1,316 words, 33 clausesno date on the pageread 11/10/2026source
·The Personal Data Protection Act of Singapore (the "PDPA") establishes data protection laws that govern the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Data and came into effect on July 2, 2014. Zendesk is a recognized Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) Data Intermediary as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Service Provider (IDA Cloud Booklet 2015). As a Data Intermediary Zendesk complies with the Protection and Retention Limitation Obligations of the Act. Details are set out below.
·The following is a brief summary of how we comply with and/or relate to the specific laws and privacy protection principles established by the government of Singapore. The PDPA establishes data protection laws which govern the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Data (the "Data Protection Provisions"). Defined terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set for in our Privacy Policy.
·Whether and to what extent the obligations imposed by the Data Protection Provisions apply depends on (i) whether we are operating in the capacity of a data principal or a data intermediary when Processing Personal Data in the provision of the Zendesk Service and/or Zopim Service (as applicable). "Processing" in relation to Personal Data under the PDPA means the carrying out of any operation or set of operations in relation to Personal Data, and includes recording, holding, organisation, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, combination, transmission, erasure or destruction.
| Activity | Applicability of Data Protection Provisions |
|---|---|
| Processes Personal Data when a Subscriber registers for an account for the Service or registers Agents to use the Service. | We are a data principal Processing Personal Data for these purposes. As the information collected constitutes "business contact information," the obligations of the PDPA do not apply. |
·Processes Personal Data through Subscriber's use of the Service. We are a data intermediary for these purposes; and, we are only subject to the two obligations imposed by the Data Protection Provisions relating to the protection and retention of Personal Data.
·The Data Protection Provisions generally require an organization (which term includes any individual, company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporated) to be responsible for Personal Data of individuals in its possession or under its control, and to develop and implement policies that are necessary to meet the following obligations:
·The PDPA applies only to Personal Data of individuals given in a personal capacity, for personal purposes and does not apply to "business contact information" which is defined in the PDPA as "an individual's name, position name or title, business telephone number, business address, business electronic mail address or business fax number and any other similar information about the individual, not provided by the individual solely for his personal purposes". An organization is not required to obtain consent or otherwise comply with the PDPA in collecting, using or disclosing any business contact information disclosed in the course of a commercial transaction.
·Personal Data is collected when an Account is created by a Subscriber or when Agents are registered to use the Service. This information consitutes business contact information for purposes of the PDPA. In this regard, we are not required to obtain consent or comply with the Data Protection Provisions in relation to such Personal Data. We do, however as a matter of good business practices describe how we collect, use, disclose and Process this Personal Data in our Privacy Policy.
·We act as a data intermediary in connection with the use of the Service by our Subscribers and their Agents. Data intermediaries who process Personal Data on behalf of other organisations are only required to comply with two obligations under the PDPA when Processing this Personal Data: the Protection Obligation; and the Retention Limitation Obligation
·The Protection Obligation requires us to put in place appropriate administrative, physical and technical measures to prevent unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or similar risks to the Personal Data in our possession or under our control, regardless whether the Personal Data is stored in a central server, or on local storage media, or at facilities operated by a third party vendor. We utilize robust precautions to protect the confidentiality and security of the Personal Data within the Service, by employing technological, physical and administrative security safeguards, such as firewalls and carefully developed security procedures. These technologies, procedures and other measures are used in an effort to ensure that Personal Data is safe, secure, and only available to Subscribers and to those authorized to access such Personal Data. However, no internet, e-mail or other electronic transmission is ever fully secure or error free, so Subscribers should take care in deciding what information is transmitted, stored or hosted through the Service.
·The Retention Limitation Obligation requires us to cease to retain Personal Data which is Processed or remove the means by which the Personal Data can be associated with particular individuals, as soon as it is reasonable to assume that the purpose for which the Personal Data was collected is no longer being served by retention of the Personal Data; and, the retention of the Personal Data is no longer necessary for legal or business purposes.
·If you wish to make a complaint about the way we have handled your Personal Data (including if you think we have breached any applicable privacy laws), you may do so to our Privacy Officer in writing, by mail or email to the address or email address set out in the 'Contact Us' section of our Privacy Policy. Please include your full name, contact details and a detailed description of your complaint. Our Privacy Officer will acknowledge your complaint and respond to you regarding your complaint within a reasonable period of time. If you consider that we have failed to resolve the complaint satisfactorily, we will provide you with information about the further steps you can take.