The use of this website requires your agreement with the following terms and conditions:
The Dhammakaya Centre Singapore site is maintained by the Dhammakaya Centre Singapore (“DCS”) as a courtesy to those who may choose to access this site (“you”). The information presented herein is for personal educational purposes only.
The DCS hereby grants you permission to visit and view this site and to download and copy the information and materials from this site solely for your personal, non-commercial use, without any right to sell or redistribute them or to compile or create derivative works therefrom, subject to the terms and conditions outlined below (Privacy Notice, Copyrights, and Disclaimers), and also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply to a specific part or parts of the materials within this site.
Privacy Notice
By accessing this site, certain information such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, navigation through the site, will be captured by the servers. These will not specifically identify you. The information will be used internally only for website maintenance purposes and traffic and statistical analysis. If you voluntarily provide unique identifying information, such as name, address and other information on forms stored on this site, such information will be used to the extent expressly agreed to by you for the originally intended purposes of use.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide—such as your name, username, email address, phone number, or mailing address—when you use our services such as online registration for courses.
Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the payments. Our third-party service providers may collect payment information, such as your credit or debit card number and other card information; other account and authentication information; and billing, shipping, and contact details.
Your data will be used to ensure that you have the best experience on this site as well as for improving the services that are provided to you; it will never be used for any other purpose. We have never sold nor will we ever sell any of your information to anyone.
We work with third-party partners who provide services for this site and make improvements to it. These partners are obligated to protect and have strict assurance that your information will be safeguarded.
We may provide information when we are required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or other legal obligation, or in response to a valid request from a law enforcement agency, or when it is necessary to do so to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm to the security or confidentiality of the DCS’ records and systems or interfering with the rights of the DCS.
Promoting safety and security: We may use personal information to help verify accounts and user activity, as well as to promote safety and security, such as by monitoring fraud and investigating suspicious or potentially illegal activity or violations of our terms or policies. Such processing is undertaken because it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or is based on our legitimate interest in helping to ensure the safety of our products and services.
Your Rights: you may have rights described below.
The right to access: You have the right to request from us copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information in your personal data you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request us to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure (the right to be forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
If you have any questions about this Site’s Privacy Notice, the data we retain on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us. (If you wish to exercise any of these data processing rights and place a request, we ask to be given one month to respond.) Email us at: info@dhammakaya.sg
Changes to This Privacy Statement
We may periodically change this Privacy Statement to keep pace with new technologies, industry practices, and regulatory requirements, among other reasons. We expect most such changes to be minor. Any non-material changes will take effect immediately upon posting of an updated Privacy Statement, and we will indicate the Last Modified date at the top of this document.
Your continued use of our products and services after the effective date of the Privacy Statement means that you accept the revised Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to the revised Privacy Statement, please refrain from using our products and services and Contact Us (Email: info@dhammakaya.sg) to close any account you may have created.
If you close your account, we have no obligation to retain your information, and we may delete any or all of your information without liability. We may retain, however, information related to you if we believe it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, if required by law, or for legitimate purposes, where applicable, such as analysis of non-personal information, account recovery, maintaining the functionality or security of our systems, auditing our records, or enforcing our rights and obligations under our agreements.
Privacy policies of other websites
This site contains links to other websites. The DCS’ Privacy Policy applies only to this site. Therefore, if you click on a link to another website, you should read the privacy policy of that site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us.
It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access. If you feel that the security of your account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach, we will promptly notify you and the proper authorities if required by law.
Copyrights
The copyrights to this site and the content of this site, including and without limitation, all images, texts and designs, are the property of the organization except where copyright ownership is otherwise expressly stated.
You shall not use this site or any information thereon in violation of any rights provided by law, policy, rule or regulation of any country or region, or for any illegal activity or any activity prohibited by law, policy, rule or regulation of any country or region. DCS is not responsible for such illegal use of the copyrighted materials.
Disclaimers
Materials provided on this site are provided “as is,” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including and without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. DCS specifically does not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any such materials. The organization periodically adds, changes, improves or updates the materials on this site without notice. Under no circumstances shall the DCS be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of this site, including and without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto.
The use of this site is at your sole risk. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall DCS or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages resulting therefrom, even if the organization has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Neither DCS nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective agents, employees, information providers or content providers, shall be liable to you or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, alteration of or use of any content herein, or for its timeliness or completeness, nor shall they be liable for any failure of performance, computer virus or communication line failure, regardless of cause, or for any damages resulting therefrom.
As a condition of use of this site, you agree to indemnify DCS and its affiliates from and against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your use of this site, including and without limitation, any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by you of these Terms and Conditions. If you are dissatisfied with any part or parts of the materials on this site or with any of its Terms and Conditions of Use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the site.
This site may contain links and references to third-party websites. The linked sites are not under the control of the organization, and DCS is not responsible for the content of any linked website, any link contained in a linked website or the privacy policy of any linked website. DCS provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply the endorsement of the linked website by the organization.