Privacy Policy

Eco-Business respects your privacy and safeguarding your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy applies to Eco-Business collecting, using, disclosing, processing, and/or transferring out of Singapore, your personal data for one or more of the purposes described in this policy.

Types of information we collect

A. Personal Information

For subscribers, clients and other users of our site, we may collect and process the following data about you:

  • Email Address
  • Full Name
  • Company/Organisation
  • Industry
  • Job Title
  • Country of residence
  • Topics of Interest

B. Log Files

As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, the browser you used to visit our site (such as Chrome or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

C. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other uses of our website. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a site or page. The cookie will help our website to recognise your device the next time you visit. Some cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website, including secure areas to make payment for our client services like featured jobs, event listings, press releases and EB Circle donations. We use cookies to check if you have a user account, and if you are signed in to your account or not. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and understand how visitors move around our website. This enables us to improve the website experience for our users.

We do NOT sell the information collected by cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies).

D. Cookies and Third Party Services

We use a third party service for web analytics. Eco-Business uses Google Analytics to measure visitor statistics. Read more about how Google processes data when visiting our website. You can Opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics.

We use Google Doubleclick for Small Publishers to serve advertisements via our website. Google DoubleClick places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing. This cookie may be used to serve ads specific to you and your interests, based on your previous browsing history or geo-location. It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers. You can opt-out of the DoubleClick cookie.

E. Cookies and Embedded Content

To support our website, we sometimes embed photos and video content from websites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Shutterstock or Depositphotos. As a result, when you visit a page containing such content, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. Eco-Business does not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party's website for more information.

F. Cookies and Sharing Tools

You will see embedded ‘share’ buttons on Eco-Business web pages; these enable users to easily share content with their friends through a number of popular social networks. When you click on one of these buttons, a cookie may be set by the service you have chosen to share content through. Again, Eco-Business does not control the dissemination of these cookies.

How do we collect this information?

We automatically collect log data and device information when you access and use the Eco-Business site, even if you have not created an Eco-Business account or logged in. That information includes, among other things: details about how you’ve used the Eco-Business site, IP address, access dates and times, hardware and software information, device information, device event information and cookie data.

You should ensure that all personal data submitted to us is complete, accurate, true and correct. Any personal information we collect from you are solely from the various sign-up options on our site for the different services we provide.

How do we process this information?

In accordance with data protection laws, we collect and use your personal data in and outside Singapore only when we have one or more proper reasons to do so, listed here below:

  • Setting up your Eco-Business account.
  • Processing your orders (including The EB Circle and Client Services).
  • Notifying you of your order status or your EB Circle donation status.
  • Process efficiency in dealing with such activity, and to make improvements to our services.
  • Manage your account/provide customer services to you.
  • Keeping our records up to date, handling our customer contact efficiently and effectively, working out which of our products and services may interest you and telling you about them.
  • Undertaking website personalisation and administration.
  • Developing products, services, applications and designs that attract and retain customers.
  • Improving customer interaction with our site.
  • Providing you with our Daily Digest, Weekly Newsletter, Country Newsletter or Covid-19 Newsletter (according to your preference indicated).
  • Sending you information, promotions and updates including marketing and advertising collaterals in relation to our client services and those of our clients or partner organisations.
  • Notifying you about enhancements to our services, such as changes to the website and new services that may be of interest to you.
  • Maintaining network and data security.

For any newsletters, marketing and advertising information sent, we will include instructions on how to unsubscribe through unsubscribe links and preference settings.

Who do we share this information with?

Eco-Business will store the personal data securely but may supply your information to another organisation or individual where the sharing of this information is required in order to provide the product or service that you have requested, or as mentioned above, when there is a relevant statutory or other legal requirement for us to share this information.

Eco-Business may transfer your data to any of our overseas offices or to any staff employed under Eco-Business.

How can you exercise your rights over your information?

By submitting your information on www.eco-business.com ("our site"), you provide consent to the collection and use of your personal data and other activities outlined in this policy.

Under Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act, you have the right to check and access what personal data we hold about you, make corrections to your personal data records, object to the use of your personal data for marketing communications to be shared with you.

You may exercise your right to amend your personal data, withdraw your consent for marketing or promotional materials/communication or delete your data by writing into dpo@eco-business.com.

Please be aware that once we receive confirmation that you wish to amend your personal data or withdraw your consent for marketing or promotional materials/communication or delete your data, it may take up to 30 working days for your withdrawal to be reflected in our systems. In the meantime, you may still receive marketing and advertising collaterals from us.

Should you wish to exercise other rights over your information or seek further clarification on our privacy policy, please contact us in writing as follows:

Data Protection Officer
2 Science Park Drive
#01-03, Ascent
Singapore 118222
Tel: +65 6250 2337

Or through email at [javascript protected email address]

Governing Law

This Privacy Policy and use of this website is governed by Singapore law.

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