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Privacy Policy
Center for AI Readiness in Asia Pacific (AIR APAC). Effective 3 May 2026. This policy governs the airapac.org website and any AIR APAC service that links to it.
1. Who we are
AIR APAC (the Center for AI Readiness in Asia Pacific) is an independent, vendor-agnostic research institution. The Center does not accept technology-vendor funding. AIR APAC publishes the AI Readiness Index, advises organisations across APAC on AI readiness, and produces peer-reviewed research.
Registered address: 10 Marina Boulevard, #39-00, Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 2, Singapore 018983.
For privacy questions, write to privacy@airapac.org.
2. What we collect
AIR APAC collects only what is necessary to provide its services and conduct its research.
Information you give us directly
- Contact-form submissions (name, email, organisation, message)
- Scorecard responses (organisation profile and 30 readiness questions)
- Newsletter sign-ups (email and optional preference fields)
- Engagement enquiries (name, role, organisation, contact details)
Information collected automatically
- IP address and approximate location (country or region)
- Browser type, device, operating system
- Referring URL, pages visited, session duration
- Cookies and similar technologies (see section 6)
What is not collected
- Sensitive personal data (race, religion, political views, health) unless you volunteer it in a message
- Credit card or payment information through this website
- Children's data: this site is not directed at children under 16
3. How information is used
| Purpose | What is used | Lawful basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|---|
| Reply to enquiries and engagements | Contact-form data, email | Legitimate interest, contract |
| Deliver the Scorecard report | Scorecard responses | Contract / legitimate interest |
| Send research newsletters and briefings | Email and preferences | Consent |
| Improve site performance and content | Web analytics | Legitimate interest |
| Detect abuse and protect the site | Logs, IP | Legitimate interest |
| Compile anonymised research statistics | De-identified scorecard data | Legitimate interest, public-interest research |
4. Sharing
AIR APAC does not sell personal data and does not share it with technology vendors. Vendor-neutrality is a core principle of how the Center operates, including how it handles the data of people who interact with it.
Data is shared only with:
- Service providers (email delivery, web hosting, analytics) under contract, only as needed to operate the site
- Council members and peer reviewers when they participate in confidential review of research outputs, only with de-identified or pre-agreed data
- Legal authorities where required by law or to protect rights, property, and safety
A current list of service providers is available on request to privacy@airapac.org.
5. International transfers
AIR APAC operates across Asia Pacific and may transfer personal data between Singapore, the EU and UK, and other countries. Where data leaves a jurisdiction with different protection standards, the Center uses Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent legal mechanisms.
6. Cookies and analytics
- Strictly necessary cookies (no consent required): session, security, accessibility
- Analytics cookies (with consent where applicable): anonymised page-view counts, sessionised timing
- No advertising cookies, no third-party retargeting, no fingerprinting
You can decline analytics cookies via the consent banner or your browser settings.
7. Retention
| Data type | Retention |
|---|---|
| Contact-form messages | 24 months from last reply, then deleted |
| Scorecard responses | De-identified at 12 months; aggregate retained for research |
| Newsletter sign-ups | Until you unsubscribe; consent re-confirmed every 24 months |
| Web logs | 12 months, then aggregated and anonymised |
| Cookies | Per the cookie expiry (session to 12 months) |
8. Your rights
Subject to the law of your jurisdiction (Singapore PDPA, EU and UK GDPR, and others), you may:
- Access the personal data held about you
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Delete your data (right to be forgotten) subject to legal exceptions
- Withdraw consent for newsletters or analytics at any time
- Port your data to another service in a structured, machine-readable format
- Object to certain processing based on legitimate interest
- Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority (Singapore: PDPC; EU: your national DPA; UK: ICO)
To exercise any right, write to privacy@airapac.org. The Center responds within 30 calendar days (extendable by 60 in complex cases, with notice).
9. Security
AIR APAC uses commercially reasonable safeguards including TLS encryption in transit, access controls, and contractual obligations on service providers. No system is perfectly secure. The Center will notify affected individuals and regulators of material breaches as required by applicable law.
10. Updates to this policy
When material changes are made, the revised policy will be posted here with an updated effective date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
11. Contact
Center for AI Readiness, Asia Pacific
10 Marina Boulevard, #39-00
Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 2
Singapore 018983
privacy@airapac.org · +65 6818 3478