, we may delete those posts that are listed on unrelated areas or pages without notification to Users. In principle, Vivinavi's Data are listed in the order of published date, but the listing order does not change even if Users change or update contents (except for some services).

In some cases, we monitor User contents for the purpose of data management. Please delete any multi-post Data at User's responsibility whether it was made by mistake or intentionally. If there is no improvement in the situation, we shall be allowed to delete such Data without consent from Users. Nonetheless, this section does not lay the obligation of deleting such Data on us. Likewise, this section does not lay the obligation of changing or updating Data on us even if Data needs to be changed or updated. Moreover, if we determine that particular Data fall under the following categories, we may delete the whole or part of the Data without notification to or consent from Users and reserve the right to decline the use of Vivinavi by those Users who made the following posts. Even if Users suffer any damage from the facts that we deleted or not deleted such Data in accordance with this section, we will not take any responsibility.

• Violated Section 13: (Prohibitions) on General Terms of Use
• Violated any other terms of use or precaution statements related to the use of Vivinavi
• User's Data exceeded the size or passed the time period that we specified
• Any other reasons we feel the necessity of deleting

Users can use Vivinavi without completing User Registration; however, they need to enter user name, email address, password (hereafter "User Information") for data management when they publish Data on Vivinavi. Users shall comply with the following provisions and take full responsibility for using and managing User Information created for the use of Vivinavi.

• Users shall change their passwords periodically to secure information.
• Users shall check their User Information by our specified method if they lose their own User Information.
• Users shall not let a third party use their User Information, or share it with a third party. Users must understand that they are leaving such information as their password in the computer and enabling a third party to log-in to Vivinavi with their password by saving log-in password on the computer. Users must take measures to avoid a third party's use of their password by not saving password on a third party's computer and so forth.
• Users shall understand that all actions taken on the services with authorization of User Information will be regarded as Users' own actions, even if a third party took particular actions using their User Information.
• Should Users or a third party suffer any damage from losing or leaking User Information and so forth, Users shall solve such problems at their own cost and responsibility. We will not take any responsibility in such matters.

We may reprint Users' Data on other websites, books, publications, or any other media (hereafter "Reprint" or "Reprinting of Data"). We regard that Users have agreed with Reprinting of Data by agreeing to General Terms of Use. However, this section does not guarantee Reprinting of Data; we may decide not to Reprint particular Data if Reprinting of Data may cause massive damage to Users or us.

• In principle, in case of Reprinting Data, we shall use the Data that Users listed on Vivinavi without making any modifications; nonetheless, when we decide that particular Data requires editing, we reserve the right to edit the Data. In addition, even if Users change or delete Data, the change or deletion of Data may not be applied to Reprinting, depending on the timing of such actions.
• We shall not be liable to any problem caused by Reprinting, or the failure of changing or deleting Data at the time of Reprinting, and we reserve the right to claim all damages to Users.

The following actions by Users are prohibited in the use of Vivinavi. When we consider that a User has violated this section, we shall be allowed to terminate the User's use of Vivinavi without prior notification to the User.

