Privacy Policy
Last updated: 20 June 2026
SGPostalCode.com ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit our website www.sgpostalcode.com. Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the site.
1. Information We Collect
1.1 Information You Provide
When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message content in order to respond to your enquiry. We do not store this information beyond what is needed to respond to your request.
1.2 Search Queries
When you search for a postal code, building name, or road, we may log the query string (without any personally identifiable information) for the purpose of improving search performance and identifying popular content areas.
1.3 Automatically Collected Information
When you visit SGPostalCode.com, certain information is automatically collected by our servers and third-party analytics tools, including: IP address (anonymised), browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time and date of visit, and time spent on pages.
2. How We Use Your Information
- To operate and maintain the website
- To improve site content, navigation, and search features
- To respond to enquiries submitted via our contact form
- To monitor and analyse usage patterns to improve user experience
- To detect and prevent fraudulent activity or abuse
- To comply with applicable legal obligations
- To display relevant advertising through Google AdSense (see Section 5)
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our site. Cookies are small data files stored on your browser. We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for the site to function correctly (e.g., session management).
- Analytics Cookies: Used by services like Google Analytics to collect anonymised information about how visitors use the site.
- Advertising Cookies: Used by Google AdSense to serve personalised advertisements based on your browsing history.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. For more information, see our Cookie Policy.
4. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services that may collect data about you:
- Google Analytics: Provides website usage statistics. Data is anonymised and governed by Google's Privacy Policy.
- Google AdSense: Displays advertisements. Google may use cookies to personalise ads. You can opt out at adssettings.google.com.
- OpenStreetMap / Leaflet: Powers our interactive maps. Map tile requests may be logged by OpenStreetMap servers.
- GitHub (data source): Our postal code data is sourced from a public GitHub repository. No personal data is shared.
5. Google AdSense and Advertising
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting aboutads.info.
6. Data Retention
We retain anonymised analytics data for up to 26 months. Contact form submissions are retained only as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and are then deleted. We do not retain any personally identifiable information beyond what is required for the stated purpose.
7. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. Our website uses HTTPS (TLS encryption) for all connections. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Your Rights (GDPR / PDPA)
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access information we hold about you
- The right to correct inaccurate data
- The right to request deletion of your data
- The right to restrict or object to processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to withdraw consent at any time
Singapore residents are also protected under the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2012. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
9. Children's Privacy
SGPostalCode.com is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will promptly delete it.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent update. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@sgpostalcode.com or via our Contact Page.