World Masters Games 2021 KANSAI
Terms of Use of the Entry System

Article 1 (Application of Terms of Use)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Methods of Messaging or Notification from the Committee to Members)
Article 4 (Methods of Messaging or Notification from Members to the Committee)
Article 5 (Application and Approval for Member Registration)
Article 6 (Fee and Payment Method)
Article 7 (Management, Change, and Cancellation of Registration Information)
Article 8 (Suspension or Deletion of Registration)
Article 9 (Handling of Member Information)
Article 10 (Change, Suspension, and Termination of the Contents of the Services)
Article 11 (Environment Settings)
Article 12 (Committee’s Disclaimer)
Article 13 (Advertisements and Links)
Article 14 (Rights Attribution, Etc.)
Article 15 (Prohibited Matters)
Article 16 (Separability)
Article 17 (Changes to the Terms of Use)
Article 18 (Governing Law and Agreed Jurisdiction)

General Rules
Members who use the various services (hereinafter referred to as “the services”) of the Entry
System of the World Masters Games 2021 KANSAI (hereinafter referred to as “this website”)
operated by the Organising Committee of the World Masters Games 2021 Kansai (hereinafterreferred to as the “the Committee”) need to read the full text of the Terms of Use specified below
and agree to them.
The Committee will revise these Terms of Use from time to time. The revised content will beannounced on this website immediately after the revision. Check these Terms of Use each time
you use the services. Members using the services after the revision shall be deemed to haveagreed to the revised Terms of Use.
Article 1 (Application of Terms of Use)
The Terms of Use as specified herein are for the purpose of properly processing the providing
conditions of the services, and the rights and obligations between the Committee and eachmember, and shall apply to any relationship between the Committee and each member regarding
the use of the services.
Article 2 (Definitions)
The following terminologies, with the meanings specified below, shall be used:
1. Committee: The Organising Committee of the World Masters Games 2021 Kansai.
2. Member: An individual who has agreed to all the Terms of Use and registered as a user of theservices based on Article 5 (Application for Member Registration and Approval).
3. The services: All services (including any service name or content changes for any reason)
provided by the Entry System of the World Masters Games 2021 Kansai.
4. This website: The website under the domain of https://www.entry.wmg2021.jp/ (including any
domain name or content changes for any reason) operated by the Committee.
5. Intellectual property rights: Copyrights, patent rights, utility model rights, design rights,
trademark rights, and other intellectual property rights (including the right to obtain or apply forthe registration of such rights).
6. Posted data: Contents (including but not limited to text, images, videos, and other data) posted
and transmitted by any member using the services.
Article 3 (Methods of Messaging or Notification from the Committee to Members)
1. Unless otherwise specified herein, the Committee shall contact or notify each member bysending email to the address submitted by the member to the Committee pursuant to Article
4. Notification will occur by the general posting of messages on this website, by a message
that will appear on the screen after the member logs into this website, or by any other method
deemed appropriate by the Committee.

