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To avoid becoming a victim on the Internet

There are various services on the Internet which are accessed by users from all over the world. Most information is beneficial for the users, but some can be harmful. The Internet is an open structure, connecting networks around the world with each other. There is no such thing as rules of use or penalties that cover the entire Internet. The access you enjoy is also available to evil-minded people. We do not accept liability for any damage you may incur from using Internet services. You need to be conscious of the need for self-protection , which is "you are responsible for protecting your own privacy, property, and so on", because basically there are no legally enforceable rules for use of the Internet , and no enforceable penalties.

Examples of damage

The following are actual case examples of damages. We are concerned that you realize that such things are actually happening and that this knowledge will help to heighten your awareness of the need for self-protection.

Case 1:Damages from BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) and chat rooms.
After I passed my e-mail address to a person through a BBS, I started to receive several e-mails from that person. As I was busy, my replies were late, and then groundless abuse and slander with my e-mail address was posted onto the BBS.
Human relationships sometimes can break down over trifles. Especially over the Internet, where personal identity is highly secured, it is said that revenge can easily escalate.

As it is difficult to judge whether another person is trustworthy, avoid passing on your e-mail address and other identity information without good reason. Giving your telephone number and home address has been known to lead eventually to a criminal stalking. First of all, let the manager of the board or your provider deal with any abuse and slander on BBS or chat rooms. We recommend that you consult with your local police department when the abuse is severe, or when you feel your life is in danger.
Case 2: Damages from shopping or auction.
Some time ago, I made an advanced payment for something on a shopping site on the Internet, but I have not yet received the goods. The shop that I bought this from eventually disappeared from the shopping site, without me noticing exactly when this happened. I had been making inquiries by e-mail; the response was; "We are in the middle of processing your order". I was not able to directly contact this shop, as I always got an answering machine whenever I dialed the telephone number posted on the site. Later, the shop was missing.
Anyone can create and post a website. There are some websites that are created with the intention of using them for fraudulent purposes. Furthermore, it is not even necessary to have your own website if you participate in auction sites. It is very difficult to confirm the truthfulness of information on the Internet. If you can't ascertain the reliability of the partners you are going to be dealing with, the best way is to not deal with them. If you must deal with them, make sure you can reach their contact information posted on the site. For a worst-case scenario, it is important to retain records as evidence (such as a copy of their website, and email records) Also, avoid using your credit card, or making payment in advance. Although people are attracted by something very hard to get or something at an unbelievably low price, there are no such great deals anywhere on our markets, or on the Internet. Please be very careful to not get trapped.

Should you become a victim, consult the Consumer Life Center or your local police department.
Case 3: Victim from a membership site (1)
As there was a site offering a free trial for a month, I entered my credit card number and used their service only once. But thereafter, I didn't use the service at all. The next month, I started to receive bills from my credit card company, for the service I've never used.
When registering your personal information on a site, be sure to read carefully the precautions or terms and conditions stated on the site. If there is no notification of such information, it is best not to register your personal information.

When terms and conditions say; "This service will automatically be renewed unless you declare rejection of the offer", and you neglected this procedure (most likely because you did not read this statement carefully), you are liable for the payment. Pay attention, especially when you are not a native speaker of the language used on a site. In this case, there is no other recourse than to go through the cancellation procedure as soon as possible.

However, if you cannot agree with paying the charge, or if there was no information such as terms and conditions on the site, you may explain this to the credit company and they may release you from the payment obligation.
Case 4: A victim from membership site (2)
While I was touring the website, a message appeared on the screen, which said; "click here if you wish to continue". So I clicked to see the rest. Later, I received a bill from a telephone company charging me a Dial Q2 charge 'NTT's Information service offer charge) or international phone bill for a service I've never used.
First of all, we would like to say that you are completely safe, and you would never be a victim of this type of fraud if your access were made only via Nirai's CATV line.

However, you must still be careful when you are also connected via a dial-up provider other than Nirai, or when faxing directly from your computer. These Internet services rewrite the connection setting within the computer and switch to the Dial Q2 or international phone line without your knowledge.

In this case, you are liable for the phone bill because you have actually made calls using the phone company. Some of these vicious frauds cause all future connections to go through Dial Q2 or international phone line when connecting to the Internet.

There is an actual case that the user was ordered to pay a couple of million yen. We strongly recommend that you disconnect the phone line from your computer except when necessary.
In case you became a victim through the Internet

Contact :
Okinawa Prefectural Police, Department of High-Tech Crime
Phone : 098-863-9110
URL : http://www.police.pref.okinawa.jp/index.html
Okinawa Residents' Livelihood Center
Phone : 098-863-9214
Naha City Consumer Life Consulting Room
Phone : 098-862-3278

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To avoid becoming an assaulter on the Internet

The Internet is a structure connecting smaller networks from all over the world. Each network operates under different policies. Performing self-centered actions without consideration for others is not allowed on the Internet, which operates by interconnection. If you violate the rules or operation policies of the other side of the connection, your transmission to all Nirai users (which may even include its backbone networks) may be temporarily suspended by the other side of the connection. Please be fully aware that your behavior is regarded to represent all other Nirai users, and keep in mind to act with good morals and manners.

