Terms of Use of Datasets
Acceptance & Grant of Licence
1. By Using (as defined below) the datasets on the relevant Websites, you agree to the terms of this Licence.
2. The Singapore Food Agency ("SFA") grants you a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use the datasets, subject to the terms of this Licence.
What You Can Do:
3. You can use, access, download, copy, distribute, transmit, modify, and adapt the datasets, or any derived analyses or applications, whether commercially or non-commercially ("Use").
4. You may grant a sub-licence of the datasets if this is necessary to enable users of your application and/or website ("your Sub-Licensees"), to use your application or access your website.
5. If your Sub-Licensees require additional rights, your application and/or website should direct your Sub-Licensees to obtain the appropriate licence at data.gov.sg.
Limitations
6. This Licence does not grant you any rights from:
i. any personal data in the dataset;
ii. third-party rights that SFA is not authorised to license; and
iii. patents, trademarks, and design rights.
7. You must not Use the datasets in a way that suggests any official status or that SFA endorses you or your Use of the datasets.
8. This Licence does not grant any rights to Downstream Sub-Licensees.
Additional Conditions
Attribution
9. You must include in your products, applications or websites that Use the datasets, a conspicuous notice acknowledging the source of the datasets and including a link to the most recent version of this Licence. An example notice is provided below:
[Contains information from {name of dataset} accessed on {date of access of dataset} from {source of data} which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 {URL link to licence}]
Disclaimers
10. The datasets are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. SFA makes no representations or warranties in relation to the datasets, including but not limited to any representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, continued availability, timeliness, non-infringement, title, quality, or fitness for any particular purpose of the datasets to the fullest extent permitted by the law.
11. To the extent permitted by law, SFA shall not be liable to you or any third party whether in contract, tort (including negligence), restitution, breach of statutory duty or otherwise, for damage or loss of any kind arising directly or indirectly from you or any third party's Use of, or inability to Use, the datasets or the Relevant Websites.
Indemnity
12. You shall indemnify SFA against all liabilities, damages, costs (including legal costs) and expenses arising directly or indirectly from:
i. any claim made by a third party in connection with your Use of the datasets;
ii. your violation of any rights of another person; or
iii. any claim made by a third party in connection with the third party’s Use of the datasets or any derived analyses or applications which you have provided.
Intellectual Property
13. All datasets are the intellectual property of SFA.
14. You cannot enforce any intellectual property rights belonging to SFA except with the prior written approval of SFA.
Rights of Third Parties
15. No one other than a party to this Licence shall have any right to enforce any of its terms.
Termination of Licence
16. SFA may terminate this Licence immediately upon your breach of any of the terms of this Licence. The Disclaimers and Indemnity sections, with any other provision of this Licence which is required to give effect to termination or the consequences of such termination, shall survive the termination of this Licence.
Governing Law & Jurisdiction
17. This Licence is governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore and the parties to the Licence submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore courts.
Definitions & Interpretation
18. In this Licence:
i. "Dataset" includes any data, or information within the dataset, that is offered for use under the terms of this Licence.
ii. "Downstream Sub-Licensee" means any person who may require a licence in order to access the website or use the application of a Sub-licensee.
iii. "Sub-Licensee" means a person that is granted a sub-licence by you, where allowed under this Licence.
iv. "Relevant Websites" means this website or other websites owned by SFA that are linked from this website.
About the Singapore Open Data Licence
19. The Singapore Open Data Licence aims to promote and enable easy reuse of Public Sector data to create value for the community and businesses.
20. This is version 1.0 of the Singapore Open Data Licence. The Singapore Government may, from time to time, issue new versions of the Singapore Open Data Licence. Your continued Use of the datasets constitutes your acceptance of the new version of this Licence.