Agreement between user and the Singapore Academy of Law (“SAL”) with respect to www.singaporelawwatch.sg (“Website”) and the Website’s daily e-mail subscription service and any other services (collectively “Services”) made available on the Website, whether by subscription or otherwise.

References to “Website” herein shall include the Website in its entirety as well as its individual pages, and shall include any of the Services offered by SAL on the Website. The Website and Services offered to you are conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms and conditions, contained herein. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to all such terms and conditions.

Please read these Terms of Use (including the Privacy Policy at https://sal.org.sg/Footer/Privacy-Policy (collectively the “Website Conditions”)) before using the Website and Services. The Privacy Policy explains SAL’s data use and privacy practices in detail, and you agree that SAL may collect, use, disclose and process your personal data in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Policy. If you do not accept or agree to any of the Website Conditions, please do not use the Website or Services.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE

You hereby represent and warrant that you have read these Website Conditions, and you have the necessary legal capacity, right, power and authority to agree to these Website Conditions. SAL may from time to time vary or amend these Website Conditions by posting the amended Website Conditions at the Website. Any use of the Website after the amendment of these Website Conditions will be deemed to be acceptance of the amended Website Conditions by you.

USAGE CONDITIONS

You may download, print, e-mail, transmit electronically and store reasonable copies of the content made available on the Website (the “Content”), purely for your personal use or for your internal business purposes. You must not do or permit or cause any other person to do the following without SAL's prior written consent:

a) reproduce, duplicate or copy the whole or any portion of the Website, except to make reasonable copies as stated above;

b) modify, adapt, translate, publish, display, transmit, broadcast, podcast, webcast, distribute, sell, resell, trade or exploit for any purpose, the whole or any portion of, or any access to, the Website;

c) use the Website for the provision of outsourcing or running of service bureaus;

d) whether manually or with the help of computer programs, download or attempt to download information for the purpose of creating or adding to an electronic search or retrieval facility (online or otherwise); or

e) decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Website, or permit or cause any other person to do so.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

This Website may contain hyperlinks to other websites ("Linked Sites") which are not maintained by SAL. The Linked Sites are not under the control of SAL and SAL is not responsible, nor is SAL liable for any damage or loss arising from access to the Linked Sites, including the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. SAL is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site and is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by SAL of the Linked Site or any association or affiliation with any organisation or business responsible for the same. Use of said hyperlinks and access to the Linked Sites are entirely at your own risk.

LINKS TO THIS WEBSITE FROM OTHER WEBSITES

Except as set forth below, caching and links to, and the framing of this Website or any of the Content are prohibited.

You must secure permission from SAL prior to hyperlinking to, or framing, this Website or any of the Contents, or engaging in similar activities. SAL reserves the right to impose conditions when permitting any hyperlinking to, or framing of this Website or any of the Content.

Your linking to, or framing any part of this Website or its Content constitute acceptance of these Website Conditions. This is deemed to be the case even after the posting of any changes or modifications to these Website Conditions. If you do not accept these Website Conditions, you must discontinue linking to, or framing of this Website or any of the Contents.

In no circumstances shall SAL be considered to be associated or affiliated in whatever manner with any trade or service marks, logos, insignia or other devices used or appearing on websites that link to this Website or any of the Content.

SAL reserves all rights to disable any links to, or frames of any site containing inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topics, names, material or information, or material or information that violates any written law, any applicable intellectual property, proprietary, privacy or publicity rights.

SAL reserves the right to disable any unauthorised links or frames and disclaims any responsibility for the content available on any other site reached by links to or from this Website or any of the Website’s content.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE 

As a condition of your use of the Website, you hereby warrant and undertake not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms and conditions. You may not hack into, interfere with or use the Website in any manner which could damage, disrupt, disable, overburden, or otherwise impair the proper working of the Website or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Website.

You further undertake that you will comply with these Website Conditions, and such other notices or guidelines that may be posted on the Website by SAL from time to time (which are hereby incorporated by reference into these Website Conditions), and you will not use the Website or any of its contents for any unlawful purpose, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation, copyright law.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Website and Services are owned by SAL or its licensors. You acknowledge that you have no right, title or interest in or to the Website, any of its contents, or the Services, and you will not challenge SAL or its licensors' ownership of them. The domain name on which the Website is hosted on is the sole property of SAL and you may not use or otherwise adopt a similar name for your own use.

