Operation policy for the use of social media

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1. Purpose

Social media is a kind of information media developed on the Internet, represented by Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Blog, etc., and refers to the media containing social elements, such as the dissemination of information by individuals and corporations and the information circulation via those disseminations.

This policy sets out matters below regarding the operation of the social media account of Chugoku Marin Paints, Ltd. (CMP) group (hereinafter referred to as "CMP official account").

2. Operation

(1) Purpose

CMP official account will be operated with the aim of promoting deeper external understanding of the CMP group by providing information of its business, activities, events, etc.

(2) Stance regarding Information Dissemination and Response

CMP official account will be operated with the understanding of characteristics of social media / the Internet to which the unspecified number of users can access and which the information once transmitted can be spread quickly and cannot be deleted completely.

(3) Posting

CMP official account will be posting information within CMP’s business hours. In addition, it may do the posting during the time other than the business hours.

(4) Operation Periods

CMP official account may be suspended or discontinued without notice.

3. Management of Comments

(1) Comments

CMP do not support any comments posted on CMP official account nor take any responsibility for any damages caused in relation to these comments.

(2) Stance regarding Information Dissemination and Response

CMP official account will be operated with the understanding of characteristics of social media / the Internet to which the unspecified number of users can access and which the information once transmitted can be spread quickly and cannot be deleted completely.

(3) Posting

CMP official account will be posting information within CMP’s business hours. In addition, it may do the posting during the time other than the business hours.

(4) Operation Periods

CMP official account may be suspended or discontinued without notice.

  • ・Those that violate laws and regulations.
  • ・Those that are against public order and morals.
  • ・Those that slander, hurt, dishonor and discredit CMP, specific individuals, corporations, organizations, etc.
  • ・Those that promote criminal acts.
  • ・Those that infringe privacy such as disclosure of personal information.
  • ・Those that infringe third parties’ patent rights, design rights, copyrights, trademark rights, portrait rights and other rights.
  • ・Those that aim at making profits.
  • ・Those that aim at advertisement or promotion of users’ or third parties’ goods or services (regardless of price or gratis), or those that are deemed as spam.
  • ・Those that aim to commercially introduce or advertise other companies’ products.
  • ・Those that include false information or noticeably differ from the fact.
  • ・Those that include contents of abusive, obscene, vulgar or insulting language, hate speeches, etc.
  • ・Those that correspond or similar to political activities, election activities, religious activities or the like.
  • ・Those that aim at guiding users of CMP official account to other websites without any notification or caution.
  • ・Those that contains same or similar contents which are posted repeatedly by the same users.
  • ・Those that violate the terms of use of applicable social media.
  • ・Those that include the contents in the preceding matters and the links to the websites, etc.
  • ・Those that do not match the purpose of operation of CMP official account.
  • ・Those that can be falling under the preceding matters.
  • ・Those that CMP judged as inappropriate in terms of operation of CMP official account.

(5) Blocking of Comments

In the case that comments falling under any of the items in 3. (3) above are posted on CMP official account, CMP may temporarily or permanently block such comments.

4. Change of Operation Policy

This policy may be changed without any notice.

5. Intellectual Property Rights

Copyrights, portrait rights and other rights relating to photos, illustrations, sounds, videos and articles posted on CMP official account belong to CMP or those with legitimate rights. Reprinting is allowed as long as the source is specified. However, this does not apply if there are notes such as "All rights reserved." The copyright, etc. of the information posted to comments on CMP official account belongs to those who posted the information; however, as a consequence of posting, those who did the posting is deemed to have consented to give CMP a non-exclusive right to use the posted information all over the world without charge and agreed not to exercise author’s moral right against CMP.

6. Disclaimer

Although CMP makes every effort to ensure the accuracy, completeness, availability, immediacy of the content of information posted on CMP official account, CMP do not guarantee any of them as well as the conformity to the purpose of all users of the CMP official account and other matters at all.

Information posted on CMP official account may be changed or deleted without any notice.

In case of (i) the use of information posted on CMP official account causes users any damage, loss, expense, burden, etc., (ii) the omission, error, change, or deletion of the information posted on the same or the deletion or non-deletion of comments posted on the same causes users any damage, loss, expense, burden etc., and (iii) the use of CMP official account causes users any damage, loss, expense, burden in any case except (i) and (ii) of this clause, CMP and CMP group are not responsible for any of them.

With regard to the troubles and disputes arising between users and third parties in connection with the use of CMP official account, and the damages, losses, expenses, burdens, etc. attributed to or related thereto, CMP and CMP group do not have any responsibility, and those should be handled and solved by such users and third parties.

CMP official account and the information posted are not intended for the purpose of soliciting investment in CMP or the CMP group. Decision of any investment to CMP or the CMP group should be made on users’ own responsibility.

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