• Violating a third party's or our copyright, trademark, intellectual property right, or any other intellectual property rights, or the actions we consider as such
• Violating a third party's or our property, privacy, or portrait right, or the actions we consider as such
• Purposefully inviting enmity or prejudice from others, maliciously discriminating, abusing, threatening, harming other's honor or trust, or the actions we consider as such
• Engaging in child pornography or child abuse, sending or listing illegal, obscene, or immoral image, video, or text, or the actions we consider as such
• Selling or advertising harmful or immoral product or services to minors, or the actions we consider as such
• Engaging in such activities that may lead to violent activities (direct violence, violent language, coercion and the like), obstruction of business, fraud, pyramiding, or any other crimes, or the actions we consider as such
• Promoting election campaigns, illegal or religious activities, or the actions we consider as such
• Using or sending harmful programs, or causing damage to others
• Overloading our server or network
• Accessing the information accumulated in the systems that cannot be accessed to without our approval, and/or falsifying or deleting such information
• Using software, devices, and the like with such functions as spider or crawler whether it is operated manually or automatically and collecting data by such. We reserve the right to claim the payment of the usage fees, whether the act was intentional or not, when it is discovered.
• Using other User's Information without their approval, or the actions we consider as such
• Declaring or submitting false information, spoofing, or the actions we consider as such
• Sending or posting similar contents, email, or data multiple times, or causing a feeling of repulsion in others, or the actions we consider as such
• Violating each country's laws, regulations, public order and morals, General Terms of Use or other terms of use, or other's rights, or the actions we consider as such
• Listing incorrect information or the information that may cause misunderstanding, or the actions we consider as such
• Neglecting information registered in Vivinavi or lack of managing information, or the actions we consider as such
• Using Vivinavi for illicit purposes, or the actions we consider as such
• Interrupting our business by any means, or the actions we consider as such
• Any other actions we consider as inappropriate

Users shall register contents in accordance with the following provisions. Even if Members suffer any loss due to such reasons as declaring false information, we do not take any responsibility in such matters.

• Complete processes by our specified method
• Do not submit false information
• Register and manage User Information required for User Registration at Member's own responsibility, while keeping in accordance with Section 9 of General Terms of Use
• In addition to User Information, register and manage Basic Setting, Authorization Setting, Company Information, Payment Setting and any other Member's settings (hereafter "Member Settings"), which can be managed after User Registration, at Member's own responsibility
• At all times, Minors Users shall obtain permission from parents or guardians to use Vivinavi. Minor Users shall use parent's or guardian's email address to complete User Registration instead of using their personal email address. Minor Users cannot use paid services

We may not approve User Registration by individuals who wish to submit User Registration (hereafter "Submitter") if a Submitter falls under any of the following categories. Moreover, even after we approved User Registration, we may cancel the approval if a Member falls under any of the following categories.

• Submitter does not exist, or is suspected as such
• There may be false, incorrect, or missing information in User Information or Member Settings, or suspected as such
• Minor Users did not obtain permission from parents or guardians
• Minor Users did not use parent's or guardian's email address for User Registration or on Vivinavi
• Users who are associated with Antisocial Forces or Users who we consider as such
• Have been subject to penalties of Membership suspension or expulsion in the past
• There may be technical or other problems that may interrupt our business
• Any other reasons when we consider as inappropriate

When we consider that Members fall under the categories of prohibitions stated below or in General Terms of Use, we shall be allowed to suspend or cancel their User Registration without notification to Members (hereafter "Penalty of Expulsion"). Moreover, if a Member has completed multiple User Registrations and any of their User Registrations is cancelled, we shall be allowed to cancel all of User Registrations related to the Member. When a Member is subject to Penalty of Expulsion, we shall be allowed to extinguish all rights that the Member held.

• Violated any of Membership Agreements
• Submitted false information in User Information or Member Settings
• Any other cases when we consider as inappropriate

Members can set up the following authorization settings (hereafter, "Authorization Setting") and provide other Users or Members with the right to log-in as a substitute (hereafter "Substitute Log-in"). To set up Authorization Setting, you need the email address and password of Users or Members who receive authorization (hereafter "Substitute"). If Substitutes are already Members who completed User Registration, they can use Substitute Log-in while using their User Information. If Substitutes are not Members, they need to set up settings for Substitute Log-in.

• Admin: Admins can log-in to Member's Panel and receive the same authorization as Member's. Admins are allowed to perform all operations that Members can.
• Editor: Editors can log-in to Member's Panel and receive the authorization to create, publish, change, and delete post or advertisement. Editors cannot perform any operations related to payment, but they can view all information Members can.
• Viewer: Viewers can log-in to Member's Panel and receive the authorization to view all information Members can.

