Privacy Statement


MediaCorp Press Ltd (MPR) respects your privacy. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy.


What this Privacy Policy covers

  • This Privacy Policy covers MPR’s treatment of personally identifiable information that MPR collects, and when you use MPR’s services.
  • This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that MPR does not own or control, or to people that MPR does not employ or manage.

What is the information used for?

  • To provide goods and services by MPR or its designated representatives and/or business partners to you or parties designated by you and matters ancillary thereto;
  • To verify and process payment when you purchase goods and services from our sites;
  • For verification and record of your personal particulars including comparing it with information from other sources and using the information to communicate with you; and
  • To send you information, promotions and updates including marketing and advertising materials in relation to our goods and services and those of third-party organisations selected by us

Can you opt out?

Whenever we send you any information, we will include instructions on how to unsubscribe and a link to do so.

Will your personal information be shared with anyone?

  • MPR will not sell or rent your personal information to anyone.
  • MPR will only share your personal details with a third party when:
    • We have your consent to share the information
    • We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested;
    •  We need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of MPR to provide a product or service to you;
    • We respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process or any regulatory process; or
    • We find that your actions on our web sites violate MPR’s terms and conditions of use or any of our usage guidelines for specific products and services.

Can you change and update your particulars?

You may update your personal information at any time, including whether you want MPR to contact you about promotions and new products and services.

How your data is protected

MPR will take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that personal data are protected from unauthorised access. Access to your Member Profile is password-protected. Thus, no other party, including employees of MPR, can change the information. However, you must remember to log off from your account and close the browser window after use so that no unauthorised party can have access. You must not, at any time, divulge your password to any third party.
 
All information gathered by MPR is stored in systems that may only be accessed by authorised staff of MPR using assigned user IDs and passwords.
 
In certain areas MPR uses industry-standard SSL encryption to protect data transmissions.


Changes to this Privacy Policy

MPR may amend this policy from time to time.  If we make any changes in the way we use your personal information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on our pages.  You agree that such posting will constitute sufficient and adequate notice to you of the changes.
 
You agree that your continued use of MPR’s products and services after such amendment will constitute your acceptance of and agreement to be bound by the modified policy.


Use of cookies

MPR uses "cookies", where a small data file is sent to your browser to store and track information about you when you enter our websites. The cookie is used to track information such as the number of users and their frequency of use, profiles of users and their preferred sites. While this cookie can tell us when you enter our sites and which pages you visit, it cannot read data off your hard disk.


Release

This policy is subject to any existing laws of the Republic of Singapore in relation to the protection of information and if required by any lawful authority for any legal purposes such as the enforcement of any laws or to prevent the breaching of any laws, we shall release all such information as is legally required by the requisite and lawful authority in accordance with the directions of the lawful court of the competent jurisdiction.


Contact MPR

If you would like to contact us for any reason regarding our privacy practices, please write to us at the following address:

MediaCorp Press Ltd
Attention: News Operations
Caldecott Broadcast Centre
Annex Building Level 1
Andrew Road
Singapore 299939
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