Terms and conditions

This Web site is owned, operated, and maintained by Komatsu Ltd. and its affiliates (Komatsu). Entering into this or any other Komatsu Web site indicates that you have reviewed this Komatsu Web Site Terms and Conditions and have agreed to be bound by them.
Komatsu may change and modify the Terms and Conditions at any time, and from time to time by updating the contents of this page. You, therefore, are requested to visit this page and check the latest Terms and Conditions.

Access to any Komatsu Web site is limited to viewing the linked Web pages solely to access the information provided by Komatsu at its Web sites. Any access or attempt to access other areas of the Komatsu computer system or other information contained on the system for any purposes is strictly prohibited.

All materials, such as documents, text, images, and software, on this Web site are protected by copyright laws and other applicable laws of each country throughout the world, and treaty provisions. Except for personal, non-commercial internal use, you are prohibited to use (including, without limitation, coping, modifying reproducing in whole or in part, uploading, transmitting, distributing, licensing, selling, and publishing) any of the materials, without obtaining Komatsu's prior written permission.

Personal information, i.e. name, title, company, address, phone number, e-mail address, and other relevant data is not required to access our site. The personal information we do collect is used only to process a request for information or for marketing our products or services. We do not sell, rent or transmit personal information to other organizations.
Our web server collects the domain names, like komatsu.com, of visitors to our site. This information is aggregated to measure number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed, and other relevant statistics. This information is collected to measure site usage. Komatsu's site may contain links to other non-Komatsu sites, however, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites.

To ensure customers' comfortable browsing of this website, Komatsu uses "Google Analytics", an access analysis tool by Google. Google Analytics sometimes uses Cookies to collect traffic data.

Cookies are information sent and received by our web server and individual customers' web browsers which visit our website. This information enables us to identify customers' browsers. By using Cookies, we can obtain the number of visits by customers' web browsers to our website as well as information concerning the pages of their visits. After collecting and analyzing such information, we will use the concerned information to serve customers better. The cookies used on this website shall not be used for any other objectives than the above. The information we obtain through Cookies shall contain no information that can identify individual customers.

For information concerning the terms of use of Google Analytics, visit the website of Google Analytics, and for information concerning Google's Privacy Policy, visit Google's website.
> Terms of use of Google Analytics (external link)
> Google's Privacy Policy (external link)

If you don't want to use Cookie information, you can block Cookies by changing your browser settings. Concerning how to change the settings, contact respective browser developers. When Cookies are not in use, please be advised that you may not be able to use some browser functions, such as the contact form.

You may send to Komatsu comments, questions, suggestions or ideas relating to any Komatsu Web site. If you do, you agree that such information sent to Komatsu is not given in confidence, that Komatsu is not obligated to keep such information secret and that Komatsu is not obligated to respond. Komatsu shall be free to use the information you send to Komatsu in any manner, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products based on such information. Komatsu may also reproduce, disclose and distribute the information in your communication to others without limitation. All remarks, suggestions, ideas, or other information communicated to Komatsu through the site will be the sole and exclusive property of Komatsu and Komatsu shall not be obligated to compensate in any form, the person sending such information.

Any links to third parties are solely provided as a convenience to the users of Komatsu Web sites. Komatsu makes no warranty or representation, express or implied, as to such third party sites and shall have no liability connection with the use of such sites. If you use any link site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements.

All information provided on Komatsu Web sites are subject to change without notice, including the availability of products and services. While efforts have been made to make Komatsu Web sites helpful and accurate, due to the open nature of sites, and the potential for errors in the storage and transmission of digital information, Komatsu does not warrant the accuracy of information obtained from any Komatsu Web site. All materials posted on this site, including software available for download, are presented as is and without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Komatsu does not warrant that functions contained on this site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server is free of viruses or other harmful components. Komatsu does not warrant or represent the use of the materials on this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
In no event shall Komatsu or any of its affiliates, or the officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them, be liable for any damages of any kind, including without limitation, any direct, special, incidental, indirect, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages, and on any theory of liability whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of, or your browsing in, or your links to, the sites from the Komatsu sites.

This Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan unless otherwise expressly provided. All controversies and disputes arising out of or relating to this Terms and Conditions shall be submitted to the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Japan as the Court of first instance.