(Last updated on 2022-08-22)
If you reside outside of the Republic of Korea, the terms of this agreement (the "Terms of Service") govern the relationship between you and Cats by Studio and/or its affiliates ( "Cats by Studio" "we," or "us") regarding your play or use of, or participation in, Cats by Studio mobile games ("Games") and related services and game support applications, including, without limitation, Every Cats by Studio App or other game related applications ("Application” or "Applications”), Cats by Studio-branded websites (“Websites”), online communities for Games or social network services offered platform for Games (collectively, the "Services"). Use of the Services is also governed by the privacy policy of Cats by Studio (“Privacy Policy”) as well as the Cats by Studio's community standards, which are incorporated herein by reference. We may collect and use your content and information in accordance with the Privacy Policy. By downloading or playing the Game, accessing and/or using the Services, and/or creating a Cats by Studio account, you accept and agree to be bound by the Terms of Service, the Privacy Policy, and the Cats by Studio's community standards (collectively, the "Cats by Studio Policy”). By agreeing with the Cats by Studio Policy, you represent that you are thirteen (13) years of age or older. Also, If you are a minor, you represent that your legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms. Cats by Studio may amend, at our discretion, any portion of the Cats by Studio Policy at any time by posting or displaying the amended Cats by Studio Policy within and/or on the Games, or any of the Websites. You will be deemed to have accepted such amendments by continuing to use the Service. Except as otherwise stated, any such amendments will be automatically effective after a reasonable time period as specified in the notice of such changes,
1.1. THESE TERMS CREATE A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT between you ("User" or "you") and Cats by Studio in relation to the Services. 1.2. Eligibility of User Natural persons as opposed to any kinds of legal entities shall have the right to create an account. By accessing, using and/or submitting content or messages to or through our Services, you represent and agree that you have the legal capacity to agree to accept the Terms of Service in the jurisdiction where you reside. You agree to comply with the Terms of Service on behalf of yourself and, at your discretion, any minor children for whom you are the parent or legal guardian and whom you have authorized to use our Services using your account. You further agree that you are entirely liable for all activities conducted through your account, and are responsible for ensuring that you and/or your children are aware of, understand, and comply with the Terms of Service and all other related policies, notices and/or agreements. 1.3. Parental Control Information: Parental control protections are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to materials that are harmful to minors. Information on such protection is available at sites such as www.getnetwise.org. The preceding website is provided for information purpose only, and Cats by Studio is not affiliated with www.getnetwise.org. This is not intended as an endorsement of www.getnetwise.org's site, services, or policies.
2.1. Limited License: Subject to your agreement and complete compliance with the Terms of Service, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable limited license to access and use our Services for your own personal and non-commercial use. You agree not to use our Services for anything else. 2.2. Revocation of Limited License, Change of Services: We reserve the right to revoke the limited license granted to you herein in our sole and absolute discretion. We may also, in our sole and absolute discretion, limit or terminate your right to access or use our Services or part thereof, maintain or delete your account and any items associated therewith, including but not limited to any Virtual Money or Virtual Goods (as defined below), without any liability to you. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY VIRTUAL MONEY, VIRTUAL GOODS, ANYTHING ELSE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR ACCOUNT, OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE BARRED FROM ACCESS TO THEM AS A RESULT OF REVOCATION OF THE LIMITED LICENSE OR CHANGE OF OUR SERVICES. In addition, we reserve the right to change all or part of our Services without any liability to you, at any time without any prior notice to you. Without limiting the generality of our rights reserved in the foregoing, we may modify our Services: (a) for technical reasons (such as technical difficulties experienced by us or on the internet); (b) to allow us to improve user experience; (c) where we have legal reasons for doing so (including privacy or other legal objections to the content or conduct of our Services); (d) because it no longer makes business sense for us to provide the relevant Service; or (e) because we have altered the Services we provide. 2.3. System Outage: There may also be times when our Services or any part thereof are not available for technical or maintenance related reasons, whether on a scheduled or unscheduled basis. You agree that Cats by Studio has no responsibility and is not liable for unavailability of the Services or any part thereof, any loss of materials, data, transactions or any other information or materials caused by such system outages, or other losses whatsoever resulting from such system outage. 2.4. Game Rules: The specific game rules, scoring rules, controls and guidelines for each Services can be found within the Service itself. Such rules, scoring rules, controls and guidelines form part of the Terms of Service and you agree that you shall comply with them in respect of each individual Service which you choose to access and/or play. 2.5. Third Party Charges: You are responsible for the internet connection and/or mobile charges that you may incur for playing the Games or using the Services. You should ask your mobile operator if you are unsure what these charges will be, before you play or use the Services. In addition, we are not responsible or liable to you for any credit card or bank-related charges and fees related to your transactions in relation to the use of the Services. 2.6. Equipment/ Internet: You are also responsible for obtaining and maintaining your device, operating system, data connection or network environment, and any services necessary for using the Service under your own responsibility and at your own expense.
