briefroom Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern the conditions of provision of the service "briefroom" (the "Service") provided by Talent Cloud, Inc. (the "Company"), and the rights and obligations between the Company and users. Please read and agree to these Terms before using the Service.

Note: In the event of any conflict between the Japanese and English versions of these Terms, the Japanese version shall prevail.

Article 1 (Application)

1. These Terms apply to all relationships between users and the Company concerning the use of the Service.
2. Individual provisions, guidelines, help articles, and similar materials posted by the Company on the Service (collectively, "Individual Provisions") constitute part of these Terms. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and Individual Provisions, the Individual Provisions shall prevail.
3. Users are deemed to have agreed to these Terms upon commencing use of the Service.

Article 2 (Definitions)

The following terms used in these Terms have the meanings set forth below.

Article 3 (Accounts)

1. The Service allows Users to upload and publish User Content via a guest flow without registering an Account. However, in order to continue to use the various features provided by the Service, including management of Shared Links, version history, comment collection, and ongoing management or deletion of content, Users shall register an Account in accordance with the methods prescribed by the Company.
2. Users are responsible for the management and use of their registration information and shall not lend, transfer, sell, rename, pledge, or otherwise dispose of such information to any third party.
3. The User shall bear any damage arising from insufficient management of Account information. The Company shall not be liable for any such damage except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Company.
4. Users who have registered an Account may delete their Account at any time using the methods prescribed by the Company (see Article 7 "Right of Immediate Deletion").
5. By agreeing to these Terms, Users consent to receiving important notifications regarding the Service (Terms revisions, security warnings, delivery completion notifications, etc.) and to the optional delivery of useful service-related information (feature announcements, tips, feature updates, partner offers, etc.), as set forth in the Privacy Policy. Users may discontinue (opt out of) such optional delivery at any time via the opt-out link in the email body or the settings screen.
6. Minors shall use the Service only with the consent of their legal representatives. Applications for paid plans require the consent of a legal representative.

Article 4 (Responsibility for User Content)

1. Users shall, at their own responsibility, handle all matters relating to intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, and other rights concerning User Content they upload. The Company shall not be liable for any such matters.
2. Users shall not upload User Content that falls under any of the following:
   • Content containing phishing, malware, ransomware, or other malicious programs
   • Content containing personal information, confidential information, or trade secrets without the consent of the relevant person
   • Content infringing copyrights, trademark rights, design rights, patent rights, or other intellectual property rights
   • Content infringing the honor, credit, or privacy of any third party
   • Obscene content, child pornography, depictions of violence, or other content contrary to public order and morals
   • Content that is illegal or that promotes illegal acts
   • Other content that the Company deems inappropriate for the operation of the Service
3. The Company conducts the following scans on User Content, for the purpose of protecting Users, regularly or on an ad hoc basis:
   • Magic byte inspection at upload (detection of file extension spoofing)
   • SVG sanitization (removal of embedded scripts)
   • Lookup of URLs contained in HTML against the Google Cloud Web Risk API (detection of malware, social engineering, and unwanted software; only URLs are sent, file contents are not transmitted externally)
4. The Company reserves the right to block, quarantine, or delete User Content judged to be dangerous or inappropriate as a result of the above scans, without prior notice.
5. Ownership and copyright of data and works included in User Content belong to the User or the legitimate rights holder. The Company shall be entitled to use User Content on a royalty-free, non-exclusive basis solely to the extent necessary for provision and delivery of the Service and for storing, reproducing, displaying, and scanning User Content; the Company does not acquire any rights to User Content for any other purpose.

Article 5 (Founders Edition Fair Use Policy)

1. The Founders Edition grants Users the right to use Pro plan features without additional fees during the Service's provision period.
2. The Founders Edition does not guarantee the Company's continued provision of the Service. If the Company terminates the Service, the rights under the Founders Edition shall also terminate.
3. If the Company determines that a Founders Edition User's usage is significantly excessive compared to the average user of an equivalent plan (as a guideline, more than ten times the average), the Company may impose feature restrictions, suspend use, or take other necessary measures based on this Fair Use Policy.
4. The rights under the Founders Edition are tied to an individual User or User entity, and transfer, sale, or lending to third parties is prohibited.
5. Refunds are available only within 14 days of purchase of the Founders Edition and only when the Edition has not been used. "Not used" means a state in which none of the Pro-plan-only features (password protection, expiration settings exceeding 30 days, email-invite access, etc.) have been used after the Founders Edition took effect. No refunds are provided thereafter.

