In using the Yukimi Website (hereinafter referred to as 'this website'), please read the following 'Terms of Use' carefully and agree to them before using the website. If you do not agree, we kindly ask that you refrain from using the website. By using this website, you are deemed to have agreed to all the conditions below (hereinafter, visitors and others who use this website in any form are referred to as 'customers'). Please note that these 'Terms of Use' are subject to change without notice. Also, in such cases, we kindly ask you to comply with the most recent version.

About Copyright

The copyrights of the corporate mark, logo, characters, products & product names, images, music, text, program data, etc., posted on our website principally belong to Lotte Corporation (hereinafter referred to as 'our company') and its affiliated companies, as well as partner companies or rights holders who have granted our company permission to use them. Therefore, except for personal enjoyment, it is prohibited to reproduce, modify, lend, distribute, publicly transmit (including transmission over a network), or use these materials without our company's consent. Additionally, for data that is allowed to be downloaded from our website, the download is permitted only for private use, and does not grant or transfer to the customer any rights our company possesses for reproduction, modification, lending, distribution, transmission over a network, etc., beyond the scope of reproduction for private use.

Furthermore, in cases where copyrights (including rights defined in Articles 27 and 28 of the Copyright Law) , design rights, or other intellectual property rights arise from information provided by customers to our company, or when it includes specific ideas, know-how, etc., customers shall transfer all such rights to our company without charge, and shall not exercise any moral rights of authors, etc., against our company and those who have inherited or been granted rights from our company. Also, even if the information provided by customers to our company is confidential, once provided to our company, we are not obligated to treat it as confidential information.

About Trademarks

The rights to trademarks (service marks, trademarks, house marks, logo marks, product shapes, etc., regardless of whether they are registered or not) displayed on our website belong to our company or to rights holders who have granted us permission to use them. Unauthorized use of these trademarks is prohibited.

Interruption of Service on the Website

Our company may temporarily interrupt the provision of our website without prior notice in cases where it is deemed necessary due to system maintenance, malfunction, fires, power outages, natural disasters such as earthquakes, lawful orders or requests from courts, public prosecutor's offices, police stations, or other public authorities, or other operational or technical issues. Our company is not obligated to compensate or reimburse any damage, loss, or other expenses incurred by customers due to the interruption of our website.

Changes or Discontinuation of the Website

Please be aware that our company may change the content and address (URL) of our website or discontinue or suspend its provision without prior notice. In such cases, the provisions of the latter part of the previous article apply.

Disclaimer

While we strive to provide the latest and most accurate information on our website, we make no warranty, whether expressed or implied, regarding the integrity, reliability, accuracy, or any other aspect of the data on our website. We are also not responsible for any damages resulting from the use of the data on our website. Furthermore, we bear no responsibility for any damage caused by software or hardware accidents, data loss, charges from communication providers, troubles between customers or between customers and third parties, or any other accidents arising from the use of our website. In addition to the above, our company also does not guarantee or assume responsibility for the following:

  1. We do not guarantee that our website is free from harmful elements such as computer viruses or worms.
  2. We do not guarantee the operating speed, response speed, or future permanent or stable provision of our website.
  3. We do not guarantee that the contents of this site will not infringe on the copyrights, trademark rights, or other intellectual property rights of third parties outside Japan.

About Links on Our Website

Our website may contain links to other sites, but we do not guarantee the content or functionality of these linked sites and are not responsible for them. Linking to our website is generally free and does not require notification. However, links cannot be made from websites that include the following content. If such links are found, our company may request the administrator of the website, blog, or other site (including the administrator of the server where the site or page exists) to remove the link. 

  1. Content that violates public order and morals
  2. Content that violates laws and regulations
  3. Content that slanders or defames our company or our affiliates
  4. Content that infringes, or may infringe, on the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, or other rights of our company or third parties
  5. Other content that can be objectively judged as damaging to our corporate value, brand value, or product value

About Providing Ideas

To prevent disputes over intellectual property rights, our company refrains from accepting proposals for ideas, suggestions, materials, and designs related to products and services unless requested by our company. If customers send this information to our company via email or other means, it is considered that all rights to the information, including copyright, rights to register patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, etc., and other intellectual property rights, rights to embody the information in products or services, rights to know-how and ideas, and all other rights, are waived at the time of sending, and that you agree to our company's free use of the information. Our company is not obligated to consider, evaluate, adopt, or keep confidential the content of proposals, and bears no responsibility, including payment of compensation, even if our products, services, etc., are identical or similar to the content of the proposals. Our company is also not obligated to notify or explain to the provider the existence or reasons for consideration, evaluation, or adoption of proposals. Customers guarantee that proposals for ideas, suggestions, materials, and designs related to products and services are not unauthorized use, theft, or plagiarism of third-party information, and do not infringe on the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties, or breach third-party trade secrets.