2. If the messaging or notification set forth in the preceding paragraph is sent by email from theCommittee, the messaging or notification shall be deemed effective when the email is sent tothe server used by the member. The member should promptly read and check the email sentby the Committee regarding the use of the services.
3. If the messaging or notification specified in paragraph 1 is posted on this website or on thescreen that appears upon member login, the messaging or notification shall be deemed
effective when the member can view the messaging or notification upon the member’s accessto this website or the login screen.
Article 4 (Methods of Messaging or Notification from Members to the Committee)
1. Messaging or notifications from each member to the Committee shall be made through theContact Form specified on 3 below or by other methods as deemed appropriate by theCommittee.
2. If the messaging or notification set forth in the preceding paragraph is sent by email, themember shall be deemed to have received the messaging or notification when the email fromthe member arrives at the Committee’s server.
3. Enquiries shall be accepted in Japanese, English, Chinese (simplified / traditional) and Korean
from the Contact Form (e-mail) on the official website. Please understand that depending on
the content of the inquiries, it may take days to respond.
Article 5 (Application and Approval for Member Registration)
1. Member registration is required to use this service. A member candidate who wishes to use
the services (hereinafter referred to as “applicant”) can apply for membership registration for
the use of the services to the Committee by agreeing to comply with the Terms of Use, andby providing the Committee with certain information defined by the Committee (hereinafterreferred to as “registration information”) in the manner prescribed by the Committee.
2. An applicant should understand the contents of the Terms of Use specified, and agree to bebound by the contents before applying for membership registration. At the time of application,
it is necessary to report registration information exactly on the member registration screen.
3. Upon completion of the registration set forth in the preceding paragraph, members will be able
to use the Service in accordance with the Terms of Use.
4. The Committee may refuse an applicant’s registration or re-registration if the applicant falls
under any of the matters specified below, and may cancel the approval after the applicant’s
registration. The reason shall be disclosed to the extent necessary, at the discretion of theCommittee. These reasons may be:(1) The applicant is already a member, but all or part of the applicant’s registration information
provided to the Committee is found to be false, erroneous, or partially omitted.
⑵ The Committee has determined that the applicant has violated the contract with theCommittee in the past, or is related to such a person.
⑶ The applicant is a minor, an adult ward, a person under curatorship, or a person underassistance, and has not obtained the consent of the applicant’s legal representative,
guardian, curator, or assistant⑷ The Committee has determined that the applicant is a member of a crime syndicate, ultrarightist organisation, criminal group, or similar entity (hereafter referred to as “anti-social
forces etc.”), or is engaged in any kind of interaction or involvement with anti-social forces
etc., including cooperation or involvement in the maintenance, operation, or managementof anti-social forces through activities, such as funding.
(5) A punitive action prescribed in Article 8 (Suspension or Deletion of Registration) has beentaken against the applicant.
(6) Cases where the Committee determines that the application is inappropriate.
Article 6 (Fee and Payment Method)
1. This system of the services is free for use.
2. The Participation Terms and Conditions shall apply the participation fee and payment methodof contestants, those concerned with the Games, and supporters participating in the World
Masters Games 2021 KANSAI.
Article 7 (Management, Change, and Cancellation of Registration Information)
1. Each member shall manage and store the member’s registration information appropriately,
including the member’s login ID and password related to the services, at the member’s own
responsibility and burden. The member is not allowed to provide, rent, transfer, or sell themember’s login ID or password to third parties or make an ownership change.
2. Each member is responsible for damages caused by the member’s insufficient managementof registration information, such as the member’s login ID and password, usage mistakes, andunauthorized use by third parties.
3. Each member should amend the member’s registration information at the earliest available
opportunity, according to the method prescribed by the Committee, if there is a change in theregistration information. The Committee is not liable for any damage caused by the member’s
failure to change registration information.
4. If there is an obvious error in a member’s registration information, and the Committee believes
that the error will obstruct the operation of the Games, or if the registration information is
inaccurate, such as a typographical error, the Committee may voluntarily correct theregistration information.
5. By completing a procedure prescribed by the Committee, members can withdraw from theservices and cancel their member registration.
6. After a member's withdrawal, the Committee shall handle the member’s registrationinformation in accordance with Article 9 (Handling of Member Information).
Article 8 (Suspension or Deletion of Registration)
1. If the Committee determines that a member is in violation of any of the conditions specified
below, the Committee may temporarily suspend a member’s use of the services and delete
the member’s registration without prior notice or demand, and delete, edit, or hide data
uploaded by the member. The Committee shall not be liable for any damage caused to themember on account of these actions.
(1) The member is in violation of the Terms of Use, the Participation Terms and Conditions,
the Sports Information Guide or the Volunteer Recruitment Guidelines.
(2) It has turned out that the member has falsified the information provided during registration.
(3) The member falls under each item of paragraph 4, Article 5.
(4) The Committee has determined that it is inappropriate for the member to use the services
or continue the member’s registration.
Article 9 (Handling of Member Information)
1. Each member shall agree that the Committee handles each member’s registration informationin accordance with the Personal Information Policy, which shall be defined separately.
2. The Committee shall abide by the Cookie Policy as well as the Personal Information Policy.
Article 10 (Change, Suspension, and Termination of the Contents of the Services)
1. The Committee may terminate or suspend the provision of all, or part of the services, without
notifying members in advance, in any of the cases specified below. The Committee shall not
be liable for any damages caused to members or third parties due to the temporary suspension
or termination of the services or changes to the contents of the services.
(1) The Committee conducts urgent inspection or maintenance work on the computer system
related to the services.
(2) The Committee is unable to operate the services due to failures or operational mistakes in
its computer system or communication line, an excessive concentration of access,unauthorized access, hacking, or other unavoidable causes.
(3) The Committee is unable to operate the services due to force majeure, such as anearthquake, lightning, fire, storm, flood, blackout, or a natural disaster.
(4) The Committee has determined it necessary to terminate or suspend the services due toother proper reasons.
2. The Committee may change the content of the services or terminate the provision of theservices for the convenience of the Committee. In case the services are terminated, theCommittee shall notify the members in advance through this website.

