Privacy Statement

The Autism Collaborative (AC) is a group of people working with individuals with Autism, in collaboration with the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), the National University Hospital (NUH), and KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH). AC will be referred to as "Team", "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy statement.

1. Type of Personal Information Collected and Purpose for Collection

i. A variety of information may be collected, including the participant's given name, family name, profession, job designation, diagnosis background, organisation and business email address.

ii. The personal information collected will allow the team to provide participants with information regarding relevant AC activities.

iii. The Team will use the business or personal contact information collected for necessary communication and participant support. The Team may have limited ability to assist enquiries and programme sign-ups if no information was provided.

2. Disclosure of Personal Information

i. The Team will not disclose any participants' personal information except under these limited circumstances: a) The Team members will access the participants' personal information to provide the services that participants request for and b) communicate updates or information and any related or ancillary purposes deemed necessary by the Team.

ii. Any disclosure of the participants' personal information by the Team to any third party will be used specifically for the purpose for which it had been disclosed. The Team will not share the participants' personal information to any party that is not involved in the collaboration of the Autism Collaborative.

iii. By registering to be part of the AC network, you have given absolute consent and agree for all submitted information and data to be used for the submission of any grants related to the costs of organising and running of the Autism Collaborative. Any disclosure of the participants' personal information by the Team to any third party will be used specifically for the purpose for which it had been disclosed.

iv. The Team shall protect and take all reasonable precautions and adequate measures to safeguard the participants' personal information against risks such as loss, theft, unauthorised access, unauthorised disclosure, modification, copying, use and destruction. The Team will not be held responsible for all submitted information and data that may be shared with any other third parties apart from those that the Team directly liaised with.

3. Personal Information Security

i. The Team shall protect and take all reasonable precautions and adequate measures to safeguard the participants' personal information against risks such as loss, theft, unauthorised access, unauthorised disclosure, modification, copying, use and destruction.

ii. The Team will protect the confidentiality of the participants' personal information in its dealing with third parties.

iii. The Team will not request for the participants' username and password via email or telephone. If participants receive such requests, please inform the Team immediately at imh.autism.research@nhghealth.com.sg.

4. Accuracy of Personal Information

i. The participants' personal information will be deemed as accurate and complete upon registering interest in joining the AC network, necessary for the purpose for which it is intended to be used.

ii. Accurate, complete and up to date personal information will minimise any inappropriate decisions made about a participant when the need arises.

iii. The participants may email to imh.autism.research@nhghealth.com.sg and request for changes to be made to their registration details.

5. Retention and Destruction of Personal Information

i. The Team will maintain appropriate practices for retention and destruction where participants' personal information will be erased and destroyed if it is no longer of use or relevant. Upon the destruction of participants' personal information, the Team will then no longer have access to such personal information.

6. Transfer of Personal Information

i. The participants' personal information provided is not transferrable to other countries and will be accessed only by the Team and its duly authorised partner/s. The Team shall not use any data provided by the participants, or any substance that is replicated or derived therefrom for any commercial or profit-generating purpose, or in the conduct of research that is subject to consulting, licensing or other similar legal or commercial obligations to another institution, corporation or business entity, unless the provider provides its prior written consent.

ii. For any enquiries regarding the Privacy Policy or any requests regarding personal information, please contact the Team at imh.autism.research@nhghealth.com.sg.