Handling of Posted Information

Our company may monitor and consider discussions, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and other content posted on our website from time to time. However, our company is not obligated to perform such monitoring and consideration and bears no responsibility for any content arising from them. It is not permitted to post or transmit information on our website that violates public order and morals, constitutes or encourages a violation of the law, or falls under the prohibited items defined in Article 11. If our company discovers such information, we may delete the post, restrict access to the post, or take other measures without notifying or obtaining consent from the customer who posted or transmitted it. Our company is not responsible for any damages incurred by the customer as a result of taking such measures.

About Privacy Protection

We do not collect or store any of your data, or track your usage in any way. In the future, we may use cookies that are essential to run this website.

About Fees

There is no charge for information when using our website. However, connection fees or communication charges may be incurred when accessing the internet to use our website. Packet charges will apply when viewing on various mobile devices, so please use it at your own responsibility. Our company does not guarantee the speed of displaying our website or downloading data, and is not responsible for any unexpected packet or communication charges incurred by using our website. We recommend using a plan with unlimited packet usage.

Prohibited Activities

Our company prohibits the following activities (including activities that induce or prepare for them) when using our website. If our company discovers such prohibited activities, we can take measures to delete the results from our website or take other actions to eliminate the results or effects of such prohibited activities without notifying or obtaining consent from the customer who performed them. Our company is not responsible for any damages incurred by the customer due to these measures.

  1. Acts that infringe or may infringe on the property rights or privacy of other customers, third parties, or our company
  2. Acts that defame or slander other customers, third parties, or our company, or damage their reputation, or may do so
  3. Acts that infringe or may infringe on the intellectual property rights (copyrights, design rights, patent rights, utility model rights, trademark rights, portrait rights, etc.) of other customers, third parties, or our company
  4. Transmitting harmful computer programs, etc., or accessing the website by unauthorized means
  5. Acts that violate public order and morals, criminal acts, acts that negatively affect the physical and mental health of young people, or may do so
  6. Acts for commercial purposes through or related to our website without our company's approval, or acts preparing for them
  7. Election activities, or similar acts, and other political or religious acts
  8. Other acts that hinder the operation of our website
  9. Using another member's ID to use services, or impersonating others to use our website
  10. Obtaining, disclosing, or providing other members' IDs or passwords by any means
  11. Acts that violate the laws of Japan or the country/region where the customer is located when using the website
  12. Exploiting security holes or bugs in our website or its web server, causing high load access, or tampering with, stealing, or deleting information on our website
  13. Acts that cause nuisance or discomfort to other customers or third parties
  14. Entering or transmitting false or misleading information
  15. Demanding or making unjust demands using violence, threats, force, or fraud against our company, our employees, or other customers
  16. Other acts that violate these terms or related terms

Change of Terms

Our company may change these terms as necessary without individually notifying customers. Please be aware of this. The changes to these terms will take effect upon their publication on our website.

Compensation for Damages

Customers are responsible for compensating for any damages incurred by our company as a result of violating these terms or related terms. Additionally, our company has the right to prevent customers from violating or attempting to violate these terms or related terms.

Termination

These “Terms of Use” are effective until terminated by us, which we may do at any time and without notice to you. In the event of termination, all restrictions imposed on you by these “Terms of Use” and limitations of liability set out in these Terms will survive.

Severability

Even if a part of the conditions set forth in these terms is deemed invalid or unenforceable by the Consumer Contract Act of Japan or other laws and regulations, the conditions of these terms other than those deemed invalid or unenforceable will continue to be valid and applicable to customers and our company.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters, including disputes related to these terms and our website, are governed by Japanese law, and the Tokyo District Court is designated at the exclusive court of first instance. These terms are effective from May 1, 2014."


Social Media Policy

Site Policy

Lotte Corporation / Official Social Media Account Community Guidelines

The Community Guidelines for the official social media accounts (hereinafter referred to as 'these Guidelines') of Lotte Corporation (hereinafter referred to as 'the Company') apply to all individuals who use the official accounts operated by the Company on social networks such as LINE, Instagram, X, and Facebook (hereinafter referred to as 'our official accounts') and the services associated with them. These Guidelines are applicable to all users of our official accounts. In order to achieve better communication with you, we ask that you read these Guidelines carefully and agree to them before using our official accounts. Please also check the separate community guidelines set for each official account.

