LINE
LY Corporation Common Terms of Use
LINE is a messaging and social platform operated by LY Corporation (also linked to Yahoo! JAPAN services) that provides chat, content, subscription, and payment (Yahoo! JAPAN Wallet) features across apps and web services.
Analyzed August 12, 2026
Key findings
Summary
This document contains terms of use with broad company rights covering messaging, content, subscriptions, and payments. It grants the company wide license over publicly-shared content, broad termination and moderation discretion without prior notice, non-refundable coins/charges, and mandatory court jurisdiction in Tokyo rather than arbitration. Overall impact is typical of large multinational platforms but with some higher-impact no-refund and termination clauses.
Category Breakdown
The document references a separate Privacy Policy for handling user data but does not itself detail specific collection practices beyond account registration information.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEWe will appropriately handle information related to individual Users in accordance with the LY Corporation Privacy Policy.View source document
The terms allow subcontracting of payment processing to third-party agents and service providers under confidentiality obligations, consistent with standard service-provider sharing.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEWe may subcontract all or a part of the Agency Payment Service to a payment service agent upon imposing confidentiality obligations on the payment service agent.View source document
Users retain copyright in submitted content but grant the company a broad, royalty-free, indefinite-duration license to use publicly shared submissions, which is common among social/messaging platforms.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEyou shall license (including, without limitation, a sublicensing right) us the right to use (including, without limitation, replication, screening, public transmission, exhibition, distribution, transfer, loan, translation, adaptation and publication) such Submitted Contents free of charge and non-exclusively, with indefinite duration within and outside of Japan.View source document
The company may delete accounts, content, or suspend service without prior notice for a broad range of reasons, including trust loss or inactivity, with no explicit appeal or export process described.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEwe may, without prior notice, take such measures as deleting data or Contents, prohibiting the use of all or part of the Services, or deleting User’s accounts.View source document
The terms specify exclusive court jurisdiction in Tokyo District Court rather than arbitration; no arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury waiver language is present.
From: TERMS OF SERVICEAny dispute arising between the User and us attributable or related to the Services (including the content of posts, advertising, etc.) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Tokyo District Court as the court of first instance.View source document
Subscription fees are non-refundable even upon early cancellation, and purchased Coins are explicitly non-refundable under any circumstances absent legal requirement, which is stricter than typical refund policies.
From: TERMS OF SERVICECoins will not be refunded for any reason whatsoever; provided, however, that this shall not apply if necessary under applicable laws and regulations.View source document