Article 6 (Prohibited Acts)

Users shall not engage in any of the following acts (the "Prohibited Acts") in using the Service:

1. Acts that violate laws, regulations, or public order and morals
2. Acts related to criminal activity
3. Acts that infringe the rights, interests, honor, or other lawful interests of the Company, other Users of the Service, or any third party
4. Acts that impose excessive load on the network or systems of the Service (including continuous uploads by automated agents and requests exceeding rate limits)
5. Reverse engineering, analyzing the Service, or other similar acts
6. Acts that circumvent, disable, or breach the Service's rate limiting, authentication, CSP, Turnstile, or other security mechanisms
7. Acts of fraudulently obtaining or using Account information of the Service
8. Acts of sending spam, phishing, or other nuisance communications to third parties through the Service
9. Commercial resale or redistribution of the Service's API keys, Shared Links, tokens, or similar items
10. Other acts that the Company deems inappropriate

Article 7 (Right of Immediate Deletion)

1. Users who have registered an Account may delete their uploaded User Content and Account at any time through the Service's administration screen or by methods prescribed by the Company. User Content uploaded via the guest flow without Account registration may be managed or deleted from the administration screen by registering an Account using the email address that was used for the guest upload. In addition, information and content pertaining to guest uploads are automatically deleted after the retention period specified in Article 9 of the Privacy Policy.
2. When a User performs a deletion, the Company shall promptly take the following measures:
   • Cascading deletion of database records
   • Deletion of objects on Cloudflare R2
   • Purging of Cloudflare edge cache and delivery cache
   • Sending of a deletion completion notification email
3. The Company may, without prior notice, block, suspend, quarantine, or delete User Content or the Account of the relevant User, in cases where User Content violates Article 4, Paragraph 2 or Article 6 of these Terms, or that the Company otherwise judges necessary for the operation of the Service.

Article 8 (Suspension, Change, or Termination of the Service)

1. The Company may suspend or interrupt all or part of the Service without prior notice to Users in the following cases:
   • When performing maintenance, inspection, or updates of the computer systems related to the Service
   • When the provision of the Service becomes difficult due to force majeure such as earthquakes, lightning, fires, power outages, or natural disasters
   • When computers or communication lines have stopped due to accidents
   • When security incidents, cost anomalies, or other emergencies occur
   • In other cases where the Company judges that provision of the Service is difficult
2. The Company may change or terminate all or part of the Service at any time.
3. If the Company terminates the Service in its entirety, the Company shall notify Users at least 30 days prior to the termination date by posting on the Service and by notification to registered email addresses.
4. If any unexpired period remains under a monthly plan when the Service is terminated, the Company shall refund fees pro rata for such period. For the Founders Edition, if the Company terminates the Service in its entirety within 12 months from the purchase date, the Company shall refund an amount proportional to the remaining period (purchase price × remaining months ÷ 12).
5. The Company shall be liable, for damages incurred by Users or third parties as a result of suspension, change, or termination of the Service under this Article, only to the extent of the refund set forth in the preceding paragraph, and shall not be liable for any other damages.

Article 9 (Disclaimer)

1. The Company does not expressly or impliedly warrant that the Service is free from de facto or legal defects (including defects, errors, bugs, infringements, etc., relating to safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, validity, fitness for a particular purpose, or security).
2. Except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Company, the Company shall not be liable for damages arising from the Service incurred by Users. However, this paragraph shall not apply where the contract between the Company and the User concerning the Service constitutes a consumer contract under the Consumer Contract Act of Japan.
3. In the case where the proviso of the preceding paragraph applies, where the Company is liable for damages caused to a User by negligence (excluding gross negligence) constituting breach of contract or tort, such liability shall be limited to damages that ordinarily arise and shall be capped at the total amount of service fees received by the Company from the User during the past 12 months.
4. The Company shall not be liable for any transactions, communications, or disputes arising between Users or between Users and third parties in connection with the Service.

Article 10 (Exclusion of Antisocial Forces)

Users represent and warrant that they do not fall within, and have no relationship with, organized crime groups, members or quasi-members of organized crime groups, corporate racketeers (sokaiya), groups engaging in criminal activities under the pretext of social movements, sophisticated intellectual crime groups, or any other person similar to the foregoing (collectively, "Antisocial Forces"). If a User breaches this provision, the Company may suspend the User's use of the Service or delete the User's Account without prior notice, and shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the User as a result.

Article 11 (Prohibition of Assignment)

Users may not assign to a third party, or offer as collateral, their position under the service agreement or their rights or obligations under these Terms, without the prior written consent of the Company. In the event that the Company assigns the business relating to the Service to a third party, the Company may, together with such business transfer, transfer to the assignee its position under the service agreement, rights and obligations under these Terms, registration information, and other information, and Users shall consent to such transfer in advance.

Article 12 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

1. These Terms shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of Japan.
2. In the event of any dispute relating to the Service, the district court or summary court having jurisdiction over the location of the Company's head office shall have exclusive jurisdiction by agreement.

Article 13 (Changes to These Terms)

1. The Company may change these Terms pursuant to Article 548-4 of the Civil Code of Japan.
2. When changing these Terms, the Company shall, with a reasonable period of advance notice prior to the effective date, notify Users of the substance of the change and the effective date by posting on the Service or by other methods prescribed by the Company. In the case of changes that materially affect Users (changes to business operator information, expansion of the scope of data handling, etc.), the Company shall also notify Users by email to their registered email addresses.
3. If re-consent to the revised Terms is required, a consent screen will be displayed at the next login.

Article 14 (Contact)

For inquiries regarding these Terms, please contact:

• Business Operator: Talent Cloud, Inc.
• Address: 171 Ochicho, Midori-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 267-0055, Japan
• Contact: support@briefroom.net

Enacted: 2026-07-06 Last Revised: 2026-07-06