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15 February 2024

Thank you June and Intellitrain, welcome CMA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Lunar New Year to all of our fellows, members, colleagues and friends of the SIArb who celebrate. 

May the Year of the Dragon bring you joy, success, good health and abundance! 

The Lunar New Year is customarily a time for reunions with loved ones, to give thanks and to celebrate new beginnings.  In this connection, this season marks a time of thanksgiving and transition for SIArb as we onboard a new secretariat team following the retirement of Intellitrain as SIArb's secretariat services provider. 

As a volunteer led organisation with an extremely busy annual programme, SIArb has been fortunate to have had the support of June Tan and her fantastic team at Intellitrain over the past decade.  Intellitrain has contributed as a true stakeholder of SIArb, seeing through milestone after milestone, including our 40th anniversary Gala Dinner in 2022, digitalising and taking our Fellowship and International Entry Courses to the next level during the unprecedented pandemic years, launching the Singapore Arbitration Journal and not least organising innumerable successful lectures, symposia, seminars and social events that our members and friends have enjoyed year after year.  Despite a challenging handover years ago, Intellitrain leaves SIArb on strong foundations with three consecutive years of growth and a solid financial position.

In these respects, June and her team over the years (including Joy, Lynn, Cheryl, Linh, Daphne, Shandy, Keerthi, Gabriel and others who have worked behind the scenes) will always be fondly remembered as part of the SIArb family.

June Tan collage

On behalf of SIArb, Council wishes to convey our utmost gratitude to June and her team (present and past) for their contributions to SIArb’s development and evolution.  Many of our members will have interacted with June at some point and we will all miss her. 

Sadly, the time has come to bid farewell to Intellitrain as secretariat, but we will continue to count them as friends and look forward to welcoming June and her team as special guests of SIArb on future occasions. 

Effective 15 February 2024, directors Allison Law and Beatrice Goh and their team at CMA International Consultants will be taking over in providing secretariat services for SIArb.  CMA was founded in 1995 and has over 25 years of experience in providing secretariat services to professionals-led associations as well as conference and event management.  Their contact details will be published on SIArb's website and LinkedIn page.  The new SIArb enquiries hotline will be +65 6336 4970.

2024 got off to a cracking start with two CPD events already, including the ever popular annual 'Developments in Singapore Arbitration' hybrid seminar by Professor Lawrence Boo and Delphine Ho, which again attracted over 100 registrations in Singapore and abroad. 

Given the transition in the secretariat team, Council foresees that we are likely to have to moderate the number of events organised by SIArb in the initial few months.  Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience as we welcome CMA to the SIArb family.  Our priority is to ensure a smooth transition so that our governance and cornerstone activities, in particular our membership and fellowship courses, will not be impacted.  We plan to pick up the pace of events again later in the year and will continue to hold our flagship events such as the SIArb Lecture, Annual Symposium and Annual Dinner.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me or any of the Council Members.  

Thank you and I look forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming events.

Tay Yu-Jin

President, SIArb 2023-2025
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1.INTRODUCTION

1.1 Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (“SIArb”) realises the importance of safeguarding any Personal Data (as defined below) that may be provided on http://www.siarb.org.sg (the “Website”).

1.2 This Privacy Policy sets out the circumstances in which Personal Data may be collected, used and disclosed. Please read the Privacy Policy to understand SIArb’s views and practices regarding your Personal Data.

1.3 SIArb reserves the right to amend the Privacy Policy as it deems appropriate and the updated version will be posted on the Website.

2. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

2.1 “Personal Data” refers to any data that can be used to identify a natural person, including but not limited to your name, user name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, credit or debit card information.

2.2 Some examples of Personal Data that SIArb collect or may collect are:

a) Personal contact information, including but not limited to name, telephone number, email address, residential address and mailing address;

b) Identification card or passport number, date of birth, place of birth and other information as may be required for the verification of identity;

c) Curriculum vitae, occupation, and education ;

d) Personal opinions made known to SIArb (e.g. your feedback or responses to any surveys);

e) Browsing history, location data or other unique information;

f) Any other Personal Data reasonably required in order for SIArb to provide the services requested by you; and

g) Any other Personal Data permitted by, or required for compliance with, any applicable laws or regulations and SIArb’s internal control and compliance policies.