We will not get involved in any problem that may occur between Users and Hiring Companies, and we will not take any responsibility for such problem or any damage caused by it. Users and Hiring Companies shall solve the problems that may occur between them by themselves.

• The purpose of "Find Job" is to provide a place for finding jobs; it does not guarantee the opportunity to obtain interview or the possibly of providing jobs. Hence, we do not get involved in Hiring Companies' decisions to hire or not to hire. Please contact Hiring Companies directly for any questions about Job Classified.
• We will not investigate, audit, screen, or manage the accuracy or credibility of Job Classified, the credibility, the ability to conclude contract, the possibility of fulfilling contract of Hiring Companies, or any other matters related to Hiring Companies.
• We will not get involved in any communications between Users and Hiring Companies, including and not limited to contacting, negotiating, or providing information. Even if a Hiring Company does not respond, we cannot provide any guarantee or assistance.
• We will not provide any guarantee even if Resume or Application Package was not saved, sent, lost, or deleted for any reasons.

• Alcoholic beverage, tobacco, cigarette, pornography, child pornography, and any other items that may harm minors
• Medications require prescription, medical device, illegal substance (ex. marijuana, stimulant drugs), contact lenses, and the like
• Illegally copied CD, DVD, software, and any other items that violate other's rights
• Counterfeit brand products, replica, and any other items that cannot be proved as real or possibly mislead others to believe them as real
• Photos taken without permission, or any other items that may use the photos or names of famous figures or the like without their permission
• Information that contains personal or confidential information, emailing list, or any other item that includes a list of addresses and the like
• Stolen or illegally altered items (ex. serial number was illegally removed), lock-picking tools, and any other items that may be related to illegal activities
• Photos taken by secret photographing or videoing, with spy camera or devices, guide or handbook about illegal activity, or any other items that may promote illegal activities
• Counterfeit items of police identification, uniform, qualifications, official document, currency, driver's license, employee ID, and the like
• Food stamps or any other rights to use public assistance or supports received by country, state, or local government
• Gun, explosive, firework, tear gas, stun gun, sword, knife, position, and any other deadly weapons or hazardous substance, or other items suspected as such
• Insecticide, agricultural chemical, gasoline, and other hazardous items without appropriate labels
• Blood, bodily fluid, bone, ovum, sperm, or any other item that contains the whole or part of human body
• Items that contains legally controlled plants, seeds, insects, animal skin, fur, or the like
• Living creatures such as pets (paid adoption is allowed)
• Already opened food items and other food items that may contain impure substance
• Coupons, gift cards, airline tickets, and any other items that cannot be resold
• Lottery ticket, sweepstakes, and any other items related to gambling
• Cash, money order, traveler's check, credit card, and any other items that are equivalent with currency
• Recalled products

• Users shall publish reviews at their own responsibilities. We do not guarantee the accuracy, trustworthiness, fitness for purpose, absence of infringement, and the like. Likewise, we do not guarantee the accuracy, trustworthiness, and the like of Post Analysis System.
• We are not obligated to monitor whether the reviews violate Basic Guidelines or Review Terms of Use or not.
• We shall not take any responsibility for any loss related to Review Function or Review Management Functions.
• We do not compensate any loss caused by the troubles between Users or the like, nor get involved in them.

• We reserve the right to decline User's use of Reservation System when Users violate any of Basic Guidelines or fall under any of the following categories.
• Use Reservation System for the purposes other than those we specify.
• Abandon reservation of product or service without appropriate communication with Reservation Receivers
• Make duplicate reservations for the same time period
• Make reservation without the intention to use
• Sell, offer the spot Users reserved through Reservation System, or take other similar actions
• Any other actions we consider as inappropriate for the use of Reservation System

