Terms of Use for Sony Mobile applications

These Terms of Use govern your use of any applications or services owned or controlled by Sony Corporation (collectively “Sony Mobile Applications”), with its registered office address at 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan, and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively “Sony”)

  • These Terms of Use consist of the terms and conditions below together with the terms set out in the Privacy Policy (as may be amended from time to time). Please ensure that you keep up to date with any changes by visiting Legal Home on a regular basis.
    1. Charges: You are responsible for payment of any costs or expenses incurred as a result of downloading and using any Sony Mobile Applications, including any operator network and roaming charges. Please check with your service provider for details.
    2. Push Notifications: Many Sony Mobile Applications send push notifications to users as part of their normal operation. You can turn off push notifications in the application’s Settings.
    3. Advertising: Some Sony Mobile Applications may run advertisements and promotions of Sony, Sony Group Corporation and its subsidiaries, or other third parties. For these applications you may be able to turn off ads in the Settings. Other Sony Mobile Applications are advertising supported and if you prefer not to receive advertisements you need to disable the application.
    4. Third-party applications, services or sites: the Sony Mobile Application may enable you to link or connect to applications, services or sites that are not controlled by Sony (collectively “Third Party Applications”). Any Third Party Applications are subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant third party provider, and Sony is not responsible or liable for any matters relating to your dealings or transactions with such third parties and over any third-party content, syndicated content, applications, services, sites, advertisements, links, privacy policies and/or practices of any such third-parties that may be accessible via the Sony Mobile Application. It is your responsibility to check all legal terms (including privacy policies and terms of service/use) of any Third Party Applications prior to downloading, joining or using such Third Party Applications.
    5. Language: Content may not be available in your local language.
    6. Reverse Engineering: You agree not to disassemble, de-compile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover or gain access to the source code of any Sony Mobile Application or component thereof. You will not copy any part of the Sony Mobile Application or make commercial use of, rent, lease, loan, sell, publish, license, sublicense, distribute, assign or otherwise transfer any part of Sony Mobile Application to any third party.
    7. Anonymous Statistics: Sony reserves the right to anonymously track and report, to our third party statistical service providers, your activity in of the Sony Mobile Application.
    8. Protecting Your Personal Information: We want to help you take all necessary steps to protect your privacy and information. Read Xperia Privacy Policy and each Sony Mobile Application’s privacy notice to understand what kind of information we gather from any Sony Mobile Application and the measures we take to protect your personal information.
    9. IMPORTANT: WE MAY, WITHOUT ANY LIABILITY TO YOU, MODIFY THESE TERMS OF USE WITHOUT NOTICE AT ANY TIME. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SONY MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOLLOWING ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THESE TERMS OF USE WILL BE DEEMED ACCEPTANCE OF ANY SUCH MODIFICATIONS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT AND ABIDE BY THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU MAY NOT USE THE SONY MOBILE APPLICATION OR DOWNLOAD OR USE ANY RELATED SOFTWARE. YOUR USE OF THE SONY MOBILE APPLICATION IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. EACH SONY MOBILE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY, AND DISCLAIM ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR, THE AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY OF ANY SONY MOBILE APPLICATION, ANY RELATED SOFTWARE, OR OTHER PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SONY MOBILE APPLICATION. WE HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE DELETION OF, OR THE FAILURE TO STORE OR TO TRANSMIT, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER INFORMATION MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY THE SONY MOBILE APPLICATION. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OR ADVICE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE SONY MOBILE APPLICATION. WE MAY, AT ANY TIME, LIMIT YOUR USE OR DISCONTINUE THE SONY MOBILE APPLICATIONS AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION. TO THE EXTENT LEGALLY PERMITTED, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU (IF ANY) FOR THE SONY MOBILE APPLICATION AND RELATED SOFTWARE.
    10. Rights Reserved: You acknowledge that we (or our licensors) own all right, title and interest in and to Sony Mobile Application and to the related software. “Sony” is the trademark or registered trademark of Sony Group Corporation. You will not alter, destroy, obscure, or otherwise remove any copyright or proprietary notices or labels contained within the Sony Mobile Applications.
    11. Third Party Software: To the extent the Sony Mobile Applications contain third party software, any terms accompanying such software shall apply in addition to these Terms of Use, and such third parties shall benefit from these terms.
    12. Choice of Law and Venue: To the extent permitted by applicable statutory consumer rights, these Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Japan, excluding its conflict of laws provisions. You consent to the jurisdiction of the Japanese courts.