TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1 - Introduction

The Terms and Conditions written on this webpage shall manage your use of this website ("uchisen.com", "uchisen"). By continuing to use uchisen, you agree that:

You must not use this website if you disagree with any of these Terms and Conditions.

You must be at least 18 years old or be at least 13 years old and have your parent or legal guardian consent and supervise your use of the website.

2 - Intellectual Property Rights

User Contributed Content

Copyright & Attribution

Mnemonic stories and AI-generated images are licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license with attribution requirements listed below:

Each hyperlink must point back directly to uchisen and be usable in all browsers, including those without JavaScript enabled. Do not use a URL shortening service, the URLs must be full and have "uchisen.com" be visible. You cannot attribute in any way that makes it seem like uchisen or the authors endorse you.
Please read Section 5 for more information.

Liability

You must not include any copyrighted work that is not fully your own. uchisen is not liable for any copyrighted work that appears in its user-generated content. For removal of content that you own the copyright to, send an email with the details to frankie@uchisen.com.

Objectionable Content

You must not include any potentially harmful content nor links to non-uchisen-owned websites in any AI generated images or stories you create. Doing so may be grounds for account deletion and/or IP banning.

Non-User Contributed Content

Other than the content you own, under these Terms, uchisen LLC and/or its licensors own all the intellectual property rights and materials contained in this website.

You are granted limited license only for purposes of viewing the material contained on this website.

3 - Restrictions

You may not rent, transfer, assign, resell, or sub-license access to this website or our services to any third-party. You may only use this site only for your personal, non-commercial uses.

You are also specifically restricted from all of the following (unless you obtain written consent from uchisen LLC)

If you wish to share any of the website content (through public YouTube videos, social media posts, etc.) please reach out to frankie@uchisen.com for permission

Certain areas of uchisen are restricted from being accessed by you and uchisen LLC may further restrict access to any areas of this website, at any time, in absolute discretion. Any user identification and password you may have for this website are confidential and you must maintain confidentiality as well.

4 - Cookies

This website uses cookies in order to perform analytics, vet spam for payment processing, and to store obscured account information (if the user chooses to stay logged in). If you do not wish for cookies to be stored, please direct your browser to not accept them from this website. Keep in mind that this may inhibit some aspects of the website.

5 - Your Content

In these Terms and Conditions, “Your Content” shall mean any audio, video text, images or other material you choose to display on this website. By displaying Your Content, you grant uchisen LLC a non-exclusive, worldwide irrevocable, sub licensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute it in any and all media.

Your Content must be your own and must not be invading any third-party’s rights. uchisen LLC reserves the right to remove any of Your Content from this website at any time without notice.

6 - No warranties

This website is provided “as is,” with all faults, and uchisen LLC expresses no representations or warranties of any kind related to this website or the materials contained on this website. Also, nothing contained on this website shall be interpreted as advising you.

7 - Limitation of liability

In no event shall uchisen LLC, nor any of its officers, directors and employees, be held liable for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this website whether such liability is under contract. uchisen LLC, including its officers, directors and employees shall not be held liable for any indirect, consequential or special liability arising out of or in any way related to your use of this website.

8 - Indemnification

You hereby indemnify to the fullest extent uchisen LLC from and against any and all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages and expenses arising in any way related to your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.

9 - Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid under any applicable law, such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

10 - Variation of Terms

uchisen LLC is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it sees fit, and by using this website you are expected to review these Terms on a regular basis.

11 - Assignment

uchisen LLC is allowed to assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms without any notification. However, you are not allowed to assign, transfer, or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these Terms.

12 - Stripe Agreement

Payment processing services for users on uchisen are provided by Stripe and are subject to the Stripe Connected Account Agreement, which includes the Stripe Terms of Service (collectively, the “Stripe Services Agreement”). By agreeing to these terms or continuing to operate as a user on uchisen, you agree to be bound by the Stripe Services Agreement, as the same may be modified by Stripe from time to time. As a condition of uchisen enabling payment processing services through Stripe, you agree to provide uchisen accurate and complete information, and you authorize uchisen to share it and transaction information related to your use of the payment processing services provided by Stripe.

13 - Email

Notification Email

uchisen is permitted to send you email notifications for website-related items that are tailored to each user. These include (but are not limited to) reviews due on your account at the time of sending, tips on using website features, etc. You may unsubscribe to these email by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in the bottom of these email or by going to the settings page, unchecking the "receive email" checkbox, and clicking the "save changes" button.

Newsletter/Promo email

Upon creating an uchisen account, you are automatically opting into newsletter/promo email. These may be sent on a weekly basis and may include anything along the lines of promo-codes, special offers, discounts, updates on website development, etc. As these are being sent through an email campaign service, it is only possible to unsubscribe to these email by clicking on the unsubscribe link located at the bottom of these emails

Transactional Email

uchisen's payment processor, Stripe, is permitted to send email when users subscribe to uchisenPRO or transact in other ways on the website. These emails come as receipts and cannot be unsubscribed from.

14 - Subscription

14.1 - Payment Terms

Upon purchasing a monthly or annual subscription ("uchisenPRO", "Enrollment") on this website, you are agreeing that you will pay, in full, the amount due at the beginning of each subscription period, until the cancellation of your subscription.

14.1.1 - uchisenPRO Monthly

AUTOMATIC RENEWAL TERMS: At the beginning of each monthly billing cycle, uchisen will automatically process payments at the then-current uchisenPRO Monthly plan rate, until you cancel. For info on how to cancel your subscription, please see the below section, "13.2 - Cancellation of uchisenPRO Subscription".

14.1.2 - uchisenPRO Yearly

AUTOMATIC RENEWAL TERMS: At the beginning of each yearly billing cycle, uchisen will automatically process payments at the then-current uchisenPRO Yearly plan rate, until you cancel. For info on how to cancel your subscription, please see the below section, "13.2 - Cancellation of uchisenPRO Subscription".

14.1.3 - uchisenPRO Lifetime

ONE-TIME PAYMENT TERMS: uchisen will process a one-time payment for use of the website over the lifetime of the website. This non-refundable payment will grant you access to the website at the same level as the monthly and annual plan.

If we do not receive payment from your card provider or if your card is declined, you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand. Following such instances of non-payment, the payment will be retried up to 4 times over the week following the initial payment failure before. After a week of non-payment, your subscription will be cancelled. We may reach out to get a second payment source before allowing the continuation of our services. You allow us the right to charge any outstanding fees and other amounts to any credit/debit cards you have on file with us.

14.2 - Cancellation of uchisenPRO Subscription

Cancellation of a Subscription Initiated from the Website

You may cancel your subscription at any time by logging into your account, clicking on the profile picture, clicking on Settings, clicking on Manage Enrollment, and then clicking the "Drop Out of uchisen" button. Or, by simply going to the enrollment page itself and clicking the "Drop Out of uchisen" button.

Cancellation of a Subscription Initiated from the iOS Application

You may cancel your subscription at any time by going to your iOS device's settings app > Apple Id > Subscriptions > uchisen - Learn Japanese > Cancel Subscription

14.2.1 - Cancelling uchisenPRO Monthly

Upon cancelling your uchisenPRO Monthly, you will still have access to the subscription items until the end of your subscription period. You will not be eligible for a refund of any subscription fees.

14.2.2 - Cancelling uchisenPRO Yearly

Upon cancelling your uchisenPRO Yearly, you will still have access to the subscription items until the end of your subscription period. You will not be eligible for a refund of any subscription fees.

15 - Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute one entire agreement between uchisen LLC and you in relation to your use of this website, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.

16 - Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Illinois for the resolution of any disputes.