COMMUNICATIONS AND SECURITY

Where appropriate, SAL uses available technology to protect the security of communications made through the Website. Notwithstanding the above, SAL does not accept liability for the security, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of any communications made through the Website. You carry out any such communications at your own risk.

Internet communications may be susceptible to interference or interception by third parties. Despite SAL’s best efforts, SAL makes no warranties that the Website is free of infection by computer viruses or other unauthorised software.

You should take appropriate steps to keep your information, software and equipment secure. This includes clearing your Internet browser cookies and cache before and after using any services on the Website. For infocomm security best practices and tips, you may wish to visit https://www.gosafeonline.sg.

The Website may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

a) Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.

b) Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.

c) Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.

d) Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.

e) Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.

f) Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.

g) Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

h) Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.

i) Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.

j) Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.

k) Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.

l) Violate any applicable laws or regulations.

SAL has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, SAL reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. SAL reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

SAL further reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in SAL’s sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information in any Communication Service. SAL does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, SAL specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorised SAL spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of SAL.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

MATERIALS PROVIDED TO/POSTED ON THE WEBSITE

SAL does not claim ownership of the materials you provide (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to the Website or Services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission, you grant SAL, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. SAL is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in SAL’s sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS

The information, software, products, and services included in or available through the Website may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. SAL and/or its suppliers may make improvements and/or changes to the Website at any time. Advice received via the Website should not be relied upon for personal, medical, legal or financial decisions and you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation.

SAL and/or its suppliers make no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, services and related graphics contained on the Website for any purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all such information, software, products, services and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty or condition of any kind, express or implied. SAL and/or its suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, software, products, services and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of satisfactory quality, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall SAL and/or its suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the Website, with the delay or inability to use the Website or related services, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any information, software, products, services and related graphics obtained through the Website, or otherwise arising out of the use of the Website, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if SAL or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages. because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the Website, or with any of these Terms of Use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Website.

SAL does not warrant that the Website and Services will meet your requirements or that they will be accurate, complete, reliable, timely, secure or error-free or perform in an uninterrupted manner or be free from viruses or other harmful code. SAL shall not be liable in any way whatsoever for any losses, damage, fees, costs or expenses arising out of or in connection with the use of or reliance on the Website or Services or any downtime or service outage affecting them.

The data and information made available on the Website do not purport, and shall not in any way be deemed, to constitute an offer or provision of any legal, professional or expert advice.

You agree that:

a) SAL shall be entitled at any time, at its sole and absolute discretion and without prior notice, to add to, vary, terminate, withdraw or suspend the operation of the whole or any part or feature of the Website or Services without assigning any reason; and

b) access to or the operation of the Website and/or Servers may from time to time be interrupted or encounter technical or other problems and may not necessarily continue uninterrupted or without technical or other errors, and in any such event, SAL shall not be liable for any loss, liability or damage which may be incurred as a result.

TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTION

SAL reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and at any time without prior notice, to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to and/or use of all or any part of the Website and Services.

JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES

The Website is owned and operated by SAL. SAL makes no representation that the Website or Services are appropriate or available for use in your jurisdiction. Those who choose to access the Website from any location do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Use of the Website is unauthorised in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all or any provisions of these terms and conditions.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold SAL, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, partners, and employees, harmless from all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, liabilities (including statutory liability and liability to third parties), penalties, and costs (including without limitation, legal costs on a full indemnity basis), awards, losses and/or expenses, arising out of or in connection with:

a) your access to or use of the Website or Services;

b) your breach of any of these Website Conditions;

c) your violation of any rights of another person or entity; or

d) your breach of any statutory requirement, duty or law.

SEVERABILITY

The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any of these Website Conditions shall not affect the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Website Conditions.

RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES

Nothing in these Website Conditions or your use of the Services shall constitute or be deemed to constitute an agency, partnership, employment or joint venture relationship between SAL and you and neither party shall have any authority to bind the other in any way.

WAIVER

A failure by SAL to exercise or enforce any rights conferred upon it by these Website Conditions shall not be deemed to be a waiver or variation of any such rights or operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof at any subsequent time or times.

GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

These Website Conditions and all matters relating to your access to, or use of, the Website and Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore. 

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Website Conditions, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be settled by mediation in Singapore at the Singapore Mediation Centre ("SMC") in accordance with SMC's Mediation Procedure in force for the time being.