The Grow Asia websites may contain features including blog, report and newsletter services, event, issue and community pages, member areas and other applications that may be available from time to time. Any person that accesses or uses the websites agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use contain conditions, disclaimers and other provisions, some of which limit Grow Asia’s liability. Any person that does not agree to these Terms of Use or that cannot enter into a legally binding agreement may not access or use the Grow Asia websites.

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Appropriate Use

Any use of the websites by visitors that would limit or constrict the availability or quality of the websites’ features is prohibited and Grow Asia reserves the right to take any actions required to enforce this principle. Visitors shall not use the websites to post, submit or otherwise distribute unlawful, defamatory, abusive, obscene or offensive materials. Furthermore, visitors shall not use the Grow Asia websites in any way that may violate third party rights including copyright or privacy. Visitors also shall not access or attempt to access the websites using interfaces aside from the ones provided by the websites. Visitors may provide personal information (such as name, surname, birth date) as part of the registration to access and use some of the features on the websites as members, partners, bloggers, subscribers, participants, donators or similar. Information provided for registration must be accurate, correct and up to date. Grow Asia reserves the right to verify and deny access where data is incomplete, incorrect, inappropriate and/or missing.

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Disclaimer

The websites are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” WITH NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON- INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE. IF THIS DISCLAIMER IS NOT ENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IT MAY BE MODIFIED AT GROW ASIA’S DISCRETION TO A FORM THAT IS ENFORCEABLE.

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Grow Asia provides the documents, reports, data, links, media files and information (together, “Resources”) on the Grow Asia Exchange as a resource for its users without any form of assurance. Whilst Grow Asia tries to provide high quality content, the Resources provided on this website are provided "as is" and without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, informational content, interference with enjoyment, and non-infringement.

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The content of any Resources is representative of the opinion of the author of the respective article. The content of any articles published by other authors than Grow Asia on the websites does not necessarily represent Grow Asia’s endorsement of the views or content of such articles.

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Grow Asia does not take responsibility for the correctness, completeness, up-to-datedness or quality of the information provided on the websites. Grow Asia expressly disclaims any and all liability to any person in respect of anything done or omitted to be done wholly or partially in reliance upon the contents of the websites.

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Neither Grow Asia nor any of its affiliate entities, directors, officers, employees and/or advisors shall be responsible for any errors, omissions or inadvertent alterations that may occur in the disclosure of content on its website. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in the Resources on this site are those of the various information providers and content providers and are not necessarily those of Grow Asia.

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Furthermore, Grow Asia is not liable for any damage or corruption caused by viruses (or similar mechanisms such as worms, lock outs, metering, or self-destruct mechanisms) on computers or other terminal equipment in connection with visiting, using and/or downloading data of any kind from the websites. The users are personally responsible for protecting their equipment appropriately from viruses and other risks on the Internet.

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Grow Asia reserves the right, in its sole discretion, but disclaims the obligation, to monitor and/or remove content from any blog.

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Website Content

With the exception of content blogged on the Grow Asia websites for which all proprietary rights are with the respective author of the blog, Grow Asia reserves sole proprietary rights for text, graphics, photographs, logos or other items that appear on the websites. Grow Asia also reserves proprietary rights over the websites’ template, including its layout and structure.

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The Grow Asia name and logo are registered trademarks (in Switzerland) of Grow Asia Partnership Ltd. Visitors that would like to use the Grow Asia logo for a particular purpose should contact Grow Asia directly at info@growasia.org.

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The visitor may make use of the content of the websites, except for blogs, under the terms of Creative Commons Public License (“CCPL”); please see the terms of the CCPL at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. Grow Asia reserves the right to revoke the CCPL at its sole discretion. Under the license, the visitor may copy, distribute and transmit the websites’ works, in whole or in part, in its original form or in an adapted form, provided the work is properly attributed to the author, it is for non-commercial use and it is not altered, transformed or built upon.

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That means (excerpt from http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/):

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• Attribution - You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). 

• Noncommercial - You may not use this work for commercial purposes. 

• No Derivatives - You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.

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This CCPL shall not apply to the Grow Asia name and logo, third-party materials, trademarks, names and logos, website interface elements, graphic files and source code, photographs and videos. Grow Asia reserves all rights which have not been expressly granted.

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Links to other websites

Links on the websites may connect visitors to external or third-party websites that are not related to Grow Asia or under its control. Grow Asia is not responsible for the content of external or third party websites that may be accessible or displayed through external links on the websites. The presence of these external links does not represent Grow Asia’s endorsement of the views or content of these third party websites. Navigating to external websites through links on the Grow Asia Exchange is done at the sole risk of the visitor, and Grow Asia expressly disclaims any liability for any content that appears on any external site.

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Links to this Website

The visitor may link to the Grow Asia website provided the visitor does so in a way that indicates that the link is to the Grow Asia websites and is fair and not misleading. Visitors may not integrate or make use of all or part of the websites in ways that would confuse or mislead visitors as to the nature and origin of the websites’ content.

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Amendments

Grow Asia may amend these Terms of Use at any time, and such amendments will be effective immediately upon notice being provided to the visitor. Notice may be provided on the websites itself, and after posting of the notice, the visitor’s continued use of the websites will be deemed as acceptance of the modified Terms of Use.

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Privacy Policy

Grow Asia is very committed to internet privacy and for visitors to be well informed of the gathering and use of their personal information through Grow Asia websites. The following forms essential parts of Grow Asia’s Privacy Policy:

 

​• monitoring of general trends in the use of the websites but no tracking of individual visitors;

• no collecting of personal information concerning visitors unless that information is voluntarily disclosed, for example by signing up to a Grow Asia Event;

• no selling or renting of personal information voluntarily disclosed to Grow Asia, nor sharing of it with any third parties except if required by law;

• at any time, partners signed up for specific services can cancel or modify their personal information by contacting Grow Asia.

