Welcome to the portal for 2023 International Conference, jointly organised by Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL), Singapore Chinese Teachers' Union (SCTU) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Humanities and Social Sciences (NP HMS). If you continue to browse and use this portal, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy, govern the organizing committee’s relationship with you in relation to this portal. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our portal.

The term ‘organizing committee’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL), Singapore Chinese Teachers’ Union (SCTU) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Humanities and Social Sciences (NP HMS), of which we are the owners of the portal, with our registered office as follow:

• SCCL: 287 Ghim Moh Road Singapore 279623.
• SCTU: 540 Sims Ave #02-03 Sims Ave Centre, Singapore 387603
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic: 535 Clementi Rd, Singapore 599489

The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our portal.

The use of this portal is subject to the following terms of use:

• The content of the pages of this portal is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
• Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this portal for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and that we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
• Your use of any information or materials on this portal is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this portal meet your specific requirements.
• This portal contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
• Unauthorised use of this portal may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
• From time to time, this portal may also include links to other portals. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the portal(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked portal(s).
• Use of this portal and these terms are governed by the laws of Singapore. Any claim relating to use of the portal shall be heard by Singapore Courts.

Privacy

This privacy policy sets out how the organizing committee uses and protects any information that you give the organizing committee when you use this portal.

The organizing committee is committed to respect your individual privacy on internet and to properly manage, protect and process your personal data.

The organizing committee will collect, use and disclose your personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 ("Act"). In general, before we collect any personal data from you, we will notify you of the purposes for which your personal data may be collected, used and disclosed, as well as obtain consent for the intended purposes.

To safeguard your personal data, all electronic storage and transmission of personal data is secured with appropriate security technologies.

If you are only browsing this portal, we do not capture data that allows us to identify you individually.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

• name
• contact information including email address and handphone number
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

Security

We are committed to ensure that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better portal, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the portal.

Links to other websites

Our portal may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other portal. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the portal in question.

Controlling your personal information

Subject to certain exceptions in the Act, you may request to review and update the personal data currently in our possession or withdraw your consent for the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data in our possession. Please submit your request to sccl_tlcsl2023@sccl.sg

If you request to access your personal information, we will ask you to verify your identity and specify what information you wish to access. The organizing committee will provide you with the relevant personal data within a reasonable time after the request has been made. A fee may be charged for handling the request and you will be notified in advance of this.

For a request to correct your personal data, the organizing committee will correct your personal data as soon as practicable after verifying your identity.

The organizing committee will similarly process your request within a reasonable time after a request to withdraw consent has been made.

In view of the Covid-19 situation, this event may be postponed. If you cannot make it on the new dates, you will be delighted to know that we allow substitution of attendees with no penalty. As the event is postponed and not cancelled, please kindly note the terms and conditions still stands and states that no refund will be issued in the case of postponement. We seek your kindest understanding in this matter.