Terms of Service of “back check” for companies

These terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms and Conditions") define the terms and conditions of use for all back check services provided by back check, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") Please read these terms and conditions carefully before registering for this service.

Article 1 (Purpose and Intent of these General Terms and Conditions)

1. The purpose of these General Terms and Conditions is to clearly state the basic terms and conditions under which the Company provides this service to the Subscriber, and to define the rights and obligations between the Company and the Subscriber and those who wish to use this service.

2. In the event that the Company separately presents individual regulations, additional regulations, or rules, etc. concerning this service in writing, or transmits or posts individual regulations, etc. concerning this service via e-mail or the Company's website, etc., they shall constitute a part of this Agreement, and in the event that individual regulations, etc. conflict with this Agreement, such individual regulations, etc. Revisions or amendments to these General Terms and Conditions shall be as set forth in Article 20.

Article 2 (Registration)

1. A prospective subscriber may apply for registration in the Service by agreeing to comply with the Terms and Conditions, submitting an application form and providing other information requested by the Company in accordance with the method prescribed by the Company.

2. Upon receipt of an application for registration under the preceding paragraph, the Company will examine the application in accordance with the screening criteria separately determined by the Company, and if the Company approves the application, the Company will notify the prospective subscriber to that effect.

3. In the case of the preceding paragraph, the Company may request the applicant to submit documents necessary for screening, and the prospective subscriber shall promptly submit said documents to the Company. If the prospective subscriber does not submit such documents, or otherwise does not conform to the screening criteria determined by the Company, the Company may reject the prospective subscriber's application for registration.

4. When accepting a prospective subscriber's application for registration, the Company will issue an ID and password to the prospective subscriber and grant an account to the prospective subscriber, which completes the registration.

5. In addition to the provisions of Paragraph 3, if a prospective subscriber who has applied for registration in accordance with Paragraph 1 falls under any of the following items, the Company may refuse the registration.

     1. When all or part of the information provided to us is false, erroneous, or omitted

     2.When the prospective subscriber does not have the legal right or status to enter into this Agreement.

     3. When the prospective subscriber has already been subjected to account deletion or other service suspension measures when using the service.

     4.If we determine that the applicant is, or has been in the past, an antisocial force, etc., or is involved in any interaction or involvement with antisocial forces, etc., such as cooperating or being involved in the maintenance, operation or management of antisocial forces, etc., through funding or otherwise.

     5.In any other case in which the Company deems registration is not appropriate.

Article 3 (Provision of Registration Information)

1. When registering information (hereinafter referred to as "registration information") about themselves when using the Service, prospective subscribers or subscribers shall provide true and accurate information in a manner that does not violate laws, regulations, and rules, including the Personal Information Protection Law. If there is an error or change in the registered information, the prospective subscriber or subscriber shall promptly correct or change the registered information at his/her own responsibility.

2. The Company will provide this service based on the registration information registered by the prospective subscriber or subscriber himself/herself. The Company shall not be liable for any damage incurred by the prospective subscriber or subscriber due to falsehoods, errors, omissions, or incomplete changes in the content of such information.

3. In the event that a prospective subscriber or subscriber fails to receive a notice from the Company due to failure to correct or change registration information, such notice shall be deemed to have been received when it should normally have been received.

Article 4 (Account Management)

1. The Subscriber shall manage and keep the account at own responsibility, and shall not allow a third party to use the account, or lend, transfer, change the name of, sell, or otherwise deal with the account. When the Company confirms that the ID and password match, the Company shall deem that the Subscriber holding said account has used the Service.

2. The Subscriber shall be responsible for any damages caused by inadequate management of the account, errors in use, or use by a third party, and the Company shall not be liable for any such damages.

3. If the Subscriber discovers that his/her account has been stolen or used by a third party, the Subscriber shall immediately notify the Company to that effect and follow the Company's instructions.

Article 5 (Subscriber's Assurance)

The Subscriber confirms that the Service is provided for the purpose of collecting necessary information for the purpose of recruiting candidates for employment, post-employment human resource development or internal personnel affairs of such candidates, or for the purpose of conducting compliance surveys and internal personnel evaluations through voluntary cooperation with existing employees, the Subscriber firm promise not to use the Service for any purpose other than the above.