Generally prohibited acts on Nirai are shown here . Please acknowledge that if you violate these rules or if we receive any complaints from other networks, we may cancel your contract in order to protect our other users.

Typical cases

For your reference, the following acts are typical cases identified as troublesome for the other side of the network and its users. We ask again that you do not offend these, since such action may cause disruption to our inter-connection with other networks.

Email
Spam mail (Jank mail)
Mainly these are business-oriented mails which are sent without having prior permission from the recipient.

Sending Spam is regarded as troublesome. Why? Just imagine what happens if Spam were allowed.

You would receive a vast number of advertising e-mails, and you would often have to spend much time to select the necessary e-mails, and then delete the unnecessary ones so that your e-mail does not exceed the memory limit of your mailbox.

Also, Spam increase traffic on the Internet, which will then degrade responses and cause Internet servers to go down.

Allowing Spam means allowing such tragic situations. "It won't hurt, 'cause I'm the only one doing it.", - such self-centered ideas should never be tolerated -
Pyramid Schemes (Multilevel Marketing, or other businesses similar these)
There are some variations on this theme, but the usual structure is "you can get money by sending money to people on a list, then deleting the top name, adding yourself to the bottom of the list and forwarding it to another person".

Your emails are most likely to end up in the recipient's junk box. Recipients of the email may be angry with you, which might make them retaliate against you. Even worse, you may be arrested for fraud by encouraging people to contribute money with no guarantee of return income. Therefore, you should stay away from these types of easy moneymaking activities.
Chain mail
Whether the content is good or evil, these are intended for forwarding to another person, just like a chain. Examples of typical chain mails include "mail of misfortune" or HOAX (false virus information).

The message includes psychological intimidation to encourage the recipients to think, "I must send it to someone". Examples of such statements include, "You would be unfortunate unless you forward this mail to someone" or "Important。トplease pass this information to your friend"

When the forwarding of such mails is done continuously, it may well develop into the same tragic situation as the Spam, that we mentioned earlier. And, many people are given false information, and this may develop into the start of a panic. Even if the mail has been sent to you in good faith, have the courage to not forward these types of mail.
Large Email
Even individuals can edit image files and music files easily utilizing the recent developments of high-efficiency computers. Along with those developments, it is becoming popular to send e-mails containing these large files as attachments.

We understand the desire to be able to do this, but most providers have limited memory capacity for their user's mailboxes. If the capacity is small, it may be troublesome to the recipient, leading to situations such as: "takes too long to download", "cannot download" or "cannot receive other emails" depending on the amount of email box capacity. Also, some providers may regard these conducts as mail bombing (Attempts to send a vast amount of emails with the purpose of interfering with the operation of the server), and they may subsequently refuse connection with Nirai. To avoid such unnecessary trouble, please check the size of the attached file before you send it.
BBS (Bulletin Board System), Chat room
Hacking Cracking, excessive flaming, etc.
The following conducts are prohibited on many message boards and chat rooms: "to disguise oneself as someone else and post false information," "to damage the server with a heavy load such as using the tags prohibited on the site", "interfering with the operation of the service by entering lines of meaningless characters," "Assaulting other users."When the case is considered serious, you may be accountable for civil liabilities (liability for damage), or criminal charges (such as defamation, contempt.)As the Internet provides high security with respect to personal identity, it can be easy for conversation to turn into such conducts. However, the Internet access records of each individual are saved by the provider or the service manager. If a significant case of abuse occurs, and results in a lawsuit, the past logs and the user information will be investigated by the authorities, and as a result, the violators will be easily found and will receive punishment .BBS and chat room communication is conducted using characters only, and participants cannot see any physical aspect of each other. There can be significant variation in the understanding or interpreting of words and the types of responses made by each person. A little misunderstanding may develop into a lawsuit. Please keep in mind that you need to consider your interactions more carefully than in your normal face-to-face conversation.
Leaking of Private information
In this case, "private information" includes both that of yourself and others.Since information on the Internet is open and available to the public, it can be distributed extensively and instantly. You may have the impression that chat rooms are open only to the participants and not for the world. Please do not forget that the size of the actual audience is many times greater than the number of active participants.There are many cases involving criminal activity where people have unexpectedly become victims subsequent to the careless release of their private information. Also, offering other individual's private information without permission is considered to be an invasion of privacy. When the victim has suffered some kind of damage by this activity, those responsible for the damage must pay compensation. Please be aware that releasing information about yourself or others on the Internet is more dangerous than distributing the same information written on paper onto the streets.
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Reference Guidelines on Prohibited Acts

Your children and the Internet

Today, the Internet has become an important subject of study even in school education.More and more computer rooms are installed in each school, and there will be increasing opportunities for your children to directly access the Internet.Regrettably, there is some information that is harmful for your children. And users who have evil intentions toward your children exist as well.. Besides protecting your children from these, please be aware that there are manners to be followed by all Internet users.
The following sites are arranged for your children to enjoy while learning about important netiquette, as well as risks on the Internet. Please browse these sites for use of the Internet, intended to help your children avoid having bad experiences, and to guide them to not make any trouble for the other users.

Cyber netiquette Comix(Provided by Disney Online)
http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyOnline/Safesurfing/cybernetiquette/

Internet Safety Game (Provided by KidsCom)
http://www.kidscom.com/games/isg/isg.html

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