Terms & Conditions

BY COMMUNICATING WITH US OR BY USING OR ACCESSING AND CONTINUING TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE AND THE SPC&U MOBILE APPLICATION (“SPC&U APP.”), YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT BELOW WHICH MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME:-

Owner and Operator Information

This web site and the SPC&U App. are owned and operated by Singapore Petroleum Company Limited (“SPC”).

Use of the SPC&U App.

The SPC&U App. is intended for use by motorists. It should not under any circumstances be accessed or used whilst driving. The use of the SPC&U App. requires access to the Internet.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

In no event shall SPC, SPC’s content providers and/or third party licensors and service providers be liable for any injury, loss, damage, loss of profits, revenue, data, information, or data use, of any kind, incurred by you or anyone, whether direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential, arising out of or relating to this web site, the SPC&U App. or any content, including but not limited to any decision which may be made or action which may be taken by you or anyone in reliance upon such content, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

SPC assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions in the information, material or software or other information/documents or third-party products which are mentioned, referenced by or linked to this web site or the SPC&U App.. SPC also does not warrant against interference with your enjoyment of the web site or the SPC&U App. that the functions contained in or services will meet your requirements, that the operation of this web site or the SPC&U App. or services provided will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free, that any request you attempt using this web site or the SPC&U App. will be completed within a reasonable amount of time, or that defects in the web site or the SPC&U App. or services will be corrected. No oral or written information or advice given by SPC or its authorised representatives shall create a warranty.

This web site and the SPC&U App. may contain mention of third-party products and services for information purposes. SPC makes no recommendations or endorsements about third-party products and services. References to third-party services and products are provided by SPC on an “as is” basis, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. You take them up entirely at your own risk.

Further, the terms of your agreement with your respective internet or mobile network service provider apply when using this web site or the SPC&U App. You agree that your use of this web site and the SPC&U App is not contrary to any terms or conditions of coverage extended to you by your respective internet or mobile network service provider. You may be charged by your internet or mobile network service provider for access to network connection services for the duration of the connection while accessing our web site or the SPC&U App. All such charges are your responsibility.

General Restrictions of Use

You will not:-

(a) use this web site or the SPC&U App. (or any part of it) in any unlawful manner, for any unlawful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions, or act fraudulently or maliciously, for example, by hacking into or inserting malicious codes, including viruses, or harmful data, into this web site, the App. or any operating system;

(b) attempt to decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to support this web site or the SPC&U App.;

(c) collect or harvest any information or data from this web site or the SPC&U App. or attempt to decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running any part of this web site or the SPC&U App.;

(d) use cheats, exploits, hacks, bots, mods or third party software designed to interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network; or

(e) attempt to access, search or download the SPC&U App. or any part thereof, through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software and/or search agents provided by SPC or other generally available third-party web browsers (such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari or Opera).

SPC reserves the right to investigate violations, and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who violate these Terms and Conditions.

Copyright

The information on this web site and on the SPC&U App. is protected by copyright. The information contained in this web site and the SPC&U App. is provided by SPC, its content providers and/or third party licensors and service providers. The intellectual property rights to or over the content and/or information contained in this web site and the SPC&U App. belongs to SPC, its content providers and/or third party licensors and service providers. All rights are reserved. The contents of the web site and the SPC&U App. cannot be reproduced, modified, transferred, distributed, republished, downloaded, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including without limitation, electronic, mechanical photocopying or recording without SPC’s prior written permission. You agree that the material and content contained within or provided by this web site or the SPC&U App. is for your own personal use and information only and may not be used for commercial purposes or distributed commercially.

In addition, you or anyone may only view, print, copy, and/or distribute information/documents on/from this web site and the SPC&U App. subject to and conditional on the following conditions:

(a) any copy of the information/document or portion thereof must include all copyright and proprietary notices in the same form and manner as on the original;

(b) the information/document may not be modified in any way;

(c) SPC reserves the right to revoke such authorisation at any time, and any such use shall be discontinued immediately upon notice from SPC;

(d) information/documents specified above do not include the layout or design of this web site and the SPC&U App.. Elements of this web site and the SPC&U App. are protected and may not be imitated or reproduced in whole or in part; and

(e) information/documents specified above do not include logos, graphics, sounds or images on this web site or the SPC&U App. which may be reproduced or distributed only when expressly permitted by SPC.

In no way does your access to or use of this web site and the SPC&U App. constitute the granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, of any license or right to use the trademarks, trade names, logos or service marks appearing on the web site and the SPC&U App. without SPC’s prior written permission. You may not, without SPC’s prior written permission, use any of SPC’s trademarks, trade names, logos or service marks as a hyperlink to this web site, the Google Play Store / Apple App. Store (for SPC&U App.) or any other web site. All such rights are retained by SPC. Trademarks, trade names, logos or service marks of third parties are owned by their respective owners.

Security of Information and Authorisation

SPC does not guarantee the security, timeliness, originality, accuracy, completeness and/or integrity of any information/material in/from this web site or the SPC&U App. or transmitted to this web site or the SPC&U App.. You agree to assume the security risk for any material you obtain or provide from this web site, in using the web site and the SPC&U App..

SPC does not wish to receive confidential or proprietary information through its web site.

