Terms of Use

Terms of use 

Thank you for visiting https://www.asean-ssa.org/ ↗ (opens in new tab), the ASEAN Social Security Association (“ASSA”) website (hereinafter “Website”). ASSA comprises its member countries, organisations and their respective social security institutions. 

This Website primarily serves as an informational platform for ASSA member organisations, delegates, stakeholders and members of the public who wish to learn more about ASSA and social security systems in ASEAN. 

The Central Provident Fund Board ("CPF Board") operates and administers this Website in its capacity as administrator and on behalf of ASSA.  

By accessing this Website, you acknowledge the following Terms of Use. 

Ge​neral 

1. PLEASE READ​​ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. By accessing this Website or any pages thereof, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use below, do not access this Website, or any of the pages. 

2. In case of any violation of these Terms of Use, CPF Board, acting in its capacity as administrator of this Website on behalf of ASSA, reserves the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity for such violations. These Terms of Use apply to all visits to this Website, both now and in the future. 

3. CPF Board reserves the right to change, update or modify these Terms of Use from time to time at our sole discretion. You should therefore read these Terms of Use carefully each time you visit this Website and your access to this Website after such changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms of Use and all of the changes. You should therefore read this page carefully each time you visit this Website. 

​​​​​​​​​​​​P​​roprietary Rights​ 

4. The materials located on this Website, including but not limited to the information, text, images, photographs, video, graphics as well as any software programs available on or through this Website ("the Contents"), are protected by copyright, trademark and other forms of proprietary rights.  All rights, title and interest in the Contents are owned by, licensed to, or otherwise controlled by ASSA, CPF Board, or any third party that owns or holds intellectual property rights in any Content made available on this Website, as applicable.  

5. For avoidance of doubt, the Contents may originate from ASSA, CPF Board, or other third parties (“Third-Party Content Provider”), and is published pursuant to applicable rights, licenses or permissions. While reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the Contents, ASSA and CPF Board do not independently verify such Content and accept no responsibility for any inaccuracies, omissions or errors contained therein. 

6. No licence or right is granted to you and your access to this Website shall not be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any licence or right to use any of the Contents without the prior written consent of ASSA, CPF Board or any Third-Party Content Provider that owns, has licensed or received the permissions to use the relevant Content, as applicable. 

​​​​​​​Privacy​ Policy​ 

7. Click here to review this Website’s Privacy Policy. 

​​​​​​​​​Restrictio​ns on​​​ Use ​of Content 

8. Except as otherwise provided, the Contents of this Website shall not be reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed, stored, adapted, displayed, altered or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner, without the prior written consent of ASSA, CPF Board or any Third-Party Content Provider, as applicable. 

9. You may use, copy and distribute the Contents found on this Website solely for personal, internal, non-commercial and/or informational purposes only. You may download one copy of any information provided on this Website onto a computer for your own personal and non-commercial use provided that you keep intact all accompanying copyright and other proprietary notices. You must not display, distribute or otherwise use any of the Contents found on this Website for any commercial purpose unless you receive specific prior written consent from ASSA, CPF Board or any Third-Party Content Provider, as applicable. 

10. Modification of any of the Contents or use of the Contents for any other purpose will be a violation of the copyright and intellectual property rights of ASSA, CPF Board or any Third-Party Content Provider, as applicable. Graphics and images on this Website are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or appropriated in any manner without the prior written consent of their respective copyright owners. 

11. The design and layout of this Website is protected by intellectual property and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound, image or search engine from this Website may be copied or transmitted for commercial purpose (including where the commercial aspect forms only part of the purpose) unless you receive prior written consent of ASSA, CPF Board or any Third-Party Content Provider, as applicable. 

​Disclaimer​ 

12. The Contents of this Website are provided on an "as is" and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind and are of a general nature. The Contents are made available for your general information only. While reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy and currency of the Contents, you are advised to make your own enquiries and exercise your own judgment before making any decision based on the Contents. Neither ASSA nor CPF Board nor any Third-Party Content Provider warrants that the information published on the Website is complete, accurate or up to date, nor is responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of the information and material published on this Website. 

13. Neither ASSA nor CPF Board nor any Third-Party Content Provider warrants: 

    1. the truth, accuracy, adequacy, reliability, completeness, reasonableness, currency or timeliness, of the Contents contained in or accessed through this Website and expressly disclaims liability for any errors in or omissions from, the Contents of the Website; and 

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

14. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory (including but not limited to, warranties of title, merchantability, satisfactory quality, non-infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from computer virus), is given in conjunction with the Contents of this Website, or this Website in general. 