3.1. Guest Account: If you use the Services without creating a Cats by Studio account( Or any other type of authentication methods that we may provide that you may use as your ‘Account’, such as but not limited to the ‘SNS Account’ specified below. ), we will create and assign to your device an identifier that is similar to an account number ("Guest Accounts") PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE CUSTOMER SUPPORTS MAY NOT USE VIRTUAL MONEY OR VIRTUAL GOODS FOR WHICH YOU HAVE PAID IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MOBILE DEVICE WITHOUT CREATING A Cats by Studio ACCOUNT (Or transferring your guest account to any type of account authentication methods that we may provide, such as but not limited to the ‘SNS Account’ specified below.). 3.2. SNS Account: You may allow our Services to interact with a third party social network or platform, which will provide data about you to us. If you choose to connect to one of our Websites or Applications through a third-party social network such as Facebook or Game Center (for iOS devices), we may collect personal Information from your profile on such third-party social networks, such as your name, username, and photograph. You should ensure that you read their terms of service and privacy policies to understand how they treat your data and what data they might share with us. 3.3. Responsibility of Account User: YOU ARE SOLELY AND FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING YOUR LOGIN DETAILS CONFIDENTIAL AND ALL USES OF YOUR ACCOUNT, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE USE OF YOUR LOGIN DETAILS, WHETHER NOT AUTHORIZED BY YOU. You may not use anyone else's account or permit others to use your account at any time. You acknowledge and agree to accept full responsibility for all fees and purchases made through your account (including any unauthorized purchases) and agree to fully compensate us for any loss or harm that may result. Cats by Studio will not be responsible to you for any losses resulting from an unauthorized access or use of your account, whether fraudulently or otherwise. 3.4. Termination of Inactive Account: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY NOTICE if your account has not been accessed for more than 1 year since your last accessed time. In such event, you will no longer be able to access and/or use the Services using the terminated account. Any Virtual Money and/or Virtual Goods associated with the terminated account will also be deleted, and no refund will be offered to you with respected to such Virtual Money or Virtual Goods deleted. 3.5. Effect of Account Termination: You understand that if you delete your account, or if we terminate and/or delete your account in accordance with the Terms of Service, you may lose access to any data previously associated with your account (including, without limitation, the level or score you have reached in our Services and any Virtual Money or Virtual Goods associated with your account).
