Terms of Use
28 May 2024
Welcome to the SCMA Events mini-site. These Terms of Use (the "Terms") govern your access to and use of the Website and www.scma.org.sg (the "Website"). Please read these Terms carefully before using the Website.
1. Acceptance of Terms
The contents of this website are provided without any warranties of any kind whether express or implied, and are not intended to and do not in any way constitute legal or professional advice of any kind.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound, gagged, and held ransom by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, leave.
2. Use of the Website
The Website is provided for informational purposes only. You may use the Website for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to use the Website:
in any way that violates any thing, any one, or any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.
to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material (except where you tell us we can send you marketing and other material, in which case, we will).
to engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm us or users of the Website.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
[Your Copyright] You may submit content to us for publishing on our Website. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what you create belongs to you.
[Grant of License] However, when you upload or otherwise submit content to us, you give us (and those we work with) a royalty-free, perpetual worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as making editorial changes, adapting or translating your content), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. This license is irrevocable and continues even if you stop using our services.
Make sure you have the necessary rights to grant us this license for any content that you submit to our services. In the event you do not have the necessary rights to grant us this licence, you undertake to fully indemnify SCMA from all liability arising from SCMA’s use of your content under these Terms of Use.
[Responsibility for Content] You are responsible for the content you submit to SCMA. In short, you are liable for all legal risks associated with our use of your content and you shall indemnify and hold SCMA harmless to the fullest extent permissible by law.
Please do not post anything false or defamatory as you are liable for the content you upload.
[Right to Remove] We do not monitor uploaded content nor conduct searches for circumstances which would indicate an illegal activity. However, we reserve the right to remove content that is illegal, offensive or otherwise objectionable.
For example, we may remove reviews/responses that we believe are false, unlawful, misleading, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing or advocates harassment of another person, threatening, contravenes Singapore laws relating to public order, invasive of an individual’s privacy, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent, seditious, promotes feelings of ill-will and hostility between difference races, classes or religions, or otherwise objectionable.
The content, features, and functionality of the Website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, and images, are owned by SCMA or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not use, reproduce, or distribute any content from the Website without our prior written permission.
If you believe an illegal activity has occurred or your intellectual property has been or is being infringed upon by material found on this Website, please email us at mail@scma.org.sg.
4. Changes to the Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms. At any time. We will post the revised Terms on the Website and tell you the date it was last updated (hint: check for the latest date) at the top of the Terms. Your continued use of the Website after any changes to the Terms will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
5. Risks of the Internet / Disclaimer of Warranties
2 hours watching cats and cucumbers: a risk that should never be understated.
But otherwise, we take effort in protecting our Website. While we take commercially reasonable measures such as encryption, firewall, antivirus, malware and spyware protection, we cannot and do not guarantee that security of your data, our records and information, or other interactions with our website will be free of viruses, malware or other codes that may corrupt or infect your computer. We disclaim all liability for any such technological problems that we do not intentionally cause. You are encouraged to install and maintain up-to-date security software on your computer. To catch cats.
SCMA shall not be responsible for any damage or loss of any kind caused as a direct or indirect result of the use of this website and its contents. This includes any lost profit or revenue, data or financial losses, or special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages incurred by you in the use of our services. In any event, SCMA is not liable for any loss or damage that is not reasonably foreseeable.
To the extent permitted by law, you agree that the total liability of SCMA for any claim arising out of or in connection with our website or services, including for any implied warranties, is limited to the amount you have paid us to use our website or services
To the best of our knowledge, we believe that the information and materials we present on this website is accurate, but you must not rely upon it for any purpose without seeking independent legal or other advice. So we make no warranties, express or implied, regarding the Website or its content, including but not limited to the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information provided on the Website.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, SCMA and its affiliates, officers, directors, registrars, clerks, janitors, and other employees and agents will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or in connection with your use of the Website.
7. Governing Law
These Terms and your use of the Website will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which SCMA is domiciled (make a guess) without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If we become engaged in a dispute, we both agree that the only place we may do so is the Singapore courts.
8. Protection of Personal Data
We are committed to handling your personal data with care and in compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012. By providing us with your personal data, you agree to receive marketing and promotional information and materials by postal mail, telephone, facsimile, and via any form of electronic transmission.
If you no longer wish to receive marketing and promotional information and materials from us, please write to us at mail@scma.org.sg.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at mail@scma.org.sg or +65 6324 0552.