About Operation

  • Announcements related to campaigns and product information involving the Company.
  • As a rule, please note that we may not respond to posts, comments, or DMs (direct messages) from customers.

Access to Basic Information

  • When you use our official accounts, it is assumed that you consent to the Company accessing your basic information (name, username, profile picture, gender, network, user ID, friends list, and all other information that is publicly available).

Following

  • The Company does not follow all customers who follow our official accounts. Also, the Company may follow you even if you do not follow our official accounts.
  • Following by our official accounts does not indicate endorsement or approval of the other party, nor does it represent the views of the Company.

Prohibited Activities

The Company may take necessary measures such as deleting posts or blocking accounts without prior notice or notification if it determines that a customer's actions fall under any of the following. Even if the Company does not take measures against the following actions, it does not mean that the Company condones or retrospectively consents to such actions, nor does it declare that the Company will not take any action against such actions in the future.

  • Acts against public order and morals, criminal acts, acts that may adversely affect the physical and mental well-being of minors or have the potential to do so.
  • Defamatory acts against the Company or third parties, or acts that damage their reputation.
  • Acts that infringe on the property rights, privacy rights, portrait rights, publicity rights, or other rights of the Company or third parties. 
  • Acts of commercial purposes conducted through or in relation to our official accounts without the Company's consent.
  • Sexual, obscene, violent, discriminatory expressions, and other acts that may cause discomfort to third parties. 
  • Acts that interfere with the smooth operation of our official accounts or cause inconvenience to third parties. 
  • Expressions that mislead third parties, such as personal experiences, opinions, or unfounded rumors. 
  • Election campaigning or similar activities, and other acts related to politics or religion. 
  • Acts of identifying, disclosing, or leaking personal information. 
  • Impersonating the Company, its affiliates, or third parties.
  • Mentioning other companies' names, products, or comparative expressions.
  • Acts intended for advertising, affiliate marketing, promotion, or solicitation. 
  • Using other customers' IDs to access our official accounts.
  • Obtaining, disclosing, or providing other customers' IDs or passwords. 
  • Acts that violate the laws of Japan or the country/region where the customer resides when using the account.
  • Disclosing private communications with the Company or third parties. 
  • Acts that hinder other customers from using our official accounts.
  • Generating artificial high-load access. 
  • Tampering with, stealing, or deleting information on our official accounts. 
  • Violating the terms of service set by each SNS operating company.
  • Posting or transmitting harmful computer programs. 
  • Demanding or making unjust requests to the Company or other third parties using violence, intimidation, force, or deception.
  • Any other acts deemed inappropriate by the Company.

Copyrights, etc.

  • All rights related to trademarks, logos, service marks, images, etc., used in our official accounts belong to the Company or the rights holders, unless otherwise specified, and are protected by intellectual property laws (including copyrights, design rights, patent rights, utility model rights, trademark rights, know-how, but not limited to these). Customers may not use any information provided through our official accounts beyond the scope permitted by law for personal private use. 
  • The copyright of content posted by customers belongs to the individual who made the post. By posting, customers grant the Company the right to use (copy, process, translate, publish, etc.) all or part of the content without the customer's prior consent, free of charge and non-exclusively, and agree not to exercise copyright and moral rights against the Company's use of the content.

Disclaimer

The Company shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages caused by the use or inability to use our official accounts, or by the use or inability to use links from our official accounts. The Company shall not be responsible for any information (comments, photos, videos, etc.) posted by customers. Customers declare and guarantee to the Company that their posted content and contents do not infringe on any third party's rights and that they have all rights and authority regarding them, thereby indemnifying the Company against any rights infringement. The Company shall not be responsible for any disputes or conflicts that arise between customers or between a customer and a third party in relation to our official accounts. The Company makes no warranty whatsoever regarding the completeness, accuracy, usefulness, timeliness, or appropriateness of the information, programs, and various services provided by our official accounts. Our official accounts may terminate operations without notice.

The company does not guarantee that the contents of Our Official Accounts will not infringe on the copyrights, trademark rights, or other intellectual property rights of third parties outside Japan.

Changes to the Guidelines

The Company may change these Guidelines without notice to customers.

Handling of User Information

The Company will appropriately manage user information, including personal information of customers, in accordance with the Company's 'Privacy Policy' when acquiring and collecting such information.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Guidelines shall be governed by the laws of Japan. In the event of a dispute arising between the customer and the Company in relation to our official accounts and the services associated with them, the Tokyo District Court shall be the exclusive court of first instance jurisdiction.

These Guidelines shall apply from Jan 2, 2024.