4.1. Our Services may include fictional currencies such as coins, gold coins and points ("Virtual Money") and virtual items or services for use with our Services ("Virtual Goods"). You can buy Virtual Money from us for real money if you are a legal adult in your country of residence. If you are a legal adult in your country of residence, you may also be able to buy Virtual Goods for real money and/or other credits. You agree that you will only purchase Virtual Money and/or Virtual Goods from us or a third party store used by us, and not from any third party. We reserve the right to charge fees for the right to access or use Virtual Money or Virtual Goods, and we revise the perceived value or pricing for any Virtual Money or Virtual Goods. We may also decide to distribute Virtual Money or Virtual Goods without charge, in our sole discretion. 4.2. You do not own Virtual Goods or Virtual Money but instead you purchase a limited personal revocable license to use Virtual Goods or Virtual Money exclusively within the Services - any balance of Virtual Goods or Virtual Money does not reflect any cash or stored value. You have no other rights, title or ownership with respect to Virtual Money or Virtual Goods. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT VIRTUAL MONEY OR VIRTUAL GOODS HAVE NO CASH VALUE AND CAN NEVER BE EXCHANGED FOR REAL MONEY, GOODS OR SERVICES FROM US OR ANYONE ELSE. 4.3. You agree that all sales of Virtual Money and Virtual Goods are final and that we will not refund any transaction once it has been made. A license to use Virtual Goods or Virtual Money is granted immediately when your purchase is complete. The performance of our Services begins and completes promptly, and therefore your right of withdrawal is lost at this point. 4.4. We reserve the right to control, regulate, change or remove any Virtual Money or Virtual Goods in our sole discretion and without any liability to you. 4.5. We prohibit and do not recognize any purported transfers of Virtual Money or Virtual Goods effectuated outside of our Services, or the purported sale, gift or trade in the “real world” of anything that appears or originates in our Services, unless expressly authorized by us. Any such transfer or attempted transfer is prohibited and void, and may subject your account to termination.
5.1. You must comply with the laws that apply to you in the location from which you access our Services. If any laws applicable to you restrict or prohibit you from using our Services, you must comply with those legal restrictions or, if applicable, stop accessing, using and/or playing our Services. 5.2. You represent that all the information you provide to us while accessing and/or using our Services is and shall remain true, accurate and complete at all times. 5.3. Information, data, software, sound, photographs, graphics, video, tags, or other materials may be sent, uploaded, communicated, transmitted or otherwise made available via our Services, including through third party platforms, by you or another user ("Content”). Such Content may be redistributed by us or others through the Services or through third party platforms. You understand and agree that all Content that you may post or transmit when using our Services, whether publicly posted or privately sent, is the sole responsibility of the person that sent the Content. For the avoidance of doubt, you, not us, are entirely responsible for all Content that you may upload, communicate, transmit or otherwise make available via our Services. 5.4. You agree not to upload, communicate, transmit or otherwise make available any Content (a) that is or could reasonably be viewed as unlawful, harmful, harassing, defamatory, libelous, obscene or otherwise objectionable; (b) that is or could reasonably be viewed as invasive of another's privacy; (c) that is likely to, or could reasonably be viewed as likely to incite violence or racial or ethnic hatred; (d) which you do not have a right to make available lawfully (such as inside information, information which belongs to someone else or confidential information); (e) which infringes any intellectual property right or other proprietary right of others; (f) which consists of any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other form of solicitation; or (g) which contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment. 5.5. You agree that you will not: (a) use our Services to harm anyone or to cause offence to or harass any person; (b) use another person or entity's email address in order to sign up to use our Services; (c) use our Services for fraudulent or abusive purposes (including, without limitation, by using our Services to impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person, entity or our Services); (d) disguise, anonymize or hide your IP address or the source of any Content that you may upload; (e) use our Services for any commercial or business purpose or for the benefit of any third party or to send unsolicited communications; (f) remove or amend any proprietary notices or other ownership information from our Services; (g) interfere with or disrupt our Services or servers or networks that provide our Services; (h) attempt to decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or hack any of our Services, or to defeat or overcome any of our encryption technologies or security measures or data transmitted, processed or stored by us; (i) harvest, scrape or collect any information about or regarding other people that use our Services, including, but not limited to any personal data or information (including by uploading anything that collects information including but not limited to 'pixel tags' cookies, graphics interchange formats ('gifs') or similar items that are sometimes also referred to as 'spyware' or 'pcms' (passive collection mechanisms); (j) sell, transfer or try to sell or transfer an account with us or any part of an account including any Virtual Money or Virtual Goods; (k) disrupt the normal flow of a Service or otherwise act in a manner that is likely to negatively affect other players' ability to compete fairly when playing our Services, or engaging in real time exchanges; (l) disobey any requirements or regulations of networks connected to our Services; (m) use our Services in violation of any applicable law or regulation; (n) use our Services to cheat or design or assist in cheating (for example, by using automated means or third party software to play), or to otherwise circumvent technological measures designed to control access to, or elements of our Services, or to do anything else that a reasonable person is likely to believe is not within the spirit of fair play or these terms; or (o) use our Services in any other way not permitted by the Terms of Service. 5.6. We do not control Content posted on our Services by other people and therefore we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that when using our Services, you may be exposed to Content that you may consider offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any losses or harm of any kind resulting from the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via our Services. 5.7. We have the right to remove uploaded Content from our Services if we decide in our sole discretion that it results in or from a breach of any part of the Terms of Service, or that it may bring us or our Services into disrepute. However, you acknowledge that we do not actively monitor Content that is contributed by people that play our Services and we make no undertaking to do so. 5.8. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of our Services.