15. In no event shall ASSA, CPF Board or any Third-Party Content Providers be liable for damages, expenses, costs or loss of any kind (including without limitation, any direct, or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, loss of profits or loss of opportunity) howsoever caused as a result (direct or indirect) of, or in connection with, your use of this Website, or reliance on any information, materials, or other content provided on this Website, regardless of the form of action. 

16. Under no circumstances shall ASSA, CPF Board or any Third-Party Content Providers be liable for any failure of performance, system, server or connection failure, interruption, defect, error, omission, delay in operation or transmission, breach of security, malicious code, computer virus or inability or unavailability to use or access in connection with your accessing this Website and its Contents even if ASSA, CPF Board or any Third-Party Content Providers had been advised as to the possibility of the above.​ 

​Indemnity 

17. You hereby agree to indemnify ASSA, CPF Board or any Third-Party Content Provider and hold ASSA, CPF Board and Third-Party Content Provider harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including but not limited to legal costs and expenses on a full indemnity basis) made against or suffered or incurred by ASSA and/or CPF Board arising directly or indirectly out of:

    1. your access to or use of this Website (and its Contents) and any claim made by a third party in connection with your access or use; or 

    2. your breach of any of these Terms of Use, and any claim made by a third party in connection with your breach of these Terms of Use. 

​​​Right of​ Access​ 

18. ASSA and CPF Board reserve all rights to deny or restrict access to this Website to any particular person, or to block access from a particular Internet address to this Website, at any time, without having to give any reason or prior notice thereof.​ 

19. You agree that you will not: 

    1. use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy any pages other than for non-commercial purpose within this Website or the Contents without ASSA and CPF Board’s prior written permission; 

    2. use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Website; and / or 

    3. take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the servers supporting this Website.

Hyperlinks to Third Party Sites 

20. This Website may contain links to the official websites of ASSA member organisations for informational purposes and are governed by their respective privacy policies and terms of use.  

21. This Website contains hyperlinks to websites which are not maintained or controlled by ASSA or CPF Board. The privacy practices of such external websites are governed by their respective privacy policies and terms of use. ASSA and CPF Board shall not be responsible for the contents of those websites and shall not be liable for any damages or loss arising from your access to those websites. Use of the hyperlinks and access to such websites are entirely at your own risk.​ 

22. All hyperlinks to other websites are provided as a convenience to you as a user of this Website. The inclusion of any hyperlink does not imply endorsement by ASSA or CPF Board of such websites. In no circumstances shall ASSA or CPF Board 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 Website is linked. 

​​​Hyperlinks to This Website from Other Websites​​ 

23. Except as set forth below, caching and links to, and the framing of this Website or any of the Contents are prohibited.​​​ 

24. Linking to the Homepage: You may link to the Homepage of this Website, upon notifying the ASSA Secretariat or CPF Board in writing.​ 

25. Hyperlinking to an internal page of this Website: You must make a specific request for, and secure permission from CPF Board prior to hyperlinking to, or framing, this Website or any of the Contents, or engaging in similar activities. CPF Board reserves the right to impose conditions when permitting any hyperlinking to or framing of this Website or any of the Contents.​ 

26. Your linking to, or your framing of this Website or any of the Contents constitute acceptance of these Terms of Use. This is deemed to be the case even after the posting of any changes or modifications to these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, you must discontinue linking to, or framing of this Website or any of the Contents. 

27. Under no circumstances shall ASSA or CPF Board be considered to be associated or affiliated in any manner with any trade or service marks, logos, insignia or other devices used or appearing on websites that link to this Website or any of the Contents. 

28. ASSA and CPF Board reserve all rights to disable any links to, or frames of any site containing inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topics, names, material or information, or material or information that violates any written law, any applicable intellectual property, proprietary, privacy or publicity rights. 

29. ASSA and CPF Board reserve the right to disable any unauthorised links or frames and disclaims any responsibility for the contents available on any other website reached by links to or from this Website or any of the Contents. 

30. ASSA and CPF Board reserve the right to amend or change the URL of this Website. Under no circumstances is ASSA or CPF Board obliged to inform or give prior notice to third parties who had hyperlinked to this Website about the amendment or change of this Website's URL. 

​​Additional Terms 

31. These Terms of Use shall not limit any specific terms, notices or conditions that may apply to particular sections or content of this Website. 

Gove​rning Law 

32. These Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with laws of the Republic of Singapore. 

This version of the Terms of Use is dated 17 September 2026.