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Privacy Notice

The Good Protein Network Limited (“GFI APAC”, “we”, and ”us”) respect your privacy.  We collect information from you to provide you assistance, update you on the impact of your contributions, and communicate about new and ongoing initiatives.  We only use that information where we have a proper legal basis for doing so. We maintain and use your information responsibly.

This Privacy Notice explains what information we collect, how we use it and what choices you have about our use of it. This notice is layered, so you can easily select the reason we collect, use or disclose your personal information and see what we do with it.

We recognize that information privacy is an ongoing responsibility, and we will from time to time update this Privacy Notice as we undertake new personal data practices or adopt new privacy policies. If our information practices change materially, we will notify you of these changes by posting them on our website.

By providing personal information to us, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Notice.

We welcome your questions and comments about this Privacy Notice at:

Data Protection Officer
The Good Protein Network Limited
11 Irving Place, #09-01, Singapore 369551

General information

  1. Who Manages Your Data
  2. How Do We Get Your Information
  3. Your Data Protection Rights
  4. When Do We Share Your Information
  5. Transfer of Data
  6. How We Protect Your Information
  7. Links to Other Websites
  8. Information About Children
  9. How to Contact Us

How do you engage with us

  1. Sign up for a newsletter
  2. Register for an event
  3. Donors & followers
  4. Prospective employees, interns, and volunteers

Who manages your data?

The Good Protein Network Limited (“GFI APAC”), a company limited by guarantee incorporated in Singapore, is the controller for the personal information we process, unless otherwise stated. 

This policy statement provides information on the policies of GFI APAC under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 of Singapore, its subsidiary legislation, and other relevant rules and guidelines stipulated by the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (the “Other Relevant Rules and Guidelines”).

Our address is:

11 Irving Place
#09-01
Singapore 369551

For certain processing activities, GFI APAC and each of its affiliates below are joint controllers for the collection, use or disclosure of your information:

The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Limited
Room 503-9, Yu To Sang Building 
37 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong

The Good Food Institute, Inc. 
1380 Monroe St NW #442 
Washington, DC 20010 
United States

GFI Europe (Belgium) ASBL 
Drève du Pressoir 38, 1190, 
Forest, Belgium

Associação The Good Food Institute Do Brasil 
Avenida Paulista, 807 – 23o Andar – Conjunto 2315 
Bela Vista – São Paulo – SP, 01311-100, Brazil

Alternative Protein Solutions Private Limited (APSPL) 
d/b/a The Good Food Institute India 
505, 5th Floor, 123, OM Chambers 
August Kranti Marg, Kemps Corner 
Mumbai 400036 India

The Good Food Institute Israel (R.A.) 
Hator 12, Raanana, Israel

How do we get your information?

1. When you give it to us or give us permission to obtain it

Most of the personal information we collect, use or disclose is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:


2. Our partners and service providers share information with us

We also receive personal information indirectly from other sources, including your company/ organization, professional references, publicly available sources, subscription services, and third-party service providers.

3. Data we collect automatically, using cookies or similar technologies

We, and our third-party partners, automatically collect certain types of usage information when you visit our website, read our emails, or otherwise engage with us online. We collect this information through a variety of tracking technologies, including cookies, web beacons, pixels, embedded scripts, location-identifying technologies, file information, and similar technologies.

Here are some of the types of information we collect:


Our purpose in using cookies is to (1) provide custom, personalized content and information; (2) record your consent; (3) recognize and contact you across multiple devices; (4) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and usage; and (5) diagnose and fix technology problems. 

We collect analytics data or use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics to help us identify traffic and usage trends for the website and to help us understand how our audience engages with us. We may also work with third-party partners to employ technologies that permit us to recognize and contact you across multiple devices.

The lawful basis we rely on to collect, use or disclose this information is our legitimate interest in using information in a way that is necessary to customize your website experience, provide more relevant content, and tailor our communications to your needs. As used herein, the term “legitimate interest” refers to our interest in use for these purposes.  We rely on your consent when we use nonessential cookies.

Special Categories of Personal Information

We will not intentionally collect any special categories of data without your explicit consent for one or more specified purposes or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law. Special categories of data include personal data (a) revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership; or (b) concerning health; or (c) concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation.

