By viewing and using the official site of The Asian Society for Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS) (the “Site”), you agree to the following provisions of our Site Policy. The purpose of the Site is to provide information on The Asian Society for Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery (“ASCVTS”). You are requested to make sure to read the following provisions and consent to them prior to using the Site.

Link

You are in principle allowed to establish a link to the Site free of charge; provided, however, that ASCVTS shall not be liable for any third party website linked to the Site and for any of the contents of the third party website linked to the Site. You are expressly prohibited from establishing the following kinds of links:

A link from a website containing such information that defames or slanders ASCVTS, its products and/or services and/or compromises its credibility;
A link from a website containing such information that runs counter to public order and morals;
A link from such website that has presented any illegal content and/or has been, or may potentially have been, involved in any illegal activity;
A link from a website that makes the Site’s identity unclear by framing or other method;
A link from any website in operation for profit.

In the event of intending to present any information contained in the Site in a publication, such as magazine, book and advertisement, or to copy any such information to storage media like CD-ROM, instead of establishing a link to the Site, you shall be required to contact ASCVTS in advance of doing so. Likewise, you shall be required to contact ASCVTS for any other inquiry in advance of taking the intended action.

Disclaimer

ASCVTS provides no guarantee concerning the documents made available on the Site and the contents of such documents. Therefore, ASCVTS shall not be liable for any damage, direct or indirect, which may be suffered by any Site user or any third party as a result of the use of the information contained in the Site. ASCVTS shall not be liable for any damage that may be done to any Site user or third party owing to the use of the Site, including but not limited to software or hardware failure, computer virus-induced harm and data loss or damage. You shall acknowledge and agree in advance that the information presented in any of the documents made available on the Site may be altered or discontinued by ASCVTS without prior notice.

Copyrights

Any and all contents presented on the Site such as texts, images and videos, and their components, are protected by various laws such as the Copyright Act of Japan, and it is prohibited to duplicate and reprint any of them for purposes other than such private use as is provided for under the Copyright Act of Japan.
The design element of the Site and its information structure are protected under various laws, including the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and the Trademark Act, and it is prohibited to duplicate and imitate any of them regardless of the method and format. You shall not be allowed to engage in any act to use the Site beyond the scope of private use without obtaining the prior consent of the Site operator (such as the act to reprint, duplicate, print, circulate, broadcast, transmit publicly, translate, sell and/or loan any and all contents presented on the Site).

Trademark

The company names and product names presented on the Site represent the trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies. The displaying of the “TM” marks and “R” marks is omitted by the Site in certain cases.

Governing Laws

The resolution of any and all disputes between ASCVTS and the Site user or a third party in relation to the Site shall be governed by the laws of Japan.

Competent Court of Jurisdiction

The applicable court of Japan shall have the exclusive international jurisdiction over any and all disputes between ASCVTS and the Site user or a third party in relation to the Site, and the applicable district court of Japan shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of the first instance over any and all such disputes.

Other points to be noted:

ASCVTS may, without prior notice, alter or delete any of the contents and URLs that are available on the Site, and it may alter this Site Policy without prior notice. You are required to acknowledge and agree in advance that, in the event of any alteration being made to the terms and conditions of use that are set forth in the provisions of this Site Policy, you shall obey the altered terms and conditions of use.