Terms of Use
Thank you for visiting this website ("Website"), which is owned and maintained by DSO National Laboratories (“DSO”).
Please read these Terms of Use and the DSO Privacy Policy (collectively, these “Terms”) carefully before you start to use this Website. To avoid doubt, the “use” of this Website includes (without limitation) accessing, viewing, downloading, copying, printing, mirroring, framing and/or hyperlinking to this Website and/or the Contents (or any part of the foregoing).
By accessing and/or using this Website, you are deemed to have accepted and agreed to these Terms.
If you do not agree to these Terms, please immediately cease your access to and/or of this Website.
General
DSO reserves the right to revise and/or amend these Terms from time to time, without prior notice to you. The revised/amended Terms will be posted on this Website. By continuing to access and/or use this Website after such changes have been made, you agree that you have read, understood and accepted all such changes.
In addition to these Terms, additional terms and conditions may apply for access to certain parts of this Website. By accessing such parts of this Website, you are deemed to have accepted to be legally bound by such additional terms and conditions as stated in the parts of this Website where such access is made available. Where there is any inconsistency between these Terms and the additional terms and conditions, the additional terms and conditions shall (to the extent of such inconsistency) prevail. You should therefore read this page carefully each time you access and/or use this Website.
Intellectual Property and Proprietary Rights
The contents ("Contents") of this Website (including without limitation all information, designs, text, images, video, audio, codes, scripts, programs, software, technology, data compilation and other materials) are protected by copyright, trademark and other forms of proprietary rights. Unless otherwise expressly stated, all rights, title and interest in the Contents are owned by, licensed to or controlled by DSO.
Restrictions on Use of Contents
You are permitted to view, download and print the Contents for personal and non-commercial use, provided you do not modify the Contents or any part thereof and provided you retain any copyright or proprietary notices contained in the Contents.
Except for the limited permission mentioned above or as otherwise permitted by DSO in writing, you must not in any manner whatsoever:
- reproduce, transmit, publish, broadcast, store, alter, adapt, modify, distribute, display, license, or otherwise use (whether in whole or in part) this Website and/or the Contents (or any part of the foregoing);
- engage in any form of unauthorised modification to this Website (such as but not limited to inserting a hyperlink); and/or
- copy and/or display this Website and/or the Contents on any other website or server.
Disclaimer of Warranties
This Website and the Contents are made available on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, DSO does not warrant and hereby disclaims any warranty (whether express or implied), including without limitation:
- as to the accuracy, correctness, adequacy and/or reliability of any information and materials contained in or accessed through this Website;
- as to the title, merchantability, satisfactory quality, non‑infringement of third party intellectual property rights, and/or fitness for any particular purpose of this Website and/or any information and materials contained in or accessed through this Website; and/or
- that this Website and/or the Contents (or any part of the foregoing) and/or any functions associated therewith will be available, uninterrupted and/or error-free; or that defects will be corrected; or that this Website and the server is and will be free of viruses and/or harmful or invasive elements.
Liability and Indemnity
To the fullest extent permitted by law, DSO shall not be liable for any losses, damages, costs and expenses whatsoever and howsoever arising from or in connection with the following (even if caused by the fault or negligence of DSO’s officers, directors, employees, subcontractors and/or agents):
- your access to and/or use of this Website and/or the Contents (or any part of the foregoing); and/or
- your access to and/or use of any information and materials contained in or accessed through this Website.
You agree to indemnify DSO from and against any and all losses, damages, costs and expenses whatsoever that DSO may suffer or incur arising from or in connection with your breach of any of these Terms.
Right of Access
DSO may in its sole discretion, at any time and without any prior notice or explanation:
- deny or restrict access to this Website by any person or entity, or block access from any internet address or website to this Website;
- suspend the operation of this Website; and/or
- delete or modify this Website and/or the Contents (or any part of the foregoing), and/or
- monitor user activities on this Website.
You must not, except with DSO’s prior written permission in each case:
- use any automated tools or manual workaround to copy and/or monitor any pages within this Website and/or the Contents;
- use any device, software or routine to interfere (or attempt to interfere) with the operation or working of this Website; and/or
- take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on DSO's servers.
Hyperlinked websites
In these Terms, “hyperlinked websites” means:
- websites that this Website contains hyperlinks to; and
- websites that contain hyperlinks to this Website.
Such hyperlinks are provided solely for the convenience to you as a user of this Website. Use of the hyperlinks and access to the hyperlinked websites are entirely at your own risk.
Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Website:
- The hyperlinked websites are not maintained or controlled by DSO.
- DSO is not responsible for the hyperlinked websites and/or their contents (including, without limitation, as to their availability, accuracy or reliability).
- DSO does not endorse or verify any hyperlinked websites, and DSO shall not be considered to be associated or affiliated with any hyperlinked websites.
- DSO shall not be liable for any losses, damages, costs and expenses whatsoever and howsoever arising from or in connection with any hyperlinked websites.
Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, caching and hyperlinks to, and the mirroring and/or framing of this Website and/or the Contents (or any part of the foregoing) are prohibited.
You must obtain DSO’s prior written permission before hyperlinking to, mirroring or framing, this Website and/or the Contents (or any part of the foregoing), or engaging in similar activities. DSO reserves the right to impose (in its sole discretion) any terms and conditions when granting any such written permission, and you agree to comply with all such terms and conditions. To avoid doubt, DSO shall not be obliged to establish reciprocal links with any website operated by you.
DSO reserves all rights to disable any hyperlinks to, or frames of any website containing information and/or material that DSO considers (in its sole discretion) to be inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, unlawful, or infringing upon any third party’s rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property, proprietary, privacy and/or publicity rights).
DSO reserves the right to disable any unauthorised hyperlinks or frames and disclaims any responsibility for the content available on any other website reached by hyperlinks to or from this Website or any of the Contents.
Governing Law
The laws of the Republic of Singapore shall govern:
- the application and interpretation of these Terms; and/or
- your access to and/or use of this Website and/or the Contents (or any part of the foregoing).
You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Republic of Singapore in relation to any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with:
- these Terms; and/or
- your access to and/or use of this Website and/or the Contents (or any part of the foregoing).