Obtaining your consent for collecting, using and disclosing your personal data

We will not collect, use or disclose personal data about you unless (a) you have given, or are deemed to have given, your consent under the Personal Data Protection Act of Singapore and any other applicable law to the collection, use or disclosure, as the case may be, or (b) the collection, use or disclosure, as the case may be, without your consent is as required or authorised under the Personal Data Protection Act of Singapore and any other applicable law.

By providing us with any information relating to a third party, you represent to us that you have validly obtained the consent of the third party to provide us with their information for the respective purposes.

Your data protection rights

We must inform you about your rights in relation to the information that we have about you. The rights available to you depend on our reason for collecting, using or disclosing your information.

Right to access.You have a right to access your personal data in our possession and information about the way we use your data. This right always applies. For privacy and security, we may ask you to verify your identity. There are some exemptions, which means you may not always receive all the information we collect, use or disclose.

Right to rectification. We do our best to keep your data accurate and up to date. If your personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to ask that we correct or complete it. This right always applies. If we share your personal data with others and if possible, we will inform them about the correction as well. If you ask us, we will also tell you with whom we shared your personal data.

Right to erasure. If you wish to have your information removed from our records, you have the right in certain circumstances to request that we do so. We may retain certain data as necessary (a) for reasons of freedom of expression and information; (b) to comply with legal obligations; or (c) for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Right to restrict collection, use or disclosure.You may ask us to restrict the collection, use or disclosure of all or part of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as where you contest the accuracy of the data or object to us collecting, using or disclosing it. We will tell you before we lift any restriction on collection, use or disclosure. If we share your personal data with others, we will tell them about the restriction if possible. If you ask us, we will also tell you with whom we shared your personal data.

Right to data portability. You have the right to have the electronically-held information you provided to us disclosed to you or transferred to another organization. This right only applies if we are collecting, using or disclosing information based on your consent or are under, or in talks about entering into, a contract with you.  We will present your information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format where it is technically feasible to do so.

Right to object.You may ask us at any time to stop collecting, using or disclosing your personal data, and we will do so:

Right to withdraw consent.If we rely on your consent to collect, use or disclose your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time on the going forward basis. On receipt of the notice to withdraw the above mentioned consent, we will inform you of the likely consequences of withdrawing your consent.

If you exercise any of the rights above, we will take the required action without undue delay unless the requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive per the applicable requirements under the PDPA, Other Relevant Rules and Guidelines and Art. 12(5) of the GDPR and any other applicable law.

Right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority. If you have a concern about our privacy practices, including the way we handle your personal data, you can report it to the data protection authority in your jurisdiction. If you are in Singapore, you can report it to the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore.

When do we share your information?

We may share your information with the following trusted parties:

  1. Our global affiliates, agents, and representatives in the course of our operations. Our affiliates may only collect, use or disclose your data for the purposes specified in our data sharing agreements with them, and are required to implement technical and administrative measures to appropriately safeguard your data. We rely on legitimate interest as the lawful basis to share your data for operational purposes.
  2. Third-party companies, service providers, or individuals that we employ to collect, use or disclose information on our behalf based on our instructions and only for the purposes specified. These data processors are contractually bound to keep your data secure. We rely on legitimate interest as the lawful basis for sharing information with these third parties.
  3. Online advertisers, including social media sites. If you have consented to receiving marketing communications, we may use your contact information to match to your social media account, to show you GFI APAC content while you use social media services. We rely on your consent as the lawful basis for such collection, use or disclosure.
  4. Law enforcement and government agencies. We are legally obligated to share your information in some circumstances, such as (1) to respond to a subpoena, court order or legal process; (2) to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; (3) to exercise or protect our rights, property or personal safety or that of others. We rely on legitimate interest and legal obligations as the lawful bases for such sharing.


Except for the purposes outlined herein, we will not trade, share or sell your personal information to anyone else.

Transfer of data

GFI APAC is in partnership with its affiliates that operate in many countries. When we transfer your information to a country or territory outside Singapore, we do so only if we have taken appropriate steps to ascertain whether, and to ensure that, the recipient of the personal data is bound by legally enforceable obligations to provide the transferred personal data a standard of protection that is at least comparable to the protection under the Personal Data Protection Act of Singapore.

