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    What It Means to Be OSPAR Audited in Singapore

    “OSPAR audited” means an independent auditor has examined a service provider's internal controls against the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) Guidelines — the same assurance Singapore's banks rely on before outsourcing the handling of customer data. In-Touch is an ABS OSPAR-audited outsourced service provider, listed on the ABS public register.

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    What does “OSPAR audited” mean?

    OSPAR stands for the Outsourced Service Provider's Audit Report — an independent audit defined by the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). When a provider is OSPAR audited, an external auditor has examined its internal control environment against the ABS Guidelines on Control Objectives and Procedures for Outsourced Service Providers, and the results are recorded in an audit report that the provider's bank and financial-institution clients can review. In short, “OSPAR audited” is independent, bank-grade evidence that a provider's controls over data, access and processing have been tested by a third party — not simply self-declared.

    ABS OSPAR audited vs. “OSPAR certified”

    People often search for “OSPAR certified”, but OSPAR is an audit report, not a certification. There is no “OSPAR certificate” to frame on a wall — instead, an independent auditor issues a report on whether the provider's controls meet the ABS Guidelines, and that report is refreshed on an ongoing basis. So the accurate description is OSPAR audited (or ABS OSPAR-audited), and the strongest proof point is being listed on the ABS public register of audited outsourced service providers — something anyone can verify directly.

    How to verify an OSPAR-audited provider

    Because OSPAR is an audit rather than a self-issued badge, you can confirm a provider's status independently. Genuinely OSPAR-audited outsourced service providers appear on the Association of Banks in Singapore's public register at abs.org.sg. When you evaluate a mailing house or print-and-fulfilment partner, ask whether their controls are ABS OSPAR-audited and confirm the listing yourself — that turns a marketing claim into verifiable due diligence you can show your own compliance, risk or audit teams.

    Why choose an OSPAR-audited mailing house

    For banks, insurers, healthcare providers and any organisation sending statements, policy documents or other regulated communications, the print-and-mail step is part of your data-protection perimeter. Choosing an OSPAR-audited mailing house means the partner handling your customers' data has had its controls independently examined to the standard Singapore's own banks demand of their vendors. It is a straightforward, defensible way to evidence due diligence under the PDPA and your outsourcing obligations — without having to take a provider's security claims on trust.

    In-Touch: an OSPAR-audited outsourced service provider since 1993

    In-Touch Singapore is an ABS OSPAR-audited outsourced service provider, listed on the ABS public register. Our secured, controlled-access facility, tracked chain of custody and per-job data deletion are part of the internal control environment examined under the ABS OSPAR framework. The same assurance a bank expects from its own vendors underpins every lettershopping, secure data printing and mail-fulfilment job we run — backed by more than three decades of precision mail production in Singapore.

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