Terms of Use

You acknowledge that if you register an account with OFIS to use the Platform, OFIS would collect information from you in the form of internet cookies or through your usage of the Platform. If you contact OFIS for any form of support, OFIS may also retain your contact information and any information in your support request (if applicable) in order to confirm your identity and to address your query.

You represent and warrant that any information you provide in connection with the Platform is and will remain accurate and complete, and that you will maintain and update such information as needed.

You hereby agree that OFIS can collect, use and/or disclose any information you provide to OFIS (including your personal data) for any, or all of the following purposes:

1. to set up your account for the Platform;
2. to facilitate your access and use of the Platform and any Content contained therein;
3. to verify your identity;
4. to respond to, handle, and process queries, requests, applications, complaints, and feedback from you;
5. to comply with any applicable laws, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines, or rules, or to assist in law enforcement and investigations conducted by any governmental and/or regulatory authority;
6. for any other purposes for which you have provided the information or personal data; and
7. any other incidental business purposes related to or in connection with the purposes set out in these Terms，

each a “Purpose” and collectively, the “Purposes”.

By accessing, using or downloading any Content from the Platform, you are hereby deemed to have provided your express consent for our collection, use and disclosure of any information or personal data from you in accordance with the purposes that we have set out in these Terms.

Notwithstanding the Purposes above, to the extent required to facilitate the use of your Platform, we may share your personal data with the entities below (which you are deemed to have consented to by providing your personal data to us):

1. 1. our affiliates – these entities process personal information as part of the Platform and for the purposes described in these Terms; third party service providers – these include website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service, email delivery, auditing, targeted advertising identification and delivery, mailing service, tax and accounting services, and other services in connection with the Platform generally;
   2. our third-party affiliates, service providers, agents and other organisations we have engaged to perform for us, any one or more of the Purposes or any functions incidental to any one or more of the Purposes;
   3. judicial authorities, law enforcement, regulators, courts, government authorities, auditors or professional advisors, and other parties where required for compliance with legal obligations – there may be circumstances where we are legally required to disclose personal data to these entities, whether it be to comply with applicable law and regulations, to cooperate with an inquiry or investigation, to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, and legal claims, to enforce our terms and conditions, or to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, users or the public;

If you disclose any information or personal data relating to other individuals to us or to our service providers in connection with the Platform, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with these Terms.

Our data servers may either be located in Singapore or around the world. Our support team, affiliates, and third-party partners are based around the world, and may have access to your personal data from to time in order to facilitate your use of the Platform. The data privacy laws and regulations applicable in these other countries might be different from the laws of the jurisdiction in which you reside, and might permit courts, government, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies and security authorities to access your personal data without notice. By providing your personal data to OFIS, you consent to any use, disclosure or transfer of your personal data to facilities located in other countries and the processing and storage of the personal data at those facilities. In the case of transfers of personal data to countries other than Singapore, we rely on the relevant standard contractual clauses to facilitate that transfer or disclosure. Where other jurisdictions require that we enter into or use other lawful means to facilitate export, we implement appropriate safeguards to facilitate such transfer using lawful means. We will retain the personal data only for so long as it is required for the purpose for which it was collected (unless we are legally required to retain it, in which case it will be retained for the relevant mandatory legal retention period).

You acknowledge that OFIS is bound by the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”) and you agree to do all acts as may be necessary and requested by OFIS to co-operate with OFIS in complying with the PDPA.

We may use “cookies” (where a small data file is sent to your browser) to store and track information about you when you access or use the Platform. 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. 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 Platform.

To safeguard your personal data, OFIS will (and will as far as commercially practicable procure our affiliates or third-party service providers to) take all reasonable measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized or accidental access, processing or loss, by implementing appropriate physical, electronic and supervisory controls. You hereby acknowledge that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While security cannot be guaranteed, we strive to protect the security of your information and are constantly reviewing and enhancing our information security measures.

The privacy of your personal data is important to us. As such, OFIS has designated a Personal Data Protection Officer from within the Senior Management Team to look after your interest. Subject to contractual and legal restrictions, you may have the right to withdraw your consent to some or all collection, use and disclosure of your personal data as described in these Terms upon giving us reasonable notice in writing of such withdrawal by contacting the Data Protection Officer at pdpa@orientfutures.com.sg. We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that, depending on the nature and extent of the withdrawal, you acknowledge that we may be unable to initiate or continue to provide access to the Platform to you, or administer any account(s) or relationship(s) in place upon the withdrawal of your consent. This may include the termination of any accounts, agreements and/or relationships that you may have with OFIS. All the legal rights and remedies of OFIS are expressly reserved in the event of termination and any subsequent event. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of any collection, use or disclosure of personal information which is not subject to consent, or for which OFIS is otherwise legally permitted to retain.

You may have a right to request that OFIS dispose of your personal data under OFIS’ control, subject to contractual and legal restrictions. If you wish for OFIS to dispose of your personal data under OFIS’ control, please give OFIS reasonable notice in writing of such request by contacting its Data Protection Officer at pdpa@orientfutures.com.sg.

These Terms do not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the Platform provides a link to. The inclusion of a link on the Platform does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by OFIS or by its affiliates. You hereby agree that it is your responsibility to review the terms and conditions and privacy policies of those third-party websites to find out how they collect, use and disclose your personal data.

The Platform is not directed to individuals under the minimum age with capacity to consent to processing of personal data in each jurisdiction in which the Platform is made available, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under such age.

Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, you hereby agree that we may disclose any information or personal data collected from you to any third-party vendors (including any of our research data providers for purposes in respect of marketing and business development activities conducted by these vendors.