Article 6 (Use of the Service)

1. Within the scope of this Agreement, the Subscriber may use the Service in accordance with the method determined by the Company.

2. The Subscriber shall use the Service as provided by the Company, and shall not reproduce, modify, change, alter, or adapt the Service. In addition, use of the Service shall be subject to the terms and conditions separately specified by the Company.

3. The Subscriber shall not use the Service, directly or indirectly, to provide business to a third party or for any other similar use.

4. The preparation and maintenance of computers, software and other equipment, communication lines and other communication environment, etc. necessary for the provision of the Service shall be performed at the Subscriber's expense and responsibility.

Article 7 (Usage Fees for this Service)

1. The Subscriber shall pay to the Company the fees for the Service as described in the application form or on the application screen. The Subscriber shall bear the cost of payment.

2. With respect to the payment of the usage fees set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Company may use a lump-sum payment service operated by Net Protections, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "NP") for the payment of the usage fees set forth in the preceding paragraph. The Subscriber agrees that the Company may assign to NP the usage fees and related consumption tax, etc., as specified in the preceding paragraph, and after the assignment is executed, the Subscriber shall pay the usage fees to NP. In addition, the Subscriber shall waive any and all defenses it may have against the Company with regard to the assignment of the usage fees and related consumption tax and other claims set forth in the preceding paragraph.

3. The subscriber agrees in advance that NP will provide the subscriber's information to NP for the transfer of credits as described in the preceding paragraph.

4. Prior to the assignment of claims as described in Paragraph 2, NP will conduct an examination. Due to the results of said examination or other reasons related to the Company's administrative procedures, the transfer of receivables from the Company to NP may not be executed, and in such case, the Company shall promptly contact the subscriber and directly bill the subscriber for the monetary claim in question.

5. The handling of monetary claims transferred to NPs will be as follows

     1.Even if the usage fee is shown as an amount that does not include consumption tax, consumption tax will be added separately at the time of billing for items subject to consumption tax.

     2.An invoice will be issued by NP on the third business day of the month following the month in which the Service is used.

     3.Please pay at the bank account indicated on the invoice or with a payment slip from a convenience store.

     4.Bank transfer fees for bank transfers are the responsibility of the subscriber.

     5.Up to 3 million yen can be traded per month.

     6.This is a lump-sum payment service for corporations and sole proprietors.

6. We will not issue a receipt or any other document for payment of the fees under this Article.

Article 8 (Use of Information Provided by Subscriber)

1. The Company will properly handle registration information, information on contractor, candidates or employees, recommenders, any communication information between candidates or employees and subscribers, terminal information, and any other information collected from subscribers regarding the use of the Service in accordance with the Privacy Policy separately stipulated by the Company.

2. The Company may use the information provided by the Subscriber to the Company for the purpose of providing and operating the Service, improving and enhancing the contents of the Service, understanding the use of the Service, etc., or may use it asstatistical data for the purpose of making proposals or consultations to other companies, developing new services, or for other purposes, and the Subscriber agrees to such use.

3. To the extent reasonably necessary for the business operation of the Service, we will provide information on the candidate or employee, the relationship between the candidate or employee and the recommender, the Company may provide the questions for which the Subscriber requests information from the recommender and the recommender's answers to those questions, together with the Company's own scoring and comments, to the Company to which the candidate is considering changing jobs, and the Subscriber shall agree to this. However, only those companies to which we have notified the candidate in advance and to which the candidate has given his/her consent will be considered.

Article 9 (Prohibited Acts)

1. In using the Service, the Subscriber shall not, by himself or by a third party, commit or cause to be committed any of the following acts. In addition, they must not directly or indirectly cause or facilitate any of the following acts. Third parties herein include, but are not limited to, affiliates of the contractor, subsidiaries or affiliates of the parent Company of the contractor, officers of the contractor or other companies in which such officers concurrently serve as officers.

     1.Conduct the same or similar business as the Services during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one year after the termination of this Agreement.