When we transfer your information to our affiliates outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) we do so based on the use of Controller-to-Controller Standard Contractual Clauses, also known as Model Clauses, between GFI APAC and each of the affiliate organizations that ensure appropriate safeguards and enforceable data subject rights and effective legal remedies according to the European Commission.

When we transfer your information to a service provider that stores or otherwise collects, uses or discloses your data outside of the EEA, we require them to sign a Data Processing Agreement that allows data transfers only (a) to countries recognized by the European Commission as having an adequate level of protection or (b) pursuant to Controller to Processor Standard Contractual Clauses. Our service providers are required to promptly notify us if they are unable to comply with these requirements.

All the transfer of the personal data will be carried out in compliance with the requirements of the PDPA and any other applicable law.

How do we protect your information?

We care about the security and integrity of your information. We implement and maintain industry standard physical, technical, and administrative safeguards, including performing regular self-assessments to prevent unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data. We limit access to personal data and require that employees and agents authorized to access personal data maintain the confidentiality of that data. We hold our service providers to at least the same data privacy and security standards to which we hold ourselves.

However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the security of our systems 100%. If, despite our efforts, we learn of a security breach involving your personal information, we will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and notify you as required by law so appropriate protective steps can be taken.

Our website may contain links to and from third party websites of our business partners. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy notices, statements, or policies that govern your interactions with them. We encourage you to read them. 

Information about children

We do not knowingly collect or store any personal data of persons under the age of 16 and we do not offer any of our services directly to children under the age 16.

How to contact us

The Good Protein Network Limited

Attn:  Data Protection Officer
11 Irving Place
#09-01
Singapore 369551
Email: victorial@gfi.org

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Newsletter subscribers

Purpose and lawful basis for collection, use or disclosure

We collect your information to inform you about our resources, and update you about industry news, opportunities, and upcoming events. We’ll only use your information with your consent in order to send you marketing materials by email or text. Each time we send you a marketing email, we give you the option to unsubscribe.

We rely on legitimate interest as the lawful basis to collect, use or disclose the data to improve our marketing activities and send you non-marketing transactional emails to inform you about updates to our privacy policies and changes to your subscription preferences among other matters, and on compliance with legal obligations in case of data breach notifications.

What information do we collect

We ask for your name and email address to subscribe to the newsletter. We also collect your IP address and gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies including clear gifs to help us monitor and improve our newsletter.

Why do we need it

We need this information to be able to perform individual outreach about new resources and opportunities and to send you other communications that you have requested.

When do we share your information

We use external service providers for data processing to support us in carrying out all our marketing activities. These service providers collect, use or disclose data only per our instructions and solely for the purposes described in this notice.

How long do we keep it

We keep your details to send you marketing communications only until you choose to unsubscribe.

What are your rights

We rely on your consent to collect, use or disclose the personal data you provide to us to subscribe to our newsletters and other marketing communications. This means you have the right to withdraw your consent, or to object to further collection, use or disclosure of your personal data for this purpose at any time. Please use the instructions in the email to unsubscribe from further communications or email us at apac@gfi.org

Event/webinar attendees

Purpose and lawful basis for collection, use or disclosure

Our purpose for collecting this information is to facilitate the event and enable access. The lawful basis we rely on for collecting, using or disclosing your personal data is your consent.

What information do we collect

When you register to participate in one of our events, we will ask you to provide your name, email address, company/ organization, professional title, address, billing address, and payment information if payment is required. If you participate as a presenter or panelist, we may also collect your photograph and presentation materials.

For conference attendees, you may have the option to download a mobile app for participant communication and information sharing. The app may store the device identifier associated with your mobile device, but neither we nor the app provider will collect any personal data through the mobile device.

We frequently take photos and record audio and/or video of our events, and may make and store photographs containing your likeness and recordings of your voice and likeness. We may associate your image and the sound of your voice with your name if you are identified during the recording or identify yourself by name.

Why do we need it

We use this information to collect, use or disclose your registration and payment for the event if applicable; send event-related communications and updates regarding the event; print your badge at the event; send you event-related materials and recordings; contact you about future events; and request feedback via post-event surveys or otherwise; and improve our event administration. We will email you a reminder before the event you registered for, and email you after the event with a recording of the webinar.