Article 11 (Environment Settings)
1. Each member shall install and operate all equipment, facilities, software, and necessarymeans of communication at the member’s own responsibility and expense.
2. The Committee shall be free from any involvement in the access environment of any member’scommunication line or computer (including the terminal OS used, browser software, etc.). The
Committee shall not be liable for any of these.
3. The Committee does not guarantee that this website is free of defects, errors, or failures.
Furthermore, there is no guarantee that all data on this website will be saved. When a member
inputs or uploads data, they shall prepare for a possible loss of the data by backing up (storing)the data on their own personal computer.
Article 12 (Committee’s Disclaimer)
1. The Committee shall endeavor to provide accurate information on the Games (including
information provided by email sent in connection with the Games) and will correct any errors
immediately.
2. A member shall be responsible for any damage caused by the member’s violation of thisagreement, and the Committee shall not be liable.
3. A member shall handle any transactions, communication, troubles, and disputes that may
occur between the member and other members or third parties in relation to this service or thiswebsite. Solving these problems is the responsibility of the member concerned.
Article 13 (Advertisements and Links)
1. The Committee may place advertisements deemed appropriate on this website. The
Committee shall not be liable for any transactions that members have with advertisers basedon the advertisements posted on this website.
2. If websites operated by parties other than the Committee are linked to this website, thecontents of the linked websites belong to the administrators of the websites, and theCommittee assumes no responsibility for the contents.
3. If links are inserted on this website to other websites, the contents of the linked websites
belong to the administrators of the other websites, and the Committee assumes noresponsibility for the contents.
4. The Committee shall not be responsible for any transactions that members have made at thelink sources or link destinations.
Article 14 (Rights Attribution, Etc.)
1. All copyrights and other intellectual property rights related to this website and the services
belong to the Committee (including contents posted on the bulletin board). If the Committee
deems it necessary, the stored contents may be deleted or modified without the consent of thecontributors.
2. Members shall agree in advance that the Committee may copy, modify, post, publicly send,
reprint, and permit third parties to use the members’ posts.
3. Member shall express to the Committee and guarantee that the members have legitimate
rights to transmit and post contents on the bulletin board and that the posted data does not
infringe on the rights of third parties.
4. If any content sent and posted on the bulletin board by a member violates the Terms of Use,
the Committee shall immediately delete all or part of the content within the scope that theCommittee deems necessary, and shall prohibit or restrict the use of bulletin board pages by
the member, or delete the member’s Committee login ID. However, the Committee shall not
be obligated to actively monitor whether contents posted on the bulletin board violate thisagreement.
5. The Committee has all editing rights to determine any matter related to the members’ bulletinboard pages, including the posting method, category, posting period, etc. of the members’
bulletin board, and may move the posted contents to an appropriate category within the bulletinboard. Furthermore, the Committee shall bear no obligation or responsibility for exercising or
not exercising the right to edit any content on the bulletin board.
6. Members shall agree not to exercise their copyright (including the authors’ moral rights) to theCommittee and those who have inherited or have been granted the rights from the Committee.
Article 15 (Prohibited Matters)
1. Members should not perform any of the following actions when using the services.
The prohibited items in this section also apply to any content posted in using the bulletinboard function related to the services.
(1)

Actions that violate laws and regulations, notes on using this website, or the Terms of
Use

(2)

Fraud or threatening acts against the Committee, other members of the services, or third
parties or other acts that cause a disadvantage, damage, or discomfort to the Committee,
other members of the services, or third parties.

(3)

Actions that may adversely affect the mind and body of youth or other acts that arecontrary to public order and morals(4)

Actions that may infringe on the property rights, intellectual property rights, portrait rights,
privacy rights, honours, other rights or interests of the Committee, other members of theservices, or third parties.

(5)

Election campaigns or similar acts or other acts that conflict with the Public Offices
Election Act, regardless of whether such acts are conducted during the election period
or not.

(6)

Acts of using the services and sending information to the Committee or other members

of the services, on the condition that the information meets the criteria specified below ordeemed by the Committee to meet the criteria.
• Information containing contents contrary to facts or containing false contents• Information containing overly violent or cruel expressions• Information including computer viruses and other harmful computer programs• Information containing expressions that damage the honour or credibility of theCommittee, other members of the services, or third parties• Information containing overly obscene expressions• Information containing expressions that promote discrimination• Information containing expressions that promote suicide or self-harm• Information containing expressions that promote the inappropriate use of drugs• Information including antisocial expressions• Information that requires the spreading of information to third parties, such as chain
email• Information containing expressions that make others uncomfortable(7)

Acts of placing an excessive load on the network or system of the services, such as
intentionally posting many of the same content(8)Unauthorized access to the Committee’s network or systems, reverse engineering ofsoftware and the system provided by the Committee, and other analysis activities.

(9)

Actions that may interfere with the operation of the services(10) Impersonating a third party(11) Unauthorized use of login IDs or passwords of other members of the services(12) Publicity, advertisements, solicitation, or sales activities on the services without priorapproval from the Committee(13) Acts of assigning, transferring, setting up collateral, or otherwise disposing of rights or
obligations based on the Terms of Use to a third party without the prior consent of theCommittee(14) Provision of benefits to anti-social forces(15) Acts of using the services for purposes other than those intended by the Committee(16) Actions that directly or indirectly trigger or facilitate the acts of the preceding items(17) Other actions that the Committee deems inappropriate
Article 16 (Separability)
If any provision or part of the Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable inaccordance with the Consumer Contract Act or other laws and regulations, the rest of theprovisions of the Terms of Use shall continue to be fully effective.
Article 17 (Changes to the Terms of Use)

1. The Committee may revise the Terms of Use at any time and establish rules to supplement
the Terms of Use.
2. Revisions or supplements, if any, to the Terms of Use shall take effect from the time when they
posted on this website. If a member uses the services after the changes to the Terms of Usetake effect, it is considered that the member has agreed to all the contents of the changes.
3. When revisions or supplements to the Terms of Use significantly affect the rights of members,
the contents of the revisions or supplements shall be notified by email.
Article 18 (Governing Law and Agreed Jurisdiction)
Japanese law shall govern the Terms of Use, and in the event that a lawsuit is required for theTerms of Use, the Osaka District Court shall be the exclusive jurisdiction court.
（Supplementary Rules）
Established: November 19, 2019