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(2) the provision of the Service is prevented by a fire, outage, natural disaster, or other event
outside of Panasonic’s control;
(3) the service of the network service provider is suspended for any re ason;
(4) Panasonic deems it necessary to temporarily suspend the Service for managerial,
operational, or technical reasons; or
(5) Panasonic has amended these Terms in accordance with Article 2 and a User has not
clicked to accept the amended Terms.
Article 7 Service change, discontinuat ion and tran sfer
1. Panasonic may change, add, suspend or terminate the whole or a part of the Service and
its contents, and make changes, additions, etc., to usage conditions (including, those for
the purpose of Service-related maintenance or construction work etc.) without prior notice to
the Users. However, Panasonic must follow the provisions of Article 2 if such changes etc.
involve changes in the Terms.
2. Panasonic may discontinue the whole or a part of the Service without prior notice to the
Users, to make changes or perform maintenance to the Service.
3. Panasonic may assign or hand over the whole or a part of its rights and obligations under
the Terms to a third party by making a reasonable prior announcement on the Service screen
and giving reasonable prior notice to the Users. However, in these circumstances a User
has the right to no longer be bound by these Terms provided that the User lets us know.
However, if a User chooses to no longer be bound by these Terms, that User will be unable
to continue using the Services.
4. Panasonic may discontinue the whole of the Services in the event that a User does not
accept Terms which have been modified in accordance with Article 2 .
Article 8 No Warranty, limitation of liability and Indemnity
1. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE OR THE INFORMATION,
CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR OTHERWISE AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE SERVICE EXCEPT AS SET OUT IN THESE TERMS OR OTHERWISE
REQUIRED BY LAW.
2. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY OTHER IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF
COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, DEALING AND/OR TRADE USAGE.
3. PANASONIC DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT CONTINUOUS,
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE ACCESS OR USAGE, OR THAT DEFECTS
WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SERVICE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT
AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU
SHOULD REGULARLY BACK UP THE CONTENT THAT YOU STORE USING THE
SERVICES.
4. NEITHER PANASONIC NOR ITS AFFILIATES, THIRD PARTY INFORMATION
PROVIDERS, THIRD PARTY MANUFACTURERS, THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS,
NOR OTHER CONTENT PARTNERS MAKE ANY GUARANTEE REGARDING THE