Terms and Conditions of Use of trust Bar Service

1. These Terms and Conditions of Use govern your access to and use of our services, including the application (whether as software or as a website or otherwise), its contents, push notifications and all other accompanying materials as identified in the Schedule below, collectively termed the “Service”).

2. By accessing or using any part of the Service, you unconditionally agree and accept to be legally bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use and any amendments thereto from time to time.

3. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use or the Privacy Statement, please do not use the Service.
   
   

   General

4. These Terms and Conditions of Use may be changed from time to time without notice. You should read these Terms and Conditions of Use carefully each time you access or use any part of this Service as such access or use will constitute your agreement to these Terms and Conditions of Use and any amendments to it.

5. The data provided through the Service and in the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority’s (hereinafter "ACRA") business information products is for corporate transparency purposes and to facilitate ease of doing business. Use of such data for ill-intentioned and/or illegal purposes may render you liable for an offence under the laws of Singapore or elsewhere. Whilst every endeavour is made to ensure that the information provided is updated and correct, ACRA disclaims any liability for any damage or loss that may be caused as a result of any error or omission.

Nature of this Service

6. Please see the Schedule for more information and terms concerning this Service.

Licence Terms and Restrictions

7. The Service, including the materials made available on or through the Service, is owned by, licensed to, managed or controlled by ACRA.

8. Subject to these Terms and Conditions of Use, ACRA grants to you a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to access and use the Service for personal or internal purposes only, and only for such use permitted by the functions of the Service. You shall not, amongst other things, modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, adapt, publish, redistribute or sublicense the Service or any part of the Service without the prior written consent of ACRA or the relevant third-party owners. You also shall not use the Service in violation of any applicable laws or agreements that you have with any third parties. All express or implied rights to the Service not specifically granted herein are expressly reserved to ACRA.

9. ACRA reserves the right to:

   1. Update or modify this Service from time to time;

   2. Deny or restrict access to or use of the Service by any particular person without ascribing any reasons whatsoever; and/ or

   3. Discontinue this Service at any time without notice or liability to you whatsoever, whereupon all rights granted to you hereunder shall also terminate forthwith. You shall further upon notice from ACRA return or destroy all copies of the Service or materials therein that you may have downloaded.

10. You will not interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Service or otherwise do anything that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on ACRA’s servers.

Third Party Materials

11. The Service may require, enable or facilitate access to or use of software or services of a third party ("Third Party"). In such an event, there may be Terms and Conditions of Use of the third-party software or service (the " Third Party Terms"). ACRA may be required under or as a result of the Third Party Terms to notify you of certain terms that apply to you when you use the Service. An example of Third Party Terms may be open source software terms or standard form terms of the distribution platform from which you obtain any part of the Service which bind ACRA as a developer or user of the distribution platform (the "Distribution Terms"). Information on the Third Party Terms are embedded in the Service, already accounted for in these Terms and Conditions of Use, publicly available (e.g. the Distribution Terms) or otherwise listed in the Schedule herein. For the avoidance of doubt, insofar as Clauses 11 to 17 relate to the Distribution Terms, the relevant Distribution Terms are the terms of the specific platform from which you obtained a copy of the software or application that is part of the Service. For example, if you obtained the said copy from the Google Play Store, then the relevant terms are Google’s Distribution Terms.

12. It is your responsibility to check and read the most up-to-date versions of these Third Party Terms and you are deemed to have notice of the same. In particular, you are deemed to have notice of the Third Party Terms that ACRA ( under the Third Party Terms) is required to notify you, and you unconditionally agree to be bound by all the obligations in the Third Party Terms which are applicable to you as the end user.

13. If the Third Party Terms require you to enter into an agreement directly with the Third Party, then you unconditionally agree to enter into such agreement, and in any event, to be legally bound by the Third Party Terms. For the avoidance of doubt:

    1. some Third Party Terms (particularly open-source terms) permit either a direct licence to you from the Third Party or a sublicence from ACRA to you. In such cases, your licence is a direct licence from the Third Party to you; and

    2. the terms of your agreement with the Third Party will govern your use of the relevant third party software or service, and not these Terms and Conditions of Use.

14. If the Third Party Terms expressly or impliedly require ACRA to incorporate certain terms in these Terms and Conditions of Use (inclusive of terms which impose any minimum or maximum standards herein, and/or terms described in Clause 15), such terms are deemed to have been so incorporated (the "Incorporated Terms"). Examples of Incorporated Terms include provisions which require ACRA to give you notice of certain rights and liabilities or require ACRA to ensure that you acknowledge certain matters. Similarly, if the Third Party Terms expressly or impliedly require these Terms and Conditions of Use to be altered such that the Third Party Terms are complied with then these Terms and Conditions of Use shall be deemed to be so altered, but only to the extent necessary for compliance.

15. Some Third Party Terms grant the Third Party, or require ACRA to grant the Third Party, direct rights of enforcement of these Terms and Conditions of Use as a third party beneficiary, against you. Such Third Party Terms are deemed to have been incorporated into these Terms and Conditions of Use as Incorporated Terms, and you hereby agree to grant such Third Party, such direct rights of enforcement against you.

16. For the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to Clause 14, to the extent of any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions of Use and the Third Party Terms, the latter shall prevail, provided nothing in the Third Party Terms increases the liability of ACRA beyond that stated in Clauses 21 to 25.

17. Without prejudice to ACRA’s other rights under these Terms and Conditions of Use, ACRA shall not be responsible for your use of any software or services of a Third Party.