 

The information you voluntary provide to Grow Asia will enable Grow Asia to:

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• share marketing information with you;

• register and facilitate your requirements in relation to Grow Asia Events;

• plan and develop future activities and opportunities;

• allow the compilation and analysis of statistics;

 

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into the Grow Asia websites’ Terms of Use. Any person that uses the websites acknowledges having read and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, as they may be amended from time to time. Any visitor or partner that uses or accesses the websites agrees and consents to the collection of personal information in the manner outlined in this Privacy Policy.

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Data Collection

The Grow Asia websites collect only non personally-identifiable information, unless personal information is voluntarily disclosed. The Grow Asia websites automatically collect non personally- identifiable information using the websites’ cookies to monitor visitor usage patterns and information. The only information the websites collect from a normal visit is the IP address, domain name, browser and type of machine used, referring websites, downloaded files, requested pages and time and date of those requests.

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Use of Information

Grow Asia will analyze browsing patterns and usage trends of the Grow Asia websites’ visitors with the general information collected.

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All this information is used for internal review only and is not shared with third parties, unless legally required.

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Grow Asia periodically summarizes and analyzes these log files to learn how visitors use content on the site. This information is used to allocate resources effectively and to improve the content, organization and performance of our site. This process does not collect, store or use personal information such as name, address, telephone number or e-mail address.

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Use of Cookies

A cookie is simply a small piece of information that a web server asks your browser to store on your local computer, and then later your browser presents this information to the web server. In its simplest form, a cookie is an identifying number.

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The Grow Asia websites use cookies for anonymous visitor tracking. The contracted web server assigns each visitor a unique numerical ID. All requests for pages are tagged with that ID, and by analyzing log files, Grow Asia can determine how many unique visitors used the site.

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Grow Asia does not know the identity of a person based on the numerical ID. The cookies used on our websites do not contain any personal information about visitors, nor are they used to look up personal information about visitors. Even if you have entered information about yourself in one of our registration forms, we do not relate that information to the cookie data.

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Security

Grow Asia does not sell or share any personal information volunteered on the Grow Asia websites to any third party. Any information provided to Grow Asia by users of the Grow Asia websites is held with the utmost care and security, and will not be used in ways other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy, or in any site/area-specific policies, or in ways to which you have not explicitly consented. Grow Asia employs a range of technologies and security measures to protect the information maintained on our systems from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

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All employees who have access to and are associated with the processing of personal data are obliged to respect the confidentiality of official business matters, including personal data.

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Electronic Mail

When you send Grow Asia personal identifying information via e-mail (that is, in a message containing a question or comment, or by filling out a form that e-mails us this information), Grow Asia uses your e-mail to respond to your requests. Grow Asia may forward your e-mail to other employees of Grow Asia or Affiliates (such as the World Economic Forum and Country Partnerships, which may be located in countries which do not have legislation which provides for adequate data protection) who are better able to answer your questions. Grow Asia does not retain or distribute lists of e-mail addresses to any parties outside of Grow Asia (including Grow Asia Affiliates). In no event, do we distribute lists of e-mail addresses to any outside parties. Information collected via e-mail will be retained at our discretion in a directly readable form as long as necessary to complete our response.

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External Links

The websites contain links to other websites that are not operated or maintained by Grow Asia and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Visitors should be aware that the links on these websites are provided only for your convenience. Grow Asia has no control over, makes no promises or warranties of any kind with regard to, and has no responsibility or liability for, the content of any other websites or their privacy policies, their use of cookies, or the way they collect, save, store or use information. You should review the privacy policy of each website you visit.

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Disclosure of Information

However, as part of its Privacy Policy, Grow Asia reserves the right to disclose any information about visitors, including personal information, if and when required by law or when necessary to investigate potential illegal activities such as fraud, violations of the Terms of Use, or when otherwise necessary to protect the interests, property, rights, safety and internet security of Grow Asia, the websites or other third parties. For such purposes, the information may be made available to third parties in countries which do not have legislation that guarantees adequate data protection.

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Agreement and Notification of Amendments

By using this site, you signify your agreement with the Grow Asia’s Privacy Policy.

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Grow Asia reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued use of these websites following changes to these terms means you accept those changes.

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Applicable Law and Venue of Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the substantive laws of Singapore, under the exclusion of any international treaty and under exclusion of any conflicts of laws principles. The place of jurisdiction shall be Singapore.

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Grow Asia Events

All tickets to Grow Asia events are non-refundable, unless otherwise specified. 

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By attending the event, you consent to the use of your photograph, voice, likeness, and image in any broadcasts of this event and in subsequent productions drawn from video or audio recordings of this event. The photographs and recordings may be published or broadcasted in Grow Asia's publications and in publicity materials, websites and social media. All recordings, articles, quotes, photographs, films, audio or video and/or any reproductions of same in any form, are the property of Grow Asia. Grow Asia, its affiliates, employees, representatives and agents are released from any and all claims, demands, costs and liability that may arise from the use of these interviews, recordings, photographs, videotapes or films, and/or any reproductions of same in any form, as described above, arising out of being interviewed, recorded, photographed, videotaped or filmed.

 

It is the responsibility of event participants to remove themselves from group and candid shots/recordings that the photographers/videographers intend to capture, if they do not wish to have their photos/audio-visual recordings taken at the event.

 

Contact

Should you have any questions or concerns about the Grow Asia’s Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by e-mail at info@growasia.org.