1. Scope
These Terms govern use of the Cuppest coffee-recording app (the “Service”) provided by Santa Hirose (the “Operator”). By using the Service, users agree to these Terms and the Privacy Policy.
2. Service
The Service provides CoffeeRecord storage and sync, Coffee Tree, Taste and Preference, Recommendations, Search, Map, the shared Bean/Shop/Roaster/Offering catalog, public Record viewing, reporting and account management. Recommendations and Taste are informational and do not guarantee inventory, quality, health effects, availability or a particular result.
3. Accounts
Google or Apple authentication is required to synchronize and change personal data. Users must safeguard their account, keep supplied information accurate and follow the identity provider’s terms. Users below the legally required age must obtain parental or guardian consent.
4. User content
Users must have the rights needed for Records, images, notes, catalog submissions and reports they provide and must not violate law or third-party rights. Rights normally remain with the user or lawful owner. Users grant the Operator a non-exclusive, royalty-free license only as needed to operate, store, synchronize, display, publish, process, search, moderate, secure and improve the Service.
5. Public and private content
Only public and active CoffeeRecords appear through anonymous public projections. Private Records are not public. Bean, Shop, Roaster and Offering data is a shared catalog that other users may view and, where allowed, edit. Users must not deliberately create false links or inaccurate catalog data.
6. Prohibited conduct
- Violating law, these Terms or third-party rights;
- Fraud, impersonation, harassment, discrimination or harmful content;
- Unauthorized access, excessive load, reverse engineering or bypassing safeguards;
- Accessing, changing or deleting data without authority, spam or promotional abuse; or
- Other conduct the Operator reasonably finds harmful to safe operation.
7. Moderation and removal
The Operator may hide or remove content, change visibility, restrict features or suspend accounts to address legal violations, rights claims, safety concerns, Terms violations or abuse. A report does not guarantee a particular outcome or response.
8. Intellectual property
Software, design, names, text and other Service materials belong to the Operator or lawful rights holders. These Terms do not grant rights to use them outside ordinary use of the Service.
9. External services
The Service uses Firebase, Google Sign-In, Sign in with Apple, Google Maps and Google ML Kit. Their terms and policies also apply. The Operator does not control the content or availability of external websites, Instagram pages, map apps or other links.
10. Changes and availability
The Operator may reasonably change, suspend or discontinue the Service for maintenance, security, legal, external-service, technical or business reasons. Material changes will be communicated where practical.
11. Restrictions and account deletion
Users may request account deletion in the App; the Privacy Policy explains deletion and retention. The Operator may restrict or suspend use for Terms violations, safety risks or legal requests.
12. Disclaimer
The Service is provided “as is.” To the extent permitted by law, the Operator does not warrant completeness, accuracy, fitness, continuous availability, error-free operation, freedom from data loss, current catalog/inventory information or Recommendation suitability. The Service is not medical, health, nutritional or professional advice.
13. Limitation of liability
Except where prohibited by mandatory law or for the Operator’s intentional misconduct or gross negligence, the Operator is not liable for indirect, special, consequential or lost-profit/data damages. Where liability may be limited, it is limited to ordinary and direct loss actually incurred.
14. Changes to these Terms
The Operator may update these Terms when law or the Service changes. Material changes will be communicated in the App or by another appropriate method and the effective date will be updated here.
15. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by Japanese law. Unless mandatory law provides otherwise, courts in Japan having jurisdiction over the Operator’s principal place of business have exclusive jurisdiction at first instance.