• Reservation System is the system to make reservation of the products or services that Reservation Receivers offer. Reservation Holders shall agree to other terms and conditions that Reservation Receivers may have and make reservation.
• We shall not take any responsibility in any action, including but not limited to the reservation, cancellation, change, and payment of the reservation, whether the reservation has been made through Reservation System or not.
• Should any cancellation fee be incurred by the cancellation of reservation, Reservation Holders must pay the cancellation fees to Reservation Receivers.
• Reservation Receivers shall take responsibilities in listing and managing all data that they published and all actions related to the management of reservation. We shall not take any responsibility for any incorrect data or mistake that Reservation Receivers made on [Manage Reservation] page.
• We do not guarantee the credibility, recentness, accuracy, trustworthiness, and the like and shall not take any responsibility for it. Likewise, we do not guarantee the safety, accuracy, trustworthiness, legality, or the like and shall not take any responsibility for it.

We will not collect Personal Information or Feature Information without permission from Users, except for the reasons based on laws and regulations. Moreover, we will use Personal Information and Feature Information only for the following purposes to provide better services to Users.

• Identity verification or person authentication for the use of Vivinavi
• Provide Vivinavi and other services to Users
• Customize settings to provide more useful information or advertisement to Users
• Charge payment for Vivinavi services
• Create backup to maintain Vivinavi
• Respond to opinions or inquiries submitted to Vivinavi
• Collect questionnaires, conduct campaigns, and announce them
• Research User's use of Vivinavi to improve Vivinavi services

We will not disclose, provide, sell, or share Personal Information without the consent from Users, except for the following cases. Nor will we disclose or provide it to a third party beyond necessity.

• Obtained consent from Users themselves
• Required to disclose information by laws and regulations
• Permitted to disclose or provide information based on laws and regulations
• Outsourcing companies respond to inquiries from Users, send information, or provide Vivinavi or paid service
• Provide statistics and other information that cannot identify individuals
• Required to protect human's life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain consent from Users themselves
• Required to improve public health or promote the cultivation of healthy children and it is difficult to obtain consent from Users themselves
• Required to cooperate with national or local public agency or their outsourcee who completes tasks in accordance with laws and regulations and obtaining consent from Users themselves may interfere with the tasks

TEL 310-326-2900 (Main)

* If you are calling from outside of the United States, please add the international dialing code and U.S. country code (+1). The international dialing codes vary by countries.

We regard that Advertisers have agreed to the following rules in regard to the text, image, video, advertisement designs, or the like (hereafter "Ad Data") submitted to us or CSC or directly published by Advertisers for paid service, advertisements created while using Vivinavi's system, or the design, text, image, video, and other products including Magazine Ad and Editorial Ad (hereafter "Products") created by us in response to the requests by Advertisers.

• All copyrights related to Products shall belong to us. We reserve the right to edit, disclose, publish, or sell these Products regardless of Advertiser's intent. However, the copyrights related to other designs or products that Advertisers originally created without using Vivinavi's system and submitted to us shall remain with Advertisers. Nevertheless, Advertisers shall allow us to reprint Data in accordance with Section 11 of General Terms of Use. Advertisers shall not copy, alter, translate, adapt, or take similar actions on Products without prior written permission from us.
• Advertisers shall not copy, alter, translate, adapt, or so without prior written approval from us.
• Advertisers shall not use Products or submit Products to a third party for the purposes other than those we approved.
• Secondary-Use (hereafter "Secondary-Use") is defined as Advertiser's use of Products for the purposes other than listing on Vivinavi. When Advertisers make Secondary-Use of Products, they must obtain clear prior written approval from us and pay the fees for Secondary-Use. The permission of Secondary-Use, when granted by us, is limited to the Advertisers who received direct approval from us, thus non-exclusive and non-assignable.
• For Secondary-Use, Advertisers shall check all the terms related to the use of images and other materials used for Products at the time of Secondary-Use. Advertisers shall be solely responsible for any damages caused by the Secondary-Use of Products.
• Advertisers shall take full responsibility for Ad Data or Products and agree that we do not guarantee the credibility, legality, safety, appropriateness, usability, and the like of Ad Data or Products. Hence, Advertisers must guarantee that they have obtained the approval to use and list Ad Data from its right holder and that they are not violating a third party's copyright, trademark, portrait right, and any other rights. Moreover, the same rules apply when Advertisers use [Load from External Media]. Even if there may be any problem caused by the image, video, or others loaded by [Load from External Media], we will not take any responsibility for such problems and Advertisers must be solely responsible for them.
• Advertisers shall take full responsibility for the accuracy, legality, and the like of all Ad Data submitted from Advertisers to us or CSC for the production of Products; we will not take any responsibility for any problem or damage related to such Ad Data. Should there be any problem related to such Ad Data, Advertisers must change or delete the Ad Data immediately at their own responsibilities. Moreover, even if Advertisers suffer any damage (including attorney fees) caused by Ad Data, Advertisers shall not be allowed to claim the damage to us. The same rules apply to when Advertisers used [Load from External Media].
• In principle, Advertisers shall approve us of using Ad Data or Products for our promotion or sales marketing. If Advertisers cannot agree to this, they shall send us a written notification for the request.

