1. Thank you for visiting the NMRC website (henceforth known as 'Web Site'). By accessing and using this Web Site, you shall be deemed to have accepted to be legally bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use this Web Site.
General
2. These Terms of Use may be changed from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page and your use of this Web Site after such changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms of Use and all of the changes.
Proprietary Rights
3. This Web Site is maintained by the National Medical Research Council of the Ministry of Health, Singapore (henceforth known as 'the Agency').
4. The materials located on this Web Site including the information and software programs (the Contents), are protected by copyright, trademark and other forms of proprietary rights. All rights, title and interest in the Contents are owned by, licensed to or controlled by the Agency.
Privacy Policy
5. If you are only browsing this website, we do not capture data that allows us to identify you individually.
6. The Agency receives or collects personal data for the purpose of planning and administering public health policies. If you choose to make an application or send us an e-mail for which you provide us with personally identifiable data, we may share necessary data with other Government agencies, so as to serve you in a most efficient and effective way, unless such sharing is prohibited by legislation.
7. We will NOT share your personal data with non-Government entities, except where such entities have been authorised to carry out specific Government services.
8. For your convenience, we may also display to you data you had previously supplied us or other Government agencies. This will speed up the transaction and save you the trouble of repeating previous submissions. Should the data be out-of-date, please supply us the latest data. We will retain your personal data only as necessary for the effective delivery of public services to you.
9. To safeguard your personal data, all electronic storage and transmission of personal data are secured with appropriate security technologies.
10. This site may contain links to non-Government sites whose data protection and privacy practices may differ from ours. We are not responsible for the content and privacy practices of these other websites and encourage you to consult the privacy notices of those sites.
Restrictions on use of Materials
11. Except as otherwise provided, the Contents of this Web Site shall not be reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or otherwise distributed in any way, without the prior written permission of the Agency.
12. Modification of any of the Contents or use of the Contents for any other purpose will be a violation of the Agency's copyright and other intellectual property rights. Graphics and images on this Web Site are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or appropriated in any manner without written permission of the Agency.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability
13. The Contents of this Web Site are provided on an 'as is' basis without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Agency does not warrant and hereby disclaims any warranty:
a. As to the accuracy, correctness, reliability, timeliness, non-infringement, title, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose of the Contents of this Web Site;
b. That the Contents available through this Web Site or any functions associated therewith will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that defects will be corrected or that this Web Site and the server is and will be free of all viruses and/or other harmful elements.In this connection, you acknowledge that any reliance upon such Content shall be at your sole risk. You are advised not to rely on the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any Content without further investigation and / or evaluation on your part.
14. The Agency shall also not be liable for any damage or loss of any kind caused as a result (direct or indirect) of the use of the Web Site, including but not limited to any damage or loss suffered as a result of reliance on the Contents contained in or available from the Web Site.
Right of Access
15. The Agency reserves all rights to deny or restrict access to this Web Site to any particular person, or to block access from a particular Internet address to this Web Site, at any time, without ascribing any reasons whatsoever.
Links from this Web Site to other web sites
16. This Web Site contains hyperlinks to web sites which are not maintained by the Agency. the Agency is not responsible for the contents of those web sites and shall not be liable for any damages or loss arising from access to those web sites. Use of the hyperlinks and access to such web sites are entirely at your own risk.
17. Hyperlinks to other web sites are provided as a convenience. In no circumstances shall the Agency be considered to be associated or affiliated with any trade or service marks, logos, insignia or other devices used or appearing on web sites to which this Web Site is linked.
Links to this Web Site from other web sites
18. Except as set forth below, caching and links to, and the framing of this Web Site or any of the Contents are prohibited.
19. You must secure permission from the Agency prior to hyperlinking to, or framing, this Web Site or any of the Contents, or engaging in similar activities. The Agency reserves the right to impose conditions when permitting any hyperlinking to, or framing of this Web Site or any of the Contents.
20. Your linking to, or framing any part of this Web Site or its Contents constitute acceptance of these Terms of Use. This is deemed to be the case even after the posting of any changes or modifications to these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, you must discontinue linking to, or framing of this Web Site or any of the Contents.
21. In no circumstances shall the Agency 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 web sites that link to this Web Site or any of the Contents.
22. The Agency 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.
23. The Agency 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 Web Site or any of the Contents.
Governing Law
24. These Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with laws of the Republic of Singapore.