Privacy Policy

Last updated on 19th November 2024

AI Singapore (“AISG”) is a national research programme funded by the National Research Foundation, Singapore and hosted by the National University of Singapore (“NUS”) In this Privacy Policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to AISG’s SEA-LION website (“Website”) found at URL playground.sea-lion.ai and all its associated pages, links and sites.

We at NUS (together with our affiliates, “NUS”, “we”, “our” or “us”) respect your privacy and are strongly committed to keeping secure any information we obtain from you or about you. This Privacy Policy describes our practices with respect to Personal Information we collect from or about you when you use our website, applications, and services (collectively, “Services”).

NUS may change this policy as and when necessary.

1. What information we collect about you and how we use this information

1.1 Account and Profile Information Whilst using the site the following information may be collected (not public):

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address (not public)
  • Geographical location
  • Browser type and version (not public)
  • Operating system (not public)
  • Referral source (not public)
  • Length of visit, page views, website navigation and any other related browsing activity

1.2 Contact Information We use your contact information, such as your email address, to authenticate your account and keep it – and our services – secure, and help prevent/mitigate spam, fraud, and abuse. We also use contact information to personalize our services, enable certain account features, for example, login verification, reset the password, send you information about our platform(s). You can also unsubscribe from any email notifications. If you email us, we will keep the content of your message, your email address, and your contact information to respond to your request.

1.3 Cookies A cookie is a small piece of data that is stored on your computer or mobile device. Like many websites, we use cookies and similar technologies to collect additional website usage data and to operate our platform(s). Although most web browsers automatically accept cookies, many browsers’ settings can be set to decline cookies or alert you when a website is attempting to place a cookie on your computer. However, some of our platform features may not function properly if you disable cookies. We do not support the Do Not Track browser option. We use cookies for the following purposes:

1.3.1 Authentication – We use cookies to identify you when you visit our platform(s)

1.3.2 Status – We use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website.

1.3.3 Security – We use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including seeking to prevent fraudulent use of login credentials and to protect our website and services generally.

1.3.4 Service providers – Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

1.3.5 Google Analytics – We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy

1.4 Log Data We receive information when you view content on or otherwise interact with our platform(s), which we refer to as “Log Data,” even if you have not created an account. For example, when you visit our websites, sign into our platform(s), interact with our email notifications, we may receive information about you. This Log Data includes information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device information (including device and application IDs), search terms, and cookie information. We use Log Data to operate our services and ensure their secure, reliable, and robust performance. We use information you provide to us and data we receive, including Log Data and data from third parties, to make inferences like what topics you may be interested in and what languages you speak. This helps us better design our services for.

2. Information We Share and Disclose

2.1 How we share information we collect You should be aware that any information you provide on our platform(s) – including profile information associated with the account you – may remain even after you terminate your account. We urge you to consider the sensitivity of any information you input into these services. To request the removal of your information from publicly accessible websites operated by us, please
contact us. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to and why.

2.2 Sharing with third parties

2.2.1 Service Providers – We share information with third parties that help us operate, provide, improve, integrate, customize, support and market our services. We work with third-party service providers to provide website and application development, hosting, maintenance, backup, storage, virtual infrastructure, payment processing, analysis and other services for us, which may require them to access or use information about you. If a service provider needs to access information about you to perform services on our behalf, they do so under close instruction from us, including policies and procedures designed to protect your information. Our administrators may choose to add new functionality or change the behaviour of the platform(s) by installing third-party apps within the platform(s). Doing so may give third-party apps access to your account and information about you like your name and email address, and any content you choose to use in connection with those apps. Third-party app policies and procedures are not controlled by us, and this privacy policy does not cover how third-party apps use your information. Please review the privacy policies of third parties before connecting to or using their applications or services to learn more about their privacy and information handling practices. If you object to information about you being shared with these third parties, please do not sign up for AISG’s services. Below are the third party services we use in our platform(s):

2.2.2 Links to Third Party Sites – Our platform(s) may include links that direct you to other websites or services whose privacy practices may differ from ours. If you submit information to any of those third-party sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies, not this one. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

Some of our services contain widgets and social media features, such as the Facebook or LinkedIn “share” buttons. These widgets and features collect your IP address, and which page you are visiting on our website, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Widgets and social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

2.3 Law, Harm, and the Public Interest Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Privacy Policy or controls we may otherwise offer you, we may preserve, use, or disclose your personal data if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; to protect the safety of any person; to protect the safety or integrity of our platform, including to help prevent spam, abuse, or malicious actors on our services, or to explain why we have removed content or accounts from our services; to address fraud, security, or technical issues; or to protect our rights or property or the rights or property of those who use our services. However, nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal defenses or objections that you may have to a third party’s, including a government’s, request to disclose your personal data.

2.4 Non-Personal Information We share or disclose non-personal data, such as aggregated information like the platform statistics (online users, visitors, current viewers of a topic, etc.), the number of people who clicked on a particular link.

3. How to access and control your information

3.1 Accessing or Rectifying Your Personal Data You have the right to request a copy of your information, to object to our use of your information. You can request for downloading your account information, including your created content. You can also request the correction, deletion, or modification of your personal data. Your request and choices may be limited in certain cases: for example, if fulfilling your request would reveal information about another person, or if you ask to delete information which we or your administrator are permitted by law or have compelling legitimate interests to keep. Where you have asked us to share data with third parties, for example, by installing third-party apps, you will need to contact those third-party service providers directly to have your information deleted or otherwise restricted.

3.2 Deletion of Your Personal Data You can request your account deletion. This will include personal data, profile data, created content, logs, etc. Cookies should be deleted from your side. Almost all browsers have an option to delete cookies. Keep in mind that search engines and other third parties may still retain copies of your public information, like your profile information, even after we/you have deleted the information from our platform(s).

3.3 Restrict Processing

3.3.1 Request that we stop using your information – In some cases, you may ask us to stop accessing, storing, using and otherwise processing your information where you believe we do not have the appropriate rights to do so. For example, if you believe an account was created for you without your permission or you are no longer an active user, you can request that we delete your account. Where you had given us consent to use your information for a limited purpose, you can contact us to withdraw that consent, but this will not affect any processing that has already taken place at the time. You can also opt out of our use of your information for marketing purposes by contacting us. When you make such requests, we may need time to investigate and facilitate your request. If there is a delay or dispute as to whether we have the right to continue using your information, we will restrict any further use of your information until the request is honoured or the dispute is resolved, provided your administrator does not object (where applicable). If you object to information about you being shared with a third-party app, please disable the app or contact your administrator to do so.

3.4 Data portability – Data portability is the ability to obtain some of your information in a format you can keep on your devices or share with other communities. Depending on the context, this applies to some of your information, but not to all of your information. Should you request it, we will provide you with an electronic file of your basic account information and the information you created.

4. How we store and secure the information we collect

We use data hosting service providers to host the information we collect, and we use technical measures to secure your data. While we implement safeguards designed to protect your information, no security system is impenetrable and due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that data, during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our systems or otherwise in our care, is absolutely safe from intrusion by others.

5. Children and Our Community

You may not use our services if you are under the age of 12 unless accompanied by an adult or under adult supervision. You must also be old enough to consent to the processing of your personal data in your country (in some countries we may allow your parent or guardian to do so on your behalf).

6. Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

7. Your Consent To This Policy

By using our site, you consent to our Privacy Policy.

8. Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Privacy Policy page, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please Contact-Us