Listed below are paid optional services and the prices for these paid optional services are called "Optional Service Fee" (hereafter "Optional Service Fee"). In principle, Optional Service Fees only covers one-time service, meaning that additional Optional Services Fees are charged every time it is used. However, if Advertisers have agreed to use Optional Service every month and selected a monthly payment for its service, Optional Service Fee will be added to a monthly charge.

• Production Fee (hereafter "Production Fee") is defined as the fees charged when we create or edit Products or Ad Data.
• Image Adjustment (hereafter "Image Adjustment") is defined as the fees charged when we edit image.
• Translation Fee (hereafter "Translation Fee") is defined as the fees charged when we or our outsourcing company translate text submitted from Advertisers.

If an Advertiser has violated any of Basic Guidelines, Paid Service Guidelines, or fell under any of the following categories, or if we cannot confirm the active status of Advertiser's business as described in Section 12, we shall be allowed to abrogate the contract of paid services unilaterally, despite the contract with the Advertiser. Thus, when the contract of paid services is abrogated, we shall be allowed to delete the Advertiser's advertisements and posts and shall not be responsible to list them on Vivinavi thereafter, based on the contract agreements. If there is any remaining period in the contract term for paid services at the time of the abrogation of contract, we will calculate cancellation fee based on the Charges scheduled in the future by the contract and charge it in addition to the unpaid Charges owed.

• Use our paid services for the purposes other than those we specified
• Provide or publish our paid services to a third party without prior written approval from us
• Change, copy, or alter the system of paid services we provided
• Use our paid services by the software other than those we specified
• Failure to inform us the change of Contractor Information or Payment Information, or Advertiser's bankruptcy and other similar facts without any delay
• Failure to pay for Charges despite our reminders
• Any other actions we consider inappropriate

• Under any circumstances, we shall not be liable for any problem related to Advertiser's use of paid services. Should there be any problem between Advertisers and a third party, they should solve such problems by themselves.
• Even if any problem that interferes the use of paid services occurs, such as system errors due to the update or change of system, and Advertisers suffer any direct, incidental, or consequential damage, Advertisers cannot claim such damages to us and we do not guarantee to retrieve such data. The same rules apply when any unexpected event (ex. earthquake, system corruption, network failure, natural disaster, or any other reasons) occurs.
• Advertisers shall waive all compensation related to the credibility, legality, safety, appropriateness, usability, and the like of advice or information provided by advice and all compensation related to the violation of the copyright, trademark, and other rights to use our advice. Regardless of whether they used our advice or not, Advertisers shall use our advice based on their own judgement while understanding they are the final decision-maker in their use of paid services.
• Advertisers shall save all Ad Data or Products created while using paid services to back-up at their own responsibilities. We will not take any responsibility even if Ad Data or Products may be lost from our system for any reasons.

