As a business chamber, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and its subsidiary companies (collectively “SBF Group”, “us, “we” or “our”) collects business information for the purpose of serving the needs of its corporate members. In some situations, we may need to collect personal information from representatives of companies that participate in our activities.
This is the Privacy Policy of SBF Group that sets out how we collect, use, disclose and protect any Personal Data (defined below) that you give to us. This Privacy Policy applies to all members, non-members, customers and content providers of SBF Group, and is designed to meet the requirements of personal data protection laws in Singapore.
Please take a moment to read this Privacy Policy before submitting any information requested by us, or signing up for any goods, services or activities offered by us, so that you are aware of and understand the purposes for which we collect, use and disclose your Personal Data.
From time to time, we may review and update this Privacy Policy to ensure that it is consistent with any changes in legal requirements. We encourage you to check this web page and our website from time to time for any updated versions of this Privacy Policy that is posted and date stamped so that you are aware of when the Privacy Policy was last updated.
The types of personal data that we collect depend on the circumstances of collection and on the nature of the transaction undertaken with us.
The personal data that we may request includes but is not limited to (individually and collectively referred to as “Personal Data”):
The Personal Data you provide helps us to understand your needs, maintain our relationship with you, process transactions, fulfil our delivery obligations for any goods, services or activities you undertake with us, and improve our service delivery. In particular, we collect your Personal Data for the following purposes, including without limitation:
We may also use and disclose your Personal Data within SBF Group, and with and to third parties. In order to fulfill the Purposes listed above, in which case, we may:
If required or authorised to do so by law or pursuant to a court order, including but not limited to circumstances where use and/or disclosure is:
Your express consent will be sought when collecting your Personal Data. There will also be instances where your consent for the collection or use of your Personal Data will necessarily be implied from the circumstances by nature of the task or transaction, including your interaction with us or in the course of signing up for, or accepting, any of our products, services or activities you have requested.
Where you are supplying the Personal Data of another individual (e.g. information of your spouse, children, parents, and/or employees, etc.), you represent, warrant, undertake and will ensure that the individual whose Personal Customer Data is supplied to us has consented to provide us with their Personal Data for the respective purposes, and is informed of and consents to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy shall supplement any other policies that you may have previously provided consent to us in respect of your Personal Data.
We will, upon your written request to our [Data Protection Officer] (see contact details and requirements below), allow you to enquire about the ways in which your personal data has been or may have been used or disclosed within a year before the request. Where required or authorised to do so by law, we reserve the right to charge a reasonable administrative fee for this service and/or deny your request for access to your Personal Data.
You should ensure that all Personal Data submitted to us is current, complete and accurate. Failure on your part to do so may result in our inability to provide you with the products, services and activities you have requested.
If you believe that any Personal Data we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email our Data Protection Officer (see contact details and requirements below).
We will retain your Personal Data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, the legal or business purposes of SBF Group, or as required by relevant laws. When destroying Personal Data, we will take commercially reasonable and technically possible measures to make the personal information irrecoverable or irreproducible in accordance with the applicable laws.
We are committed to ensuring the security and protection of your Personal Data in our possession or our control by making reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying modification, disposal or similar risks. For example:
While we strive to protect your Personal Data, we cannot completely guarantee the security of any Personal Data we may have collected from or about you, or that no harmful code will enter our websites (for example viruses, bugs, trojan horses, spyware or adware). You should be aware of the risks associated with disclosing any information or transacting over the Internet or when using online portals, and we urge you to take every precaution when using the Internet to disclose your Personal Data to us, including using strong passwords, changing your password regularly and using a secure browser.
If applicable, you undertake to keep your username and password secure and confidential and shall not disclose or permit it to be disclosed to any unauthorised person, and to inform us as soon as reasonably practicable if you know or suspect that someone else knows your username and password or believe the confidentiality of your username and password has been lost, stolen or compromised in any way or that actual or possible unauthorised transactions have taken place. We are not liable for any loss or damage resulting from your act or omission to safe-keep your username and password from unauthorised use.
Our websites do not capture Personal Data about your online use unless you choose to access or use our websites or provide such information to us.
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You can choose to accept or decline cookies in the course of browsing a website. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of our websites.
If you:
Please email us at the address provided below referencing ‘Privacy Policy'. Kindly provide us your name, company name, email address and contact number.
Data Protection Officer
Singapore Business Federation
Email : [email protected]
To protect your privacy and security, we will also require you to verify your identity before we can respond substantially to your request.
This Privacy Policy and your use of this website shall be governed in all respects by the laws of Singapore.