We may use, edit, copy, exhibit, publish, or distribute photos and audio or video recording for any charitable purpose.

When do we share your information

We share your information with our service providers that collect, use or disclose your information at our direction and only for purposes specified in our contract with them. When you join one of our events via service provider(s) that provides cloud-based peer-to-peer platform for online chat, video conferencing, web conferencing and webinars (the “Online Conferencing Service Provider(s)”), The relevant Online Conferencing Service Provider(s), may have its servers located in other jurisdictions and  may store the meeting metadata, including your IP address, device info, user profile, email, photos, and recordings, none of your personal information collected by such Online Conferencing Service Provider(s) is shared with us. For more information, please refer to the privacy policy of the relevant Online Conferencing Service Provider(s) as and when appropriate.

How long do we keep it

We will retain your information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this notice or until you ask us to remove it.

What are your rights

To the extent we rely on your consent to collect, use or disclose your personal data, you have the right to object to further collection, use or disclosure, or withdraw your consent at any time.

For more information about your rights, please see Your Data Protection Rights.

Donors and followers

Purpose and lawful basis for collection, use or disclosure

We only collect personal data that is reasonable or necessary to build authentic, well rounded professional relationships with you, understand how your personal, professional, and philanthropic interests may align with giving opportunities at GFI APAC, and secure philanthropic funding. We rely on these legitimate interests and on our legal obligations as the lawful bases for collecting, using or disclosing your data.

When you make a gift to us, we use the information you provide as necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us in connection with your donation. If you do not provide the necessary data to us or our payment service provider, we will not be able to process your donation.

We also use your data to comply with our legal obligations, including tax reporting.

We will only send you our newsletter and other marketing communications by email if you opt-in to receive them and rely on your consent as the lawful basis for such communications. You may opt out of receiving marketing emails at any time by following the instructions contained in each email we send you.

What information do we collect

When you make a donation, we collect your name, email, billing address in order to process the transaction. We may also collect additional information about your donation, including the amount and purpose of your donation, dedication information, your professional affiliation if your employer participates in the company match program, and any other comments you may choose to provide.

We also collect other personal information that you may share in conversations or other interactions with us, including your address, telephone number, date of birth, marital status, family status, educational history, professional affiliation, social media account pages, and communication preferences.

We may obtain information about you from public records and from databases when conducting due diligence.

Why do we need it

We need this information to tailor our engagement plan, process your donations, contact you regarding your donations, update you on the impact of your contributions, and provide other updates that we think will be of interest to you.

When do we share your information

We share your personal information with our employees, agents, and affiliates to support our operations, our service providers to collect, use or disclose it based on our instructions, and our affiliates to enable them to develop authentic, well-rounded, professional relationships with you and better coordinate our philanthropic campaigns. We rely on these legitimate interests as the lawful basis to share your information. For more information on our sharing practices, please read here.

GFI APAC and each of its affiliates are considered joint controllers for the purposes of data protection law with respect to the shared information. This is because we jointly dictate the purposes for which your personal information is used and the means by which we use your personal information. GFI APAC and its affiliates have arranged to work together to respond to your questions and your requests to exercise any of your data protection rights.

We transfer your information outside the European Economic Area to our affiliates and service providers abroad. We make sure that such data transfers are subject to appropriate safeguards. For more details, please see Transfer of Data.

How long do we keep it

We will retain your information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this notice and to comply with our legal obligations, including our tax reporting requirements and data breach notifications.  If you ask us to delete your data or to be removed from our marketing lists, we will keep only basic data to prevent further unwanted collection, use or disclosure.

What are your rights

You have a right to object to our collection, use or disclosure at any time as we process your data for our legitimate interests. For more information on your rights, please see Your Data Protection Rights.

Job applicants and interns

Purpose

Our purpose for collecting, using or disclosing your information is to assess your suitability for a role you have applied for and to help us develop and improve our recruitment process.

If you provide us with any optional special category data, such as health or ethnicity information, we rely on your consent as the lawful basis.  We also rely on your consent to obtain data regarding your criminal record and credit history if required for the role.