Any information sent to SPC will be deemed NON-CONFIDENTIAL. You are deemed to have granted SPC an unrestricted, irrevocable license to display, use, modify, perform, reproduce, transmit and/or distribute any information sent to SPC, for any and all commercial and non-commercial purposes. You are also deemed to have agreed that SPC is free to use any idea, concept, or technique that sent to SPC for any purpose, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products that incorporate such ideas, concepts, or techniques. Information on this web site and the SPC&U App. may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.

Information may be changed or updated without notice. SPC may make improvements and changes to the products and services described on the web site and the SPC&U App. at any time without notice. SPC however makes no commitment to update information.

Changes to this Web Site and the SPC&U App.

SPC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, without notice, at any time from time to time, temporarily or permanently, in whole or in part, to: (i) change the format and content this web site and the SPC&U App. including but not limited to removal of features or functionalities; and/or (ii) suspend the operation of this web site and the App. or of certain of its features or functionalities, for support or maintenance work, in order to update the content or for any other reason.

In relation to the SPC&U App., updates may be issued from time to time through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Depending on the update, you may not be able to use all or part of the App. until you have installed the relevant updates.

Third-Party Web Sites

As a convenience to you, SPC may provide on this web site and the SPC&U App. links to other web sites (the “linked site(s)”) that are operated by other entities. The linked sites are not maintained or controlled by SPC and SPC is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. SPC does not endorse companies or products to which it links. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this web site or the SPC&U App. you do this entirely at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements.

Linking to SPC’s Web Site and the SPC&U App.

No one is permitted to link to SPC’s web site or the SPC&U App. without SPC’s prior written approval.

Changes to the Terms and Conditions of Use

SPC reserves the right to revise these terms and conditions at any time and you are deemed to be aware of and bound by any change to these terms and conditions upon publication on SPC’s web site.

You agree to periodically review these terms and conditions to be aware of such modifications and your access or continued access to or use of this web site and the SPC&U App. shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the revised terms and conditions.

In some cases, however, you may be asked to agree to revised terms when accessing the SPC&U App. and if you do not agree to the revised terms you will not be allowed to use the App.

Indemnity

You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SPC, its directors, officers, employees, suppliers, licensors, agents, and any third party content providers, from and against any losses, damages, claims, costs, expenses, demands, and actions, which you may or have or allege to have suffered, directly or indirectly, due to or arising out of (i) your use, access, reliance and/or connection to this web site or the SPC&U App.; (ii) your violation of these terms and conditions; and/or (iii) your use of the SPC&U App. while driving a vehicle.

Violations/Breach of Terms and Conditions of Use and Non-Waiver

SPC reserves the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity for any violation of these terms and conditions. SPC reserves the right to block access from any particular Internet address to this web site or access to the SPC&U App. at any time without notice. No failure or delay on the part of SPC to exercise any right shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by SPC of any right preclude any other. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Upon blocking of access, SPC shall have no further obligation to provide the services, and rights granted to you under these Terms and Conditions will immediately cease. SPC will not be liable to you or to any third party for such cessation.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. In the event of any dispute arising in relation to these terms and conditions or any dispute arising in relation to this web site or the SPC&U App. the courts of Singapore shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction over such dispute.

If any terms and conditions shall be ruled to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small files that web sites save to your hard disk or to your computer browser’s memory. Cookies contain information about the use of your computer but do not include personal information about you (for example, they do not save your name). We use cookies on our web site to identify your computer, find out the number of times your computer visited our web site, to track the number of visitors to our web site, and to determine and analyze visitors’ use of our web site. Most internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may not be able to experience all of the features of our web site. Internet browsers also enable you to delete existing cookies, although this means that your existing settings (such as your preferences) will be lost.

We use Google Analytics to help us better understand requirements of our web site visitors. You may opt out of Google’s data collection at any time by using their opt-out function currently found here.

Use of Third Party Location-based Services

The SPC&U App. is linked to services provided by third party, that rely upon device-based location information. When you use the SPC&U App. you are agreeing to SPC’s use of such third party services. You are also agreeing to any applicable terms of use, licenses, or privacy policies related to such third party services. A breach of any such terms of use, licenses, or privacy policies shall be deemed a breach of this Terms and Conditions. By using the SPC&U App. you (1) expressly relieve SPC from any and all liability arising from your use of any third party services embedded in the App.; and (2) agree that, with respect to these third party services, SPC is not responsible for the manner in which your data is processed.

In addition, by enabling and/or using any third party location-based services, you agree and consent to such third party collecting, using, transmitting, communicating, processing, reproducing, adapting, storing and maintaining information and personal data, for purposes of providing such location-based service to you. Such information and personal data may include, but is not limited to, real-time geographic location of your device at the time of your request. You may withdraw this consent at any time by turning off the “Location Services” settings (as applicable) on your device. You hereby accept that SPC does not guarantee the availability, accuracy, completeness, reliability, or timeliness of location data or any other data displayed by the SPC&U App..

Enquiries

If you have any questions or concerns about this web site or the SPC&U App. you may contact us at dpo[at]petrochina[dot]com[dot]sg.

Voice Recording

SPC may record telephone conversations its personnel have with other parties. By communicating with SPC, you consent to the voice recording of conversations with SPC personnel. Personal data collected will be treated in accordance with SPC’s Data Protection Statement.

As at 31 August 2016.