Terms and Conditions
GenerallyYoung Judaea is the Zionist youth movement of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (“Hadassah”). By accessing and/or registering on any aspect of the Young Judaea Website, including, without limitation, Young Judaea’s alumni directory “YJ Connect” (collectively, the “Website”) you signify that you have read, understand and agree with these Terms, Conditions and Disclosures (the “Terms and Conditions”) and represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to agree to and abide by all of the Terms and Conditions. Young Judaea reserves the right to modify, alter or update these Terms and Conditions at any time and your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to be bound by such modifications, alterations, or updates. If Young Judaea decides to change its Terms and Conditions, Young Judaea will post these changes on this web page. You should review the policies periodically to ensure that you are familiar with them. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions, please do not use the Website. Neither Young Judaea nor Hadassah assume responsibility for consequences resulting from the use of the information herein, or in any respect for the content of such information, including, but not limited to, errors or omissions, the accuracy or reasonableness of factual or scientific assumptions, studies or conclusions, the defamatory nature of statements, ownership of copyright or other intellectual property rights, and the violation of property, privacy or personal rights of others. Neither Young Judaea nor Hadassah is responsible for and expressly disclaims all liability for damages of any kind arising out of your use or unauthorized use of this Website or the use, reference to or reliance on information contained on this Website. Young Judaea and Hadassah reserve the right to terminate your registration or to revoke any or all access and use authorizations granted to you in their sole discretion. Young