     2.Leaking a third party's trade secrets or information that is legally or contractually obligated to a third party to maintain confidentiality

     3. Slander or defamation of the Company, candidates, recommenders, employee, or other third parties

     4.Fraud or threats against the Company, candidates, recommenders, employee or other third parties

     5. Providing false information to the Company, candidates, recommenders, employees, or other third parties

     6. Abandoning recruitment activities, compliance surveys, or internal personnel evaluations using the Service without reasonable cause, or any other act of dishonesty toward a candidate, employee, or recommender.

     7.Any act that infringes or may infringe on the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy, honor, trust, or any other rights or interests of the Company, candidates, recommenders, employees, or any other third party

     8.Obtaining sensitive personal information of employment candidates, references, employees, or other third parties through the Service.

     9.Actions that induce malfunction of this service

   10.Transmission of information on the Service that falls under any of the following or is deemed by the Company to fall under any of the following

         1. Information containing expressions that induce, solicit, or encourage suicide or self-harm

         2.Information regarding the sale of illegal drugs or dangerous drugs or information containing expressions that encourage the inappropriate use of illegal drugs or dangerous drugs

         3. Information on activities related to religion, religious organizations, political activities, or the promotion or advertisement of political organizations

         4.Information that may cause discomfort to others, such as violent, cruel, sexual, discriminatory, or other expressions

         5. Information that disseminates computer viruses or other harmful programs

         6.Other information that the Company deems inappropriate

    11.Actions that place an excessive burden on the Service or the Company's servers, etc.

    12.Unauthorized access to systems connected to this service without authorization

    13.Impersonation of the Company, other subscribers or other third parties

    14.Acts of using another Subscriber's ID or password or communicating one's own ID or password to a third party.

    15.Acts that interfere with the normal operation of this service

    16.Act of interacting or being involved in any way with antisocial forces, etc., such as becoming an antisocial force, etc., or cooperating or being involved in the maintenance, operation, or management of antisocial forces, etc., through the provision of funds or otherwise.

    17.Criminal acts or acts connected therewith

    18.Violation of any provision of these Terms and Conditions

    19.Failure to respond to inquiries or other communications requesting a response from the Company for 30 days or more

    20.Other activities that the Company deems inappropriate

2. If the Subscriber violates Item 1 of the preceding paragraph, the Subscriber shall pay to the Company as a penalty an amount equivalent to the higher of either the total amount of compensation received by the Company from the Subscriber for the past 6 months or 3 million yen as compensation for the Service. However, if the Company proves that the Subscriber has suffered damages in excess of said penalty, the Subscriber shall also compensate the Company for said excess damages. If the Subscriber violates the second item or less of the preceding paragraph, the Subscriber shall not be obligated to pay the penalty, but if the Company suffers damages due to such violation, the Subscriber shall compensate the Company for such damages in accordance with Article 11.

Article 10 (Measures for Violation of the Terms and Conditions, etc.)

1. If the Company determines that a Subscriber falls under or is likely to fall under any of the items of Paragraph 1 of the preceding article or any of the following items, or if it is necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Service, the Company may, at its discretion and without any notice, take measures such as deleting all or part of the information concerning the Subscriber (hereinafter referred to as "Suspension of Business, etc.")to the Subscriber.

     1.If you violate or are reported to have violated any of the provisions of this Agreement

     2.In the event of suspension or revocation of business by the supervisory authority

     3.When it is found that all or part of the information provided to the Company is false

     4.In the event of a seizure, provisional seizure, provisional disposition, or disposition for tax delinquency

     5.In the event of suspension of payment or insolvency, or in the event that a petition for commencement of bankruptcy proceedings or similar proceedings is filed

     6.When it is necessary for the operation or maintenance of this service, or for other reasons similar to those described in the preceding items

2. The Subscriber shall not be relieved of any obligation or liability under this Agreement even after the suspension of operations, etc.

3. If the Company determines that the Subscriber falls under or is likely to fall under one of the items of Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article or Paragraph 1 of this Article, the Company may request the Subscriber to cease the violating act or voluntarily delete or correct the transmitted information, and the Subscriber shall respond to such request within a period of time determined by the Company.