• We shall use Personal Information and the like in accordance with Paid Service General Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
• Advertisers shall carefully read and agree to Privacy Policy to use paid services.
• Advertisers shall use Personal Information and the like for sole purpose of responding to inquiries from Users or for other similar purposes, and not for any other purposes. After the purpose was accomplished, Advertisers shall handle Personal Information according to Users' requests.

Advertisers shall agree to comply with the following provisions in regard to maintaining confidentiality.

• Advertisers shall not reveal our Confidential Information (hereafter, "Confidential Information") acquired while making contract with us or using our services to a third party or use it for any other purposes, unless it is requested from a legal agency or based on laws and regulations. When such information will be disclosed upon the request from a legal agency or based on laws and regulations, Advertisers shall inform it to us before disclosing information. The following information is not included in the definition of Confidential Information as far as it can be proved by documents.
1. Information that is already publicly known at the time of information disclosure or became public known not due to Advertiser's responsibility
2. Information that Advertisers originally created without our assistance or already had at the time of information disclosure
3. Information that Advertisers obtained from a third party, without holding the responsibility to maintain confidentiality
• Advertisers shall take necessary measures to manage Confidential Information and make best efforts to prevent leaking, altering, or losing Confidential Information or other problems.
• Upon our request to return Confidential Information, Advertisers shall immediately return all materials that contain Confidential Information to us. However, when it is difficult to return Confidential Information due to its media type, Advertisers can delete Confidential Information based on our directions and receive written approval from us in place of returning it.

When Advertisers do not write Column articles by themselves and we serve as a surrogate to write Column articles (hereafter "Column Surrogate Writing Service") based on the titles (hereafter "Subjects") decided by Advertisers at the time of contract and the manuscripts (hereafter "Manuscripts") submitted by Advertisers, Advertisers shall agree to the following provisions to use Column Surrogate Writing Service. We are not liable to the contents described in Column regardless of whether Column Surrogate Writing Service was provided by us or not.

• Column Surrogate Writing Service is offered based on the Subjects and Manuscripts submitted by Advertisers and phone interview with them (within an hour).
• Advertisers who receive phone interview shall discuss appropriate topics based on the Subjects so that we can complete Surrogate Writing Service by fleshing out Manuscripts with some details based on phone interview. The phone interview is recorded for the purpose of Column Surrogate Writing Service, but remains unpublished.
• The frequency of Column Surrogate Writing Service is once per month at maximum and each Column article should be within 450 English words (unless otherwise noted).
• Advertisers shall prepare the image, chart, and any other data used for Column regardless of whether they use Column Surrogate Writing Service or not.
• Advertisers shall prepare the resources, websites, and information related to Column article.
• The price for Column Surrogate Writing Service is based on the written contract agreed between Advertisers and us.
• Additional fees will be charged for interpretation or translation required for Column Surrogate Writing Service.
• Should there be additional work beyond reason, we shall be allowed to charge additional fees in exchange of those works.

Advertisers who use "Editorial Ad" shall comply with the following provisions and receive the interview and production service for Editorial Ad. Ad Data and Products for Editorial Ad shall comply with Section 4: (Copyrights and other related rights of Advertisement Data or Products). We are not liable to the contents described in Editorial Ad regardless of whether we provided interview and production services or not.

• Production of "Editorial Ad" will be conducted based on the interview with Advertisers (approximately for an hour). If Advertisers already have Ad Data for "Editorial Ad," the interview may not be conducted.
• Although we may audio or videorecord the interview for production purposes, we handle those recordings as unofficial data.
• Advertisers shall prepare related websites or additional resources needed for "Editorial Ad."
• Listing Fees for "Editorial Ad" shall be the amount that Advertisers and we have agreed on the contract.
• Additional fees may be incurred if translation may be needed for the interview and production of Editorial Ad.
• Should there be additional work beyond reason, we shall be allowed to charge additional fees in exchange of those works.