Legal Matters

Transparency

We at CLASS are committed to transparency when it comes to our operations. Please click here to view our CLASS’ 2024 Transparency Report.

(to be made available after CLASS’s financial year ending on 31 December 2024)

Dispute Resolution

Any disputes between CLASS and its members, licensees or prospective licensees shall be decided in accordance with the CLASS Dispute Resolution Policy.

Privacy

This is the Data Protection Policy of the Copyright Licensing & Administration Society of Singapore (“we” or “our” or “us”).

We are committed to respecting and protecting the personal information that we collect. The following is our Data Protection Policy. When we gather and use information from you, we will comply with this Data Protection Policy as well as the requirements of the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”). We hope the following Data Protection Policy will help you understand how we collect, use and/or disclose and safeguard the information that is collected on our website (accessible at https://class-singapore.com/) (“Website”), electronic mail (at info@class-singapore.com or any of our other affiliated emails), (“Email”) or at our physical premises (1 Wallich Street #14-01 (Guoco Tower), Singapore 078881) (“Premises”) or is otherwise in our possession or under our control. It also sets out your rights in relation to your information, and who you can contact for more information or queries.

CLASS is a not-for-profit organisation committed to protecting and enabling easy access to copyright material belonging to its members through licensing of academic works, newspaper articles, journals, novels, photos and illustrations, and especially for digital uses. CLASS seeks to provide rights and licenses in order to simplify the management of copyright material. CLASS may collect and use personal data from time to time in order to fulfil its purpose.

This Data Protection Policy does not apply to any unsolicited information that you provide to us. This includes, but is not limited to, any information posted to the public forums (such as social networking services, industry directories, industry guides, and the Internet), as well as any other unsolicited submissions.

Such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential. You agree that we will be free to reproduce, use and exploit such information without limitation and/or any attribution to you.

We may amend and update this Data Protection Policy in our sole discretion from time to time. If we make any significant changes, we will inform you via email, so that you are able to review the changes before you continue to use our services.

If we intend to use, disclose and/or process personal data in any manner that is inconsistent with the terms of this Data Protection Policy, we will publish a notification on our Website to notify you of the same. You will be deemed to have consented to such variation should we not receive any objection from you within seven (7) days from the date of the said notice.

By accepting this Data Protection Policy, or continuing to access and use our Website, corresponding with us, or using any of our services, you are deemed to have agreed and consented to allow us, our subsidiaries and/or our affiliates to:

  • collect, use, disclose and/or process information about you that you have provided or may in the future provide to us, our partners and/or our affiliates for the purposes set out in this Data Protection Policy; and
  • disclose information about you in accordance with this Data Protection

If you do not agree with this Data Protection Policy, please do not access or use our Website, correspond with us and/or use any of our services.