4. The Company shall not be liable for any disadvantage or damage incurred by the Subscriber as a result of actions taken by the Company in accordance with this Article, unless such disadvantage or damage was caused by the Company's willful misconduct or gross negligence.

Article 11 (Compensation for Damages)

If the Company or the Subscriber causes damage to the other party due to a breach of this Agreement or other use of the Service, the Company or the Subscriber shall compensate the other party for the direct and actual damage suffered by the other party.

Article 12 (Confidentiality)

1. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement or with the prior written consent of the other party, neither the Company nor the Subscriber shall treat the Services and information disclosed or provided by the other party in connection with the Services (hereinafter referred to as "Confidential Information") as strictly confidential and shall not disclose or provide it to any third party. However, this excludes cases in which the Company is compelled by law to disclose or provide confidential information to a third party or in which the Company notifies the other party in writing in advance and discloses or provides confidential information to the minimum extent necessary.

2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, information falling under any of the following items shall be excluded from the confidential information in the preceding paragraph.

     1.that which is already public knowledge at the time of disclosure or provision, or that which becomes public knowledge through no fault of the recipient of the confidential information after disclosure or provision

     2.Legitimately obtained by the recipient from a third party without any obligation of confidentiality

     3.Items already in the possession of the recipient at the time of disclosure or provision

3. The Subscriber shall maintain the confidentiality of confidential information disclosed or provided by the Company, and shall not disclose or provide such information to any person other than its own officers and employees (including subcontractors) who need to know such information in order to conduct recruitment activities for employment candidates using the Service, or to utilize such information for human resource development or internal personnel management after employment of such employment candidates.

4. If requested by the counterparty or the potential employer, upon mutual consultation, the Company and the Subscriber shall return or destroy without delay the Confidential Information, documents and other recorded media containing or recording such Confidential Information, and all copies thereof, in accordance with the instructions of the counterparty or the potential employer.

5. If the Subscriber discloses or provides confidential information to a third party in violation of the provisions of Paragraph 1, the Subscriber shall promptly take measures to deal with such violation as specified by the Company.

6. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, the Company may use theSubscriber's name and logo on the Company's website and business materials during the term of this Agreement for the purpose of advertising the Service, etc. only with the agreement of the Subscriber in writing or by means of electromagnetic records such as e-mail and SNS.

7. The provisions of this Article shall remain in effect for two years after termination of this Agreement.

Article 13 (Our Content)

1. All intellectual property rights related to the Service and the Company's Content within the Service belong to the Company or those who have licensed them to the Company.

2. The Company grants the Subscriber a personal use of all Company content provided by the Company through the Service to the extent necessary for the Subscriber's own recruitment activities using the Service, post-employment human resources development of the relevant recruitment candidates, internal personnel affairs, or compliance surveys and internal personnel evaluations of existing employees through voluntary cooperation, but does not grant the Subscriber any rights other than those expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions.

3. Trademarks, logos, service marks, etc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Trademarks, etc.") may appear on the Service. However, the Company does not transfer or license the use of Trademarks, etc. to the Subscriber or any other third party.

4. All intellectual property rights related to the Subscriber-provided Contents provided by the Subscriber within the Service shall be reserved to the Subscriber. However, the Subscriber shall grant to the Company a free of charge license to use the Content provided by the Company to the extent necessary to carry out the purpose of this Agreement, and shall not exercise moral rights of authorship against the Company or a third party designated by the Company with respect to such use.

Article 14 (Cancellation of this Agreement in the middle of the term)

1. The Subscriber and the Company may terminate this Agreement even during the effective term of this Agreement by notifying the other party at least 14 days in advance by a method determined by the Company. If the Subscriber terminates this Agreement during the effective period of this Agreement upon notice from the Subscriber, the Subscriber shall immediately pay the full amount of the Service usage fees for the remaining period to the Company, regardless of the provisions of this Agreement or individual regulations, etc.

2. The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Subscriber as a result of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

3. The Subscriber will no longer be able to use the Service upon termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.

