In using this website, you are deemed to have read and agreed to the following Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you may not use this website. The Singapore Institute of International Affairs (the “SIIA”) reserves the right, from time to time as it sees fit, to modify, alter or update these Terms and Conditions, effective upon publication on this website. You are responsible for reviewing these Terms and Conditions prior to each use of this website.

1. Terminology

   The Terms and Conditions governs the use of the Haze Tracker (the “Site”).

   Any references to “User”, “you”, “your” and “yourself” refers to you, your company and your organization accessing the Site and accepting the Terms and Conditions.

   Any reference to “we”, “ourselves” and “us” refers to SIIA.

   Any reference to “Parties” refers to both the User and ourselves, or either the User or ourselves.

   Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to the same.

2. Prohibited Uses

   As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to SIIA that you will only use the services for a lawful purpose and one that is not prohibited by these Terms and Conditions.

   You further warrant that you will not use the Site for any unlawful purposes, including, but not limited to, the following:-

   • disseminating any unlawful, harassing, libellous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material;
   • transmitting material that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offence, results in civil liability or otherwise breaches any relevant laws, regulations or code of practice;
   • gaining unauthorised access to other computer systems;
   • interfering with any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Site;
   • breaching any laws concerning the use of public telecommunications networks; or
   • making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.

3. Availability of the Site

   Although the Site aims to offer you the best service possible, it makes no promise or warranty that the services on the Site will meet your requirements. SIIA cannot guarantee that the service will be free of fault, delay or error.

   Your access to the Site may occasionally be restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance or the introduction of new facilities or services.

4. Acknowledgements

   The Site allows you to access and view a variety of content, including but not limited to photographic imagery, map and terrain data, and other related information provided by SIIA and its partners, licensors and/or users of the Site or the services. You understand and agree to the following with respect to all content made available by or through the Site:-

   • that map data and related content are provided for informational purposes only. While SIIA has made every reasonable effort to ensure that the information in the Site has been obtained from reliable sources, SIIA shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of such information, and SIIA makes no warranties regarding the same;
   • that the information on the Site is not updated in real time, and therefore the map results and hotspot data may not be accurate; and
   • that SIIA assumes no responsibility for your use of or actions in reliance on the information contained on the Site, and therefore, you should exercise judgment in your use of all content made available by or through the Site, including but not limited to, seeking independent verification of the factual information provided on the Site.

5. Disclaimers

   The information provided on the Site is for use at your sole risk. The site and its software, services, maps and other content, including any third-party software, services, media or other content (the “Content”) made available in conjunction with or through the Site are provided on an “as is” basis.

   SIIA excludes:-

   1. all representations and warranties relating to the Site and the Content or which is or may be provided by any affiliates or any other third party, including in relation to the merchantability or satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement or any inaccuracies or omissions in the Site;
   2. all liability for damages arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site. This includes, without limitation, direct loss, loss of business or profits (whether or not the loss of such profits was foreseeable, arose in the ordinary course of things or you have advised SIIA of the possibility of such potential loss), damage caused to your computer, computer software, systems and programs and the data thereon or any other direct or indirect, consequential and incidental damages; and
   3. all liability for damages arising out of or in connection with any third party claim in relation to such third party’s use, reliance or reproduction of our Content or any part thereof (“Third Party Usage”) as a result of your use, reliance or reproduction of our Content or any part thereof (whether such Content is linked from or mirrored on your website or otherwise).

6. Limitation of Liability and Ownership

   In no event shall SIIA or its directors, officers, employees, agents, distributors, subsidiaries, affiliates or third parties providing information on the Site be liable to any User of the Site and/or products or any other person/entity for any losses or damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential (including but not limited to damages for loss of data, loss of use or loss of profits) arising out of the use or inability to use the Site or any information contained therein, whether based on contract, tort, warranty or otherwise.

7. Indemnity

   You will indemnify us against all losses, liabilities, costs and expenses suffered or incurred by us (including litigation costs and attorney fees), all damages awarded against us under any judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction and all settlements sums paid by us as a result of any settlement agreed by us arising out of or in connection with:-

   • the breach of these Terms and Conditions by you;
   • any claim by any third party that the use of the Site by you is defamatory, offensive or abusive, or of an obscene or pornographic nature, or is illegal or constitutes a breach of any applicable law, regulation or code of practice;
   • any claim by any third party that the use of the Site by you infringes that third party’s copyright or other intellectual property rights of whatever nature;
   • any claim by any third party in relation to such Third Party Usage arising as a result of your use, reliance or reproduction of our Content or any part thereof (whether such Content is linked from or mirrored on your website or otherwise); or
   • any fines or penalties imposed by any regulatory, advertising or trading body or authority in connection with the use of the Site by you.

8. Ownership

   Trademarks

   The name “Haze Tracker”, our logo and all other product and service marks, insignia, emblems, symbols, slogans, distinguishing characteristics, trade names, and domain names associated or used with, or in connection with the Site from time to time are the exclusive property of SIIA. All other trademarks, product names and company names or logos cited on the Site are the property of their respective owners.

   Copyrights

   The content of the Site is protected by copyright and intellectual property rights. You may retrieve and display the content of the Site on a computer screen, store such content in electronic form on disk (but not any server or other storage device connected to a network) or print one copy of such content for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all and any copyright and proprietary notices. You may not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy or distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or content on the Site without prior written permission from us.

   No license is granted to you in these Terms and Conditions to use any trademark of SIIA.