What information do we collect

We collect your contact details, information about your previous experience, education, references, and answers to questions relevant to the role that you are applying for.  We will also ask you to voluntarily provide demographic information, including information about your gender, race, ethnicity, health status, and veteran status for statistical purposes. This information will be kept separate from your application and used solely for the purpose of monitoring, informating, and reporting on our diversity efforts. This information, or your decision not to provide it, will not affect your application in any way. 

If we choose to make you an offer of employment, we may ask for your consent to obtain a consumer report or a background check report from an authorized third-party provider.  A report may include information about your creditworthiness; court, administrative, and criminal records; general reputation; and personal characteristics to the extent permitted by law.

Why do we need it

We use all the information that you provide during the recruitment process to evaluate your application, to keep records related to our hiring practices,  match applicants to other career opportunities,  and to fulfill legal or regulatory requirements, including compliance with employment and immigration laws.   We will use your contact information, including your email address to inform you about the status of your application. 

When do we share it

We will only share your information with third party service providers as necessary to review your application, facilitate the interview process, and conduct reference,  background, and employment eligibility checks. We only share your information internally with teams directly involved in the hiring process. We will not share your information with any third parties for marketing purposes.

How long do we need it

We will only keep the information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described above.

What are your rights

To the extent that we rely on your consent to collect, use or disclose certain types of personal information that you provide voluntarily, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us.

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The Good Protein Network Limited (“GFI APAC”, “”we”, “us”) uses cookies and other technologies to ensure that everyone who uses our websites has the best possible experience.

This notice provides you with information about how and when we use cookies on our websites or web applications. Cookies, and any similar technologies change over time, so please refer to this notice at regular intervals to ensure you remain aware of how we use them.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie, to develop a record of the user’s online activity. First party cookies are cookies set by the website you’re visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies.

A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

Cookies help us enhance your experience when using the website and make the content more relevant to you. They also help us understand how people use our site, so that we can better serve our site visitors.

We use session cookies that last until you close your browser and persistent cookies that last until you or your browser delete them.

For more information see: http://www.allaboutcookies.org

How Do We Use Cookies?

We use two types of cookies:

Essential cookies. These cookies are required to enable you to move around our website and use its features. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing purposes and do not track where you have been on the internet. This category of cookies cannot be disabled.

Performance or analytics cookies. These cookies measure how often you visit our sites and how you use them. We use this information to get a better sense of how our users engage with us and to improve our sites so that users have a better experience. We collect anonymised information for our internal research purposes only.

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., to help us see how our website is used. In doing so, information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States. The data collected by Google Analytics is used to analyse how frequently the same people revisit our website, how the website is found (from advertising or referring websites), and which pages are most frequently viewed. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall picture of website use, and is never identified. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

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Third Party Websites’ Cookies.

When using our website, you may encounter embedded content, such as Youtube videos, or you may be redirected to another website for activities such as surveys, to make a payment, or for job applications. These websites and embedded content may use their own cookies. We do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites.

Your Options

There are a few ways you can choose how cookies are used on our website:

1. Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, you will encounter a consent banner that asks you to accept or reject certain cookies. Essential cookies cannot be disabled, nor can the tool be used to block cookies on third party websites linked from our website. 


2. Online Tools
There are also online tools that allow you to choose how cookies are used throughout the web based on the device and browser you are using, such as: 


3. Device Settings
Most browsers will allow you to: (i) change your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, which lets you choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies; or (iii) set your browser to automatically reject cookies. These options vary from browser to browser, so check your browser settings for more info:

Please note that disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete previously stored cookies from your browser.

Some browsers have a privacy setting called “Do Not Track,” but there is no standard for how online service should respond to these signals. While we do our best to honor your privacy preferences, we do not currently respond to Do Not Track signals from your browser. More information about Do Not Track is available at www.allaboutdnt.org.

Your mobile device also has settings that allow you to control whether ad partners can use information about your use of mobile applications to show ads to you.  On iOS devices, this setting is called “Limit Ad Tracking” and on Android devices, this setting is called “Opt out of Ads Personalization.”


Cookies that Have Been Set in the Past

Collection of your data from our analytics cookies can be deleted. If cookies are deleted, the information collected prior to the preference change may still be used, however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information from your user experience. For our marketing cookie, when a user opts out of tracking, a new cookie is placed to prevent users from being tracked.


Questions

For more information, please contact us at apac@gfi.org.