Article 15 (Change, Suspension, Termination, etc. of this Service)

1. The Company may change or add to all or part of the contents of the Service without prior notice to the Subscriber.

2. The Company may, at its discretion, terminate provision of all or part of the Service by notifying the Subscriber in advance by posting a notice on the Company's website or by any other method the Company deems appropriate. However, in case of emergency, the Company may not notify the subscriber.

3. The Company may temporarily suspend all or part of the Service without prior notice to the Subscriber in the event of any of the following events.

     1.In the event of periodic or emergency maintenance or repair of telecommunications equipment and facilities for this service

     2.When the system is overloaded due to excessive access or other unforeseen factors

     3.When it becomes necessary to ensure the security of the subscriber

     4.When the services of a telecommunications carrier are not provided

     5.In the event of natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, extreme weather conditions, fires, power outages, transportation accidents, other unforeseen accidents, or difficulties in providing this service due to war, terrorism, disputes, uprisings, riots, demonstrations, labor disputes, epidemics, hacking, unauthorized access, etc.

     6.When the operation of this service becomes difficult due to the enactment, revision, or abolition of laws and regulations, intervention, order, instruction, request, declaration, or measures based on such laws and regulations by judicial or administrative agencies.

     7.Any other cases deemed necessary by the Company in accordance with the preceding items.

4. The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage incurred by the Subscriber as a result of actions taken by the Company in accordance with this Article, unless such loss or damage is caused by the Company's willful misconduct or gross negligence.

Article 16 (Disclaimer of Warranty and Disclaimer)

1. We make no guarantee that all candidates or employees will receive a response from references, or that the information provided by candidates, employees, or references will be accurate.

2. With respect to the Service and the Company's Content and any other information provided through the Service, the Company makes no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, commercial value, accuracy, usefulness, completeness, legality, compliance with internal rules, etc., or that there are no security defects, errors, bugs, or malfunctions, or that the Service will not infringe upon the rights of any third party.

3. The Subscriber acknowledges in advance that the Company does not guarantee that the Service is compatible with all information terminals, and that malfunctions may occur in the operation of the Service as a result of OS upgrades, etc. of the information terminal used for use of the Service. The Company does not guarantee that any program modifications, etc. made by the Company in the event of such malfunctions will eliminate such malfunctions.

4. If a dispute arises between the Subscriber and a third party regarding the Service, the Subscriber shall immediately notify the Company to that effect and settle the dispute at his/her own responsibility and expense, and the Company shall not be involved in any way and shall assume no responsibility whatsoever.

5. The Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the subscriber due to any of the following events, except in the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Company.

     1.Natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, extreme weather conditions, fires, power outages, transportation accidents, other unforeseen accidents or wars, terrorism, disputes, uprisings, riots, demonstrations, labor disputes, pandemics, epidemics, hacking, unauthorized access, etc.

     2.Enactment, amendment, or repeal of laws and regulations, intervention by judicial or administrative agencies, orders, instructions, declarations, or actions based thereon

     3.Failures, etc. of communication systems, computer systems, software, etc. used by the Company, Users, or third parties

     4.Other reasons not attributable to the Company

Article 17 (Communication and Notification)

1. Notification of changes to the Terms and Conditions and other communications from the Company to the subscriber concerning the Service shall be made by posting on the Company's website, sending e-mail, or by any other method deemed appropriate by the Company.

2. Inquiries concerning the Service and other communications or notifications from the Subscriber to the Company under this Agreement shall be made by submitting an inquiry form on the Company's website or by other means designated by the Company.

Article 18 (Prohibition of Assignment of Rights and Obligations)

The Subscriber may not assign its position under the Agreement or its rights and obligations under the Agreement, in whole or in part, to a third party or provide it for the purpose of security without the prior written consent of the Company. Assignment shall include comprehensive succession through merger, Company split, etc.

Article 19 (Handling of Business Transfers, etc.)

In the event that the Company transfers all or part of its business related to this service to another company, the Company may transfer the status, rights and obligations, and member information, etc. under the Agreement to the transferee of such business transfer, and the Subscriber shall be deemed to have agreed to such transfer in advance in this Article. The business transfer referred to in this Article shall include comprehensive succession through a merger or corporate split, etc., in which the Company becomes a dissolving company or a splitting company.

