Smart Pointer Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") set out the conditions for using the iPhone app "Sirevo Smart Pointer" (the "App"), the Chrome extension "Sirevo Smart Pointer for Google Slides™" (the "Extension") and the website https://smartpointer.sirevo.jp (the "Site"), together the "Service", provided by Sirevo (representative: Kazumasa Sakai) ("we", "us").

Article 1 (Scope)

1. These Terms apply to your use of the Site and the Extension.
2. Your licence to the App is governed by Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Standard EULA", https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/). These Terms also apply to the App where they do not conflict with the Standard EULA. However, whatever the Standard EULA says, our liability relating to the App is governed by Article 8 (Disclaimer of warranties and our liability). Our liability for damage caused by our intentional misconduct or gross negligence is neither excluded nor limited.
3. By using the Service, you agree to these Terms.
4. If you are a minor, please get your parent's or guardian's consent before using the Service.

Article 2 (What the Service is, and price)

1. The Service lets you use your iPhone as a remote and pointer for Google Slides. The App and the Extension connect directly over Bluetooth.
2. The Service is free. We do not charge you for using it.
3. If we ever offer paid features, we will show their content, price and conditions in advance, and you will be charged only if you complete a purchase.

Article 3 (Requirements)

1. You need Google Slides, Chrome with the Extension on your PC, an iPhone on iOS 17 or later with the App, and Bluetooth on both the PC and the iPhone.
2. The setups we have actually tested are listed under "Confirmed setups" on the support page. We do not promise that the Service works on setups not listed there. Windows support is experimental while the list marks it "beta".
3. Google Slides itself needs an internet connection (unless you have set up Google's offline access). No Wi-Fi, server or account needed between your phone and PC.
4. The Service relies in part on behaviour that Google, Apple and operating-system or browser makers do not document. Their changes may stop it working without notice.

Article 4 (Using the Service responsibly)

1. Before an important talk, rehearse once with the same PC and the same room setup, and keep another way to control your slides at hand, such as the keyboard or a mouse.
2. When connecting, pick your own code in Chrome's chooser (the name starting with "SP-" shown in the App).
3. The Bluetooth link between the App and the Extension is not encrypted, and the current version has no way to verify the other device (no authentication). Where interference by someone else could have serious consequences, use another way to control your slides as well.
4. While your PC screen is being shown, Chrome's chooser may display your iPhone's name. Rename your iPhone, or connect before you start showing your screen.
5. On a work or school PC or iPhone, follow your organization's IT rules, and follow the rules of the venue.

Article 5 (Prohibited conduct)

When using the Service, you must not:

1. break the law or act against public order and morals;
2. disrupt someone else's presentation (including connecting to someone else's PC without permission);
3. infringe our rights or anyone else's;
4. suggest that you are connected with us or the Service when you are not, or distribute a modified version of the Service under our name or the names Smart Pointer or Sirevo Smart Pointer;
5. interfere with the operation of the Site.

Article 6 (Intellectual property)

1. Copyright and other rights in the Service belong to us or to their rightful owners.
2. We grant you a free, non-transferable, non-exclusive right to use the Service in line with these Terms. The Service, including the Extension's source code, is our proprietary software and is not open source. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved.
3. We may use feedback you send us to improve the Service. We will not publish it in a way that identifies you.

Article 7 (Changes, suspension and end of the Service)

1. We may change the Service, or suspend or end it.
2. If we end it, we will announce this on the Site in advance where we can.
3. Any damage this causes you is handled under Article 8.

Article 8 (Disclaimer of warranties and our liability)

1. The Service is free and provided "as is". We make no warranty of any kind, express or implied, about the Service. For example, we do not guarantee that it works on every setup, works without errors, defects or interruptions, fits a particular purpose, or keeps working after changes to Google Slides, Chrome, iOS or other platforms.
2. We are not liable for any damage you suffer from using, or being unable to use, the Service. However, the previous paragraph and this paragraph do not affect paragraphs 3 and 4.
3. If our intentional misconduct or gross negligence causes you damage, we will compensate you for it. The previous paragraph and the next paragraph do not apply in that case.
4. If you are a consumer under Japan's Consumer Contract Act (an individual who does not use the Service as a business or for the purposes of a business) and our slight negligence (meaning negligence that is not gross negligence) causes you damage, we will compensate you for ordinary, direct damage up to JPY 10,000. This cap applies only to damage caused by our slight negligence, and never to damage caused by our intent or gross negligence.
5. If you are not a consumer (a company or other organization, or an individual who uses the Service as a business or for the purposes of a business), the previous paragraph does not apply, and, except in the case of paragraph 3, we are not liable as stated in paragraph 2.
6. We are not responsible for damage that is not caused by any fault of ours (for example, damage caused solely by changes made by Google, Apple or operating-system or browser makers, radio conditions, or failure of your own devices).

Article 9 (Changes to these Terms)

1. We may change these Terms when:
   • the change serves the general interest of users; or
   • the change does not go against the purpose of these Terms and is reasonable in light of why it is needed, whether the new content is appropriate, and other circumstances.
2. Before a change takes effect, we will announce on the Site that we are making it, the new content, and the date it takes effect.

Article 10 (Contact)

We make announcements on the Site. You can contact us through our contact form.

Article 11 (Severability)

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, the other provisions remain in effect.

Article 12 (Governing law and courts)

1. These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan.
2. Disputes about these Terms or the Service will be resolved by a court that has jurisdiction under Japan's Code of Civil Procedure.
3. If you live outside Japan and the laws of your country give you rights as a consumer, these Terms do not take those rights away.

Article 13 (Language)

These Terms are available in Japanese and English. If the two differ, the Japanese version prevails.

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