6.1. Some of our Services allow you to compete with or against another User. You may be able to choose to (i) play against another User whom we select for you, or (ii) play against one of your contacts from a social network (such as Facebook) or other third party platform that you have allowed our Services to access and interact with. Some of the Services may also allow you to search for your friends (for example, by your friend's email address). We may also display the display names of your past opponents so that you can easily find them to play again. 6.2. When we select an opponent for you, we may either select at random or use such criteria as we see fit to select your opponent (for example, your past scores or level you have reached in the Service). 6.3. By accessing and/or using our Services which allow you to use against an opponent, you agree to your display name, scores, and other related details being displayed to other Users. 6.4. You will be able to connect your third party platform accounts to our community services in accordance with Cats by Studio Policy, as we desire to promote friendship among Users of our Services by allowing Users to interact and transfer information freely with others. Our community services may be interlinked with third party platforms as you register your third party platform account as an account for our community services, and therefore, our community services may not be normally provided if you no longer qualify for such third party platform service or withdraw from such platform. Cats by Studio Policy may include rules for managing our community services that govern your activity in connection to our community services, support rights of Users and/or others and enhance sound culture for the community services we provide. You acknowledge and agree that your communications with other Users via the community services are public and not private communications, and that you have no expectation of privacy concerning your use of the community services. You acknowledge that any personal information that you communicate via the community services may be seen and used by others and may result in unsolicited communications. Cats by Studio strongly encourages you not to disclose any personal information about yourself in your communications via the community services. We are not responsible for any errors or omissions in articles or postings, for hyperlinks embedded in submissions or for any results obtained from the use of any such statements or information. Under no circumstances will Cats by Studio or its affiliates, suppliers or agents be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on the submissions or on any information or materials obtained through the Websites, Services, or any third party platform. We have no obligation to monitor the Websites, Services, any third party platform, or the community services, or any submissions or other materials that you or other third persons or parties transmit or post on the Websites, in the Services, on any third party platform, or in the community services.
7.1. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to our Services (including by deleting your account) and revoke your limited license granted herein, without or without prior notice to you, at any time for any reason or for no reason. In such event, Cats by Studio is not required to provide refunds, benefits or other compensation to Users in connection with such discontinued elements of the Services. 7.2. Without limiting the generality of Section 7.1, if we believe that you are in material breach of the Terms of Service (including by repeated minor breaches), we may terminate and delete your account without warning. We may also terminate or suspend your account for any other reason that we in our sole discretion determine appropriate. For the purposes herein, any breach of Sections 5.4 or 5.5 shall be deemed to constitute material breaches of the Terms of Service subject to immediate termination of your account and access to our Services. 7.3. You agree to compensate us for all losses, harm, claims and expenses that may arise from any of your breaches of the Terms of Service.
We may send local or push notifications to your mobile device to make you aware of game updates, promotional events, new game information and other relevant messages regarding the game service. You can manage push notifications from the "options" or "settings" page within the relevant Game.