9. Links to the Site

   If you create a link to a page of the Site or mirror any material contained on the Site or any other server, you do so at your own risk and the exclusions and limitations set out herein will apply to your use of the Site by linking to it.

10. Links from the Site

    We do not monitor or review the content of other parties’ websites which are linked to from the Site. We have no control over any websites or resources which are provided on said websites by companies and persons other than SIIA, and opinions expressed or material appearing on such websites are not necessarily shared or endorsed by us and we should not be regarded as the publisher of such opinions or material.

    You acknowledge and agree that SIIA is not responsible for the availability of any such external websites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such websites or resources.

    You acknowledge and agree that SIIA is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you or your end users as a result of the availability of those external websites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such websites or resources.

11. Third Party Providers

    The Site incorporates data and information from third party suppliers to SIIA (the “Third Party Providers”). Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices, or content, of these sites. You are responsible for reviewing and complying with the applicable use provisions found in the terms and conditions of the Third Party Providers. We also encourage our Users to be aware when they leave the Site and to read the privacy statements of these websites. You should evaluate the security and trustworthiness of any other website connected to the Site or accessed through the Site yourself, before disclosing any personal information to them. SIIA will not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage in whatever manner, howsoever caused, resulting from your disclosing personal information to the Third Parties.

12. Cookies

    Like most interactive websites, the Site uses cookies to enable us to retrieve User details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of our website to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for people visiting. Some of our affiliate partners may also use cookies.

13. Governing Law

    These Terms and Conditions are governed by Singapore law. By accessing the Site, you consent to these Terms and Conditions and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore courts in all disputes arising out of such access.

14. Waiver

    No waiver of any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions or any other agreement made in relation to the use of the Site shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be such and signed by both you and us.

    Failure of SIIA to insist upon strict performance of any provision of these Terms and Conditions or any other agreement made in relation to the use of this Site or the failure of SIIA to exercise any right or remedy to which it is entitled hereunder shall not constitute a waiver thereof and shall not cause a diminution of the obligations under these Terms and Conditions or any other agreement made in relation to the use of the Site.

15. Severability

    If any of these Terms and Conditions is rendered void, illegal or unenforceable for any reason (including, but not limited to the exclusions and limitations set out above), it shall be rendered void, illegal or unenforceable to that extent and no further. The invalid or unenforceable provision will be severed from these Terms and Conditions and the remaining terms will continue to apply.

16. Modification of Terms

    These Terms and Conditions shall not be amended, modified, varied or supplemented save that SIIA reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions from time to time as it sees fit and your continued use of the Site or reliance on the Content from the Site will signify your acceptance of any adjustment to these terms.

17. Constitutes Entire Agreement

    These Terms and Conditions are in substitution for and supersede all previous agreements between all or any of the Parties and contain the whole agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter of these Terms and Conditions.

18. Third Party Rights

    No third party has any right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (Cap. 53B) of Singapore to enforce any of these Terms and Conditions.

19. Personal Data Protection

    In relation to any information provided to SIIA (which may include, but is not limited to, personal data (collectively “Data”)), you consent (for yourself and on behalf of other individuals or entities) to SIIA collecting, using, disclosing and processing such Data (including collecting, using, disclosing and processing of such Data by its affiliates and third parties) for the purposes of:-

    1. providing the services to you as detailed in these Terms and Conditions;
    2. assigning, sub-contracting or outsourcing any part of the services or functions of SIIA to third parties, including but not limited to, its professional advisers, other professionals, and delivery personnel; and
    3. complying with all applicable policies, laws and regulations, and meeting any obligation to or requests from governmental entities, including anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist obligations.

    SIIA may do anything or disclose any Data or matters without notice to you (or the individuals concerned) if SIIA considers them to be required or desirable in respect of any applicable policy, law, regulation, government entity, regulatory authority or similar, or as are required to enable any provision under these Terms and Conditions to be effected. In respect of any Data about any other individual (including without limitation your family members, dependants and/or nominated receivers of deliveries) provided to SIIA by or on behalf of you, you represent and warrant that it has obtained each individual’s prior consent to the collection, use, disclosure and processing of his/her Data by or for SIIA in the manner and for the purposes stated above and that such Data is true, accurate and complete.

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Singapore Institute of International Affairs collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the www.HazeTracker.org website (“Site”). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by Singapore Institute of International Affairs.

Personal identification information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information.

Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users’ means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilised and other similar information.

Web browser cookies

Our Site uses “cookies” for session management. A cookie is a text file that is placed on the user’s computer by a web server, and can only be read by the web server that issused the cookie. We only use a cookie containing a string of random digits and letters, uniquely assigned to a user upon visiting the site for the purpose of recognising a user’s session across different pages for the duration of his visit at the site.

Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but users can usually modify their browser settings to decline cookies if they prefer. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

Local Storage

Local Storage (also known as “Web Storage”) is a way for a website to collect and store information “locally” (i.e. on the user’s device rather than on the web server) and then later retrieve it again. We use local storage to cache the website’s data, (e.g. articles, maps). This allow the user’s browser to have a faster recall of the information on subsequent visits to the site, improving online experience.

Browser Cache

The user’s browser may also cache files to improve page load times. We have no access to these files.

How we use collected information

Singapore Institute of International Affairs may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:

• To improve our Site

  We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services.

• To send periodic emails

  We may use the email address to respond to your inquiries, questions, and/or other requests.

How we protect your information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information stored on our Site.

Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a TLS secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

Third party websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

Singapore Institute of International Affairs has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:contact@hazetracker.org

This document was last updated in March 2015.