Article 20 (Revision and Modification of these Terms and Conditions)

1. The company may, at its discretion, revise the terms and conditions of this Agreement in the following cases

     1.When the revision of these General Terms and Conditions conforms to the general interest of the subscriber of the Service.

     2.Revisions to these Terms and Conditions are not contrary to the purpose of these Terms and Conditions and are reasonable in light of the necessity of the revisions, the reasonableness of the revised contents, and other circumstances pertaining to the revisions.

2. When the Company revises the Terms and Conditions pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Company shall notify and inform the subscriber of the contents and effective date of the revision in advance by displaying the revised Terms and Conditions on the Company's website or by other means prescribed by the Company.

3. Revisions to the Terms and Conditions stipulated in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall take effect on the effective date determined by SOFTBANK TELECOM, and the conditions of provision of the Service on and after such effective date shall be in accordance with the revised terms and conditions of the Terms and Conditions. Subscribers who do not accept the revision of the Terms and Conditions may not use the Service.

Article 21 (Effective Term of this Agreement)

The effective term of this Agreement shall be the usage period stated in the application form or on the application screen. However, unless either the Subscriber or the Company expresses its contrary intention in writing or by e-mail at least 14 days prior to the expiration of the effective period, the Agreement shall be renewed under the same conditions, and the same shall apply thereafter. However, if a free period was included before the renewal, such a free period will not be included after the renewal, and the fee will be charged from the beginning.

Article 22 (Disposition upon Termination of Contract)

1. If this Agreement is terminated due to expiration of the term or any other reason, the Subscriber shall not be able to use any of the Services, and shall immediately return all items provided by the Company to the Company or dispose of them in accordance with the Company's instructions, and submit a certificate to the Company. However, if the Subscriber actually hires a candidate for employment, the Subscriber may retain the information obtained through the Service regarding such candidate for employment after the termination of this Agreement.

2. In the event of termination, cancellation, or termination of this Agreement, the Company shall destroy or delete all personal information stored by the Contractor on behalf of the Company (including information on the Contractor's recruiters or employees and information that a candidate for employment was a candidate for employment with the Contractor or was employed by the Contractor), with the exception of information required to be stored by law. ), except for information required to be retained by law, shall be disposed of or deleted. However, the Company shall not dispose of or delete information obtained from the recommender through the Service (information obtained only from the Contractor shall be disposed of or deleted), but shall continue to retain such information.

3. In the event of termination, cancellation or termination of this Agreement, the provisions of Article 3.2 and 3, Article 4.2, Article 8.2 and 3, Article 9.1.1 and 2, Article 10, paragraphs 2 and 3 and 4, Articles 11 through 13, Article 14.1and 2, Article 15.4, Articles 16 through 19 and this Article through Article 25 shall remain in full force and effect.However, Article 12 shall remain in effect only for two years after the termination of this contract.

4. In the event of termination, cancellation or termination of this Agreement, the provisions of Article 3.2 and 3, Article 4.2, Article 8.2, Article 9.1.1 and 2, Article 10.4, Articles 11 through 13, Article 14.1and 2, Article 15.4, Articles 16 through 19 and this Article through Article 25 shall remain in full force and effect.

Article 23 (Severability)

1. If any provision or part of a provision of these General Terms and Conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the other parts of these General Terms and Conditions, and the remaining parts of these General Terms and Conditions shall remain valid.

2. If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid or unenforceable in relation to one Subscriber, its validity in relation to other Subscribers shall not be affected.

Article 24 (Governing Law and Agreed Jurisdiction)

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Japan, and any and all disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court or the Tokyo Summary Court as the court of first instance, depending on the amount of the action.

Article 25 (Settlement through Consultation)

If any matter is not stipulated in this Agreement or if any question arises concerning the interpretation of this Agreement, the Company and the Subscriber shall promptly resolve such a question through mutual consultation in accordance with the principle of good faith.

Enacted: September 12, 2025