This policy affects your legal rights and obligations so please read it carefully. If you do not agree to be bound by this policy, do not use the website. If you have any questions, you can contact us at info@pacra.org.

We reserve the right to amend this policy from time to time at our discretion. The amended policy will be effective as soon as it is accessible. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this policy so that you are aware of any amendments.

We are the data controller of the personal data that you provide to us and will use it only in accordance with this policy.

1. Collecting Your Data
When you submit a query on the website we will collect details of your name, email address, and geographical (IP) address.

2. Use of your personal data

We may use your personal data (a) in accordance with the terms of policy of the website; (b) to customise, measure and improve our services, content and advertising; (c) better to understand our users, diagnose and fix problems with the website; and (d) on an anonymous basis, for research purposes and for our general business purposes.

We do not share personal data with third parties, except (a) to respond to legal requirements (including the Personal Data Protection Act (Singapore) 2012, and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679) as replaced or amended from time to time) or protect a third party's rights, property, or safety; (b) with any service providers, sub-contractors and agents that we may appoint to perform functions on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions and in accordance with all applicable laws; and (c) in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of assets, consolidation or restructuring, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by or into another company.

3. Marketing

When you submit a query, upon email response you will be offered the opportunity to agree to receive marketing email messages from us. You can choose to no longer receive marketing emails from us by contacting us at info@pacra.org or clicking unsubscribe from a marketing email.

We shall therefore retain your personal data in our records for marketing purposes until you notify us that you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from us.

4. Information about your device

When you use the website we automatically collect and store information about your device and your activities. This information could include (a) your device's unique ID number; (b) your device's geographic location; (c) your IP address: (d) technical information about your device such as type of device, web browser or operating system; (e) your preferences and settings such as time zone and language; (f) how long you used the website and which services and features you used.

We will use information about your device to customise, measure and improve our services to you, to improve our content, offer appropriate advertising and to understand our users better.

5. Where we hold and process your personal data

Some or all of your personal data may be stored or transferred outside of Singapore and outside of the European Economic Area (the EEA) for any reason, including for example, if our email server is located in a country outside of Singapore or the EEA or if any of our service providers are based outside of Singapore or the EEA. You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using the system and submitting information to us.

If we do store or transfer your personal data outside of Singapore or the EEA, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within Singapore or the EEA and under the Personal Data Protection Act (Singapore – 2012 and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016 / 679 as replaced or amended from time to time.

6. Security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures against unauthorized or unlawful processing of your personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data.

Notwithstanding the above, you agree that no system can be completely secure. Therefore, although we take steps to secure your information, we do not promise that your personal data will always remain secure.

7. Your rights

You have the right to obtain from us a copy of the personal data that we hold. You also have the right at any time to require that we delete your personal data. To exercise these rights, or any other rights you may have under applicable laws, please contact us at info@pacra.org .

Please note, we reserve the right to charge an administrative fee of Euro 20 if you wish to obtain a copy of the personal data that we hold for you.

If you have any complaints in relation to this policy or otherwise in relation to our processing of your personal data, you should contact the Singapore – Personal Data Protection Commission see www.pdpc.gov.sg.

8. Cookies

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your browser's memory or alternatively your hard drive.

Cookies help us to provide you with a better experience by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. You can delete cookies at any time or you can set your browser to reject or disable cookies although this may disable some of the functionality of the website.

We use the following cookies:

Analytical/performance cookies: They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our site. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. Google Analytics operates on our site. Google Analytics also use cookies.

9. General

If any provision of this policy is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

This policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Singaporean Courts.

Last updated: June 2020

10. How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you: by email info@pacra.org.