Your Consent to Access Functions of Your Device

18. Use of the Service may require you to allow access by the Service to certain functions of your device, such as push notifications, the obtaining and/or sharing of your location, or the collection of data from you in connection with the Service. For this purpose, please also see the Privacy Statement. Your use of the Service shall constitute your consent to the access by the Service of such functions of your device as may be reasonably required by the Service.

User's Responsibility

19. You must not use this Service for any unauthorised or unlawful purpose.

20. You are fully responsible for the security of any password and all transactions and/or enquiries made through this Service (whether or not such transactions and/or enquiries are made with your knowledge or consent).

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

21. The Service is provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind. ACRA does not make any representations or warranties whatsoever. To the fullest extent permitted by law, ACRA does not warrant and hereby disclaims any warranty, whether express, implied or statutory, to you or any third party in relation to the use or access of this Website, including but not limited to any warranty:

    1. as to the accuracy, correctness, completeness, reliability, currentness, timeliness, non-infringement, title, quality, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose of the Service; and/ or

    2. that the Service or any functions associated therewith will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that errors or defects will be corrected or that this Website and the server is and will be free of all malfunctions, defects or breakdowns, viruses and/or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code, programme or macro.

    You are responsible for conducting independent due diligence regarding the currency of any information obtained through this Service.

22. ACRA shall also not be liable to you or any third party for any damage or loss of any kind whatsoever and howsoever caused, including but not limited to any direct or indirect, special or consequential damages, loss of income, revenue or profits, lost or damaged data, or damage to your computer, software or any other property, whether arising directly or indirectly from –

    1. your access to or use of this Service, or any part thereof;

    2. any loss of access to our use of this Service or any part of this Service, howsoever caused;

    3. any inaccuracy or incompleteness in, or errors or omissions in the transmission of, the Service;

    4. any delay or interruption in the transmission of the Service, whether caused by delay or interruption in transmission over the internet or otherwise; or

    5. any decision made or action taken by you or any third party in reliance upon the Service,

    regardless whether ACRA has been advised of the possibility of such damage or loss.

23. Without prejudice and in addition to the foregoing, insofar as the Service facilitates or requires the provision, use or functioning of, or is provided in conjunction with, other products, software, materials and/or services not provided by ACRA, ACRA makes no representation or warranty in relation to such products, software, materials and/or services (including without limitation any representation or warranties as to timeliness, reliability, availability, interoperability, quality, fitness for purpose, non-infringement, suitability or accuracy).

24. You shall not rely on any part of the Service to claim or assert any form of legitimate expectation against ACRA, whether or not arising out of or in connection with ACRA’s roles and functions as a public authority.

25. You agree to defend and indemnify and keep ACRA and its officers, employees, agents and contractors harmless against all liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses (including legal costs on an indemnity basis) howsoever arising out of or in connection with your access or use of the Service (including third party software or services) or your non-compliance with these Terms and Conditions of Use, Third Party Terms or Incorporated Terms, whether or not you had been advised or informed of the nature or extent of such liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses.

26. The Contents on this Website do not constitute financial or other professional advice. If financial or other professional advice is required, services of a competent professional should be sought.

Links from this Website to Other Websites

27. This Service contains hyper-links to websites which are not maintained by ACRA. ACRA is not responsible for the contents of those websites and shall not be liable for any damages or loss arising from, or incidental to, your or any third party's access to or reliance on those websites. Use of the hyper-links and access to such linked websites are entirely at your or any third party's own risk.

28. All hyper-links to other websites are provided as a convenience to you as a user of this Service. ACRA is not responsible for the content of these other websites. In no circumstances shall ACRA be considered to be associated or affiliated in whatever manner with any trade or service marks, logos, insignia or other devices used or appearing on websites to which this Service is linked.

29. ACRA reserves the right to change the URL of the website to provide the Service.

Privacy Statement

30. You also agree to the terms of the Privacy Statement for this Service as may be amended from time to time. The Privacy Statement will form part of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Rights of Third Parties

31. Subject to the rights of the Third Party set out in Clause 15, a person who is not a party to this Terms and Conditions of Use shall have no right under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act or otherwise to enforce any of its terms.

Assignment

32. You may not assign or sub-contract these Terms and Conditions of Use without the prior written consent of ACRA.

33. ACRA may assign, novate, transfer, or sub-contract the rights and liabilities in respect of these Service and this Terms and Conditions of Use, without notifying you and without further reference to you. Your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall also constitute your consent to such assignment, novation, transfer or sub-contract.

Governing Law

34. These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore courts in relation to any dispute as to the Terms and Conditions.

Schedule

1. Name of Service: trustBar Service

2. Nature of Service

   1. trustBar Service enables users to verify documents they have received such as Business Profiles and Business Certificates (Incorporation/Registration) are issued by ACRA. Starting from 8 Dec 2023, users can also use trustBar to verify the currency of the information in the Business Certificates.

   2. Verification of ACRA-issued information products may be conducted through the following methods:

      1. Scan the verification QR code at the bottom of the page of the ACRA-issued information product;
      2. Visit the verification URL at the bottom of the page of the ACRA-issued information product; or
      3. Upload the verifiable OpenAttestation file on www.acratrustbar.gov.sg

3. Third Party software/services

   1. Consensys (https://consensys.io/terms-of-use)
   2. Amazon web services(https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms)
   3. SHIP-HATS (https://www.developer.tech.gov.sg/products/categories/devops/ship-hats/overview.html)
   4. List of open source software (Credits)