2.3 SIArb does not collect any Personal Data about you on the Website unless you choose to provide it to SIArb voluntarily. Where such Personal Data is provided voluntarily, you consent to SIArb’s collection, use and/or disclosure of Personal Data in the manner as set out in the Privacy Policy.

2.4 SIArb collects Personal Data from you when you choose to use the various features of the Website. Personal Data may be provided to SIArb when, for example:

a) Carrying out transactions with SIArb on or in relation to the Website (e.g. registering for an event, applying for membership, applying to join an SIArb panel, submitting feedback, etc);

b) Contacting SIArb;

c) Subscribing to any updates or newsletters provided on the Website; and

d) Browsing the Website (e.g. traffic data, location data, browsing history).

3. USE OF COOKIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES

3.1 A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer, system or mobile device when you visit the Website. Cookies collect information about users and their visit to the Website, such as their Internet protocol (IP) address, how they arrived at the Website (for example, through a search engine or a link from another Website) and how they navigate within the Website. SIArb uses cookies and other technologies to facilitate your internet sessions, offer you products and/or services according to your preferred settings, track use of the Website and to compile statistics about activities carried out on the Website.

3.2 A pixel tag, also known as a web beacon, is an invisible tag placed on certain pages of the Website but not on your computer. Pixel tags are usually used in conjunction with cookies and are used to monitor the behaviour of users visiting the Website.

3.3 You may set up your web browser to block cookies which will in turn disable the pixel tags from monitoring your website visit. You may also remove cookies stored from your computer or mobile device. However, if you do block cookies and pixel tags, you may not be able to use certain features and functions of the Website.

4. PURPOSES OF USE OF PERSONAL DATA

4.1 All Personal Data collected by SIArb individually or collectively and may be combined with other information for the following purposes:

a) To administer the Website;

b) Communicating with you, including sending you general communications regarding events, membership, panel membership, news, updates or reports;

c) Assessing and processing applications, instructions, requests from you including providing such Personal Data to SIArb Council and Committees for such purpose;

d) To respond to queries or feedback;

e) To address or investigate any complaints, claims or disputes;

f) To process the registration and maintenance of your account; and

g) Performing office and operational administrative matters.

4.2 SIArb may use your Personal Data to offer you, to the extent permissible by Singapore laws, services, including events, membership, business opportunities, general news and information that may be of interest to you. Such marketing messages may be sent to you in various modes including but not limited to electronic mail, direct mailers, short message service, telephone calls, facsimile and other mobile message services. In doing so, SIArb will comply with the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012) (“PDPA”) and other applicable data protection and privacy regulations. 

You may at any time request that SIArb stop contacting you for marketing purposes via selected or all modes. If such request is made, SIArb will process the request within 60 working days.

5. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

5.1 SIArb may from time to time disclose your Personal Data to any third parties such as SIArb’s service providers and professional advisors or affiliates of SIArb, whether located in Singapore or otherwise. Such disclosure may take place where it is necessary for::

a) the provision of meeting and event management services;

(b) the provision of IT and website-related services

c) the provision of services in relation to SiArb's newsletters and e-newsletters;

d) the provision of services in relation to membership; and

e) the provision of general secretariat, administrative and other services by SiArb.


6. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA OUTSIDE SINGAPORE

SIArb may transfer, store, process and/or deal with your Personal Data outside Singapore. SIArb will take steps to ensure the transfer of your Personal Data complies with the PDPA and other applicable data protection and privacy laws.

7. SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

SIArb will make reasonable security arrangements to protect your Personal Data to prevent unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or similar risks.

8. RETAINING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Your Personal Data is retained as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected remains or to which you have given your consent, except where otherwise provided by Singapore laws.

9. RIGHTS OF ACCESS AND RECTIFICATION

You may request access to your Personal Data held by SIArb, or rectification of any inaccuracies in your Personal Data held by SIArb. SIArb is entitled to charge a fee for processing your request for access. Such a fee depends on the nature and complexity of your access request. SIArb will notify you of the processing fee. Any request is to be sent to the data protection officer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

10. THIRD PARTY SITES

The Website may contain links to other websites which are not maintained by SIArb. This Privacy Policy only applies to the Website. When visiting these third party websites, you should read their privacy policies which will apply to your use of the websites.

11. CONTACTING US

If you have any questions about aspects of this Privacy Policy or your Personal Data, please contact the data protection officer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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