Awaji Youth Federation(AYF) Membership Agreement

Before signing-up to our AFY Membership Program (hereinafter “Program”), please carefully read this “Awaji Youth Federation Membership Agreement” (hereinafter “Agreement”) .
As the world grapples with COVID-19 and nations increasingly struggle to agree on issues that matter, we believe that it`s time for a new paradigm. We are seeking new members to join AYF Global and in doing so help us to build a valuable network of connections amongst likeminded individuals all over the world. Our mission is to nurture, connect, inform, and challenge the youth of today, providing them with a new pathway to developing their lives, linking them to each other and to new opportunities, such that talented youth everywhere, regardless of their circumstances, will have a chance to realise their full potential.

A. Your Acceptance

Welcome to the AYF Website. By signing-up to AYF Membership Program from the AYF Global Sign-up Form, you signify your agreement to this Agreement. This Agreement shall include (1) AYF’s Privacy Policy and (2) AYF’s Community Guidelines incorporated here by reference. If you do not agree to all or any part of this Agreement, you are not authorized to be a member of our Program (hereinafter “AYF member’’) and to use our website (hereinafter “Website(s)”)
Websites shall include the AYF Website and all related sites linking directly from the AYF Website to AYF online activity, including, but not limited to Voice of AYF, YUNGA Japan, AYF Facebook, AYF Global Facebook Community, AYF Global YouTube Channel, AYF Twitter and Instagram, and the AYF LinkedIn Group.
Although we may attempt to notify AYF members major changes of this Agreement, AYF members are required to periodically review the most up-to-date version. AYF may, in its sole discretion, modify this Agreement at any time. By continuing to use this Websites after our posting of such changes, AYF members will be deemed to have agreed to the modified Agreement.
Through Websites, AYF provides AFY members with access to a rich array of educational resources, including personalized opportunities. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Websites or any related sites, or any part of them, at any time, for any reason without prior notice. You agree that we shall not be liable for any such modification, suspension, or discontinuance.
Your registration information to the Program, including personally identifiable information (hereinafter “Personal Information”) that you provide us on Websites, is subject to our Privacy Policy.

B. AYF Member Accounts

To access some features of Websites, such as webinar series, you need to be a AYF member, which will also require a user account. Your registration to the Program is reviewed and approved by AYF. AYF may, in its sole discretion, not accept your registration to our Program.
As a AYF member, you agree to be bound by the following terms:

  • 1. To provide accurate, current, and complete information on creation or modification of your account. To use any offensive or inappropriate username is not permitted. You will be responsible for preserving the confidentiality of your password, and for all actions of persons accessing Websites through your username/password. Immediate notification to AYF is required in case of breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Using other AYF member’s account is prohibited.
  • 2. Posting your comments on various material (hereinafter collectively, “User Content(s)”) to Websites is recommended. AYF reserves the right but does not assume the obligation, to delete, move, condense, or edit such User Contents for any reason and without prior notice. AYF also reserves the right to suspend or terminate a Registered User’s access for posting User Contents.
  • 3. You are solely responsible for your own User Contents and the consequences of posting or publishing it. You affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: you own, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize AYF to use, all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to all User Contents you post to enable inclusion and use of such User Contents in the manner contemplated by Websites.
  • 4. To retain all your ownership rights in your User Contents. However, by submitting User Contents to AYF, you hereby grant AYF a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, perpetual, and transferable license to use, reproduce, store, distribute, prepare derivative works of and display your User Contents (and your username) in any medium in connection with the activities and operations of AYF, its affiliated entities and successors. You also hereby grant each user of Websites a non-exclusive license to access your User Contents through the Websites and to use, reproduce and distribute such User Contents for such user’s personal, non-commercial purposes. You understand and agree that AYF may retain, reproduce, distribute and otherwise use for any purpose copies of User Contents that has been removed from the Websites. The above licenses granted by you are perpetual and irrevocable.
  • 5. AYF does not endorse, authorize or ratify any User Content or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed therein, and AYF expressly disclaims all liability in connection with User Contents. AYF does not permit infringement of copyright and other intellectual property rights on Websites, and AYF reserves such rights but does not assume the obligation to remove any content from Websites if notified that such content infringes on another’s copyright and/or intellectual property rights.

C. General Use of the Websites — Restrictions

For using Websites, following acts are strictly prohibited:

  • 1. To collect any Personal Information of others, including usernames or email addresses, from Websites.
  • 2. To use Websites for any commercial purpose without the prior written authorization of AYF. You agree not to transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited advertising, promotional information, bulk e-mail, or other solicitation.
  • 3. To use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “robots”, “spiders” or “offline readers” that accesses Websites in a manner that sends more request messages to AYF servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional online web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, AYF grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the purpose of and to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. AYF reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
  • 4. To transmit or otherwise make available any content containing any “virus”, “worm”, “trojan horse” or any other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
  • 5. To alter or modify any part of Websites.
  • 6. To circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of Websites or our sites or servers (or networks connected to Websites).
  • 7. To harass, threaten, embarrass or cause distress, unwanted attention or discomfort to a person or entity on or through Websites or its communication systems.
  • 8. To transmit or otherwise make available on or through Websites any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable, as solely determined by AYF.

AYF reserves the right to suspend or terminate AYF members’ access to Websites, without prior notice and at AYF’s sole discretion.

These restrictions, along with the other terms discussed below, are not intended to be complete, but merely illustrative. We reserve the right in our sole and final judgment to determine whether conduct violates conduct requirements for Websites.

D. Your Use of Contents on Websites

In addition to the restrictions above, the following restrictions and conditions apply specifically to your use of contents on Websites:

  • 1. The contents on Websites (other than your User Contents), including without limitation, texts, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features, and the like (hereinafter collectively, “AYF Contents”) is owned by or licensed by AYF. Similarly, the trademarks, service marks and logos contained on Websites are owned or licensed by AYF (“AYF Marks”). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or elsewhere on Websites (e.g., in the description of a campaign), AYF Contents and AYF Marks may not be used, downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any purpose whatsoever without the prior written consent of AYF. AYF reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to AYF Contents and AYF Marks.
  • 2. Websites are made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. As part of such use, you may display, download and/or print pages from the site, or link to and/or forward Websites to others for personal, non- commercial uses that are reasonably related to the Website’s purposes.
  • 3. You understand that when using Websites, you will be exposed to AYF Contents, User Contents, and other third-party Contents from a variety of sources and that AYF makes no warranty about the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such AYF Contents, User Contents, or other third-party Contents. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Contents that may be inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against AYF with respect thereto.
  • 4. Websites may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by AYF. AYF has no control over and assumes no responsibility for, the contents, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave Websites and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.

E. Warranty Disclaimer

WEBSITES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS.” YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF WEBSITES SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AYF, AS WELL AS ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS (HREINAFTER COLLECTIVELY, “AYF PARTIES”), DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH WEBSITES AND YOUR USE THEREOF. AYF PARTIES CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF WEBSITE’S CONTENTS OR THE CONTENTS OF ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO OUR WEBSITE. NOR DO AYF PARTIES GUARANTEE THAT WEBSITES WILL BE ERROR-FREE, OR CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE, OR THAT WEBSITES WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. AYF PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDED, ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH WEBSITES.

F. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL AYF PARTIES BE LIABLE TO AYF MEMBERS OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE FORESEEABLE, RELATING TO WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY (I)ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF AYF CONTENTS, (II)PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF WEBSITES, (III)UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM WEBSITES, (V)BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH WEBSITES BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (VI) ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY AYF CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA WEBSITES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT AYF IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AYF PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER CONTENTS OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGES FROM FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS AYF PARTIES AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, OF WHATEVER NATURE, THAT ARISE OUT OF YOUR USE OF AND ACCESS TO WEBSITES OR YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THIS AGREEMENT. THIS INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION WILL SURVIVE THIS AGREEMENT AND YOUR USE OF WEBSITES.

G. Ability to Accept This Agreement

You affirm that you are over 18 years of age and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties set forth in, and to abide by and comply with this Agreement. In any case, you affirm that you accept and understand that Websites are not intended for children under the age of 18.

H. Miscellaneous

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Japan. Any claim or dispute between you and AYF that arises in whole or part from Websites shall be decided exclusively by Tokyo District Court. This Agreement, together with any other legal notices issued by AYF on Websites, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and AYF concerning Websites and supersedes prior agreements, if any, relating to any matter dealt with in this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and AYF’s failure to assert any right or provision under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. This Agreement and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be transferred or assigned by AYF without restriction. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefits of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assignees, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or should be construed to confer upon any other person any right, remedy or claim under or by virtue of this Agreement.
You and AYF agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to Websites must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues. Otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.

This Agreement is made effective as of February xx, 2021
You and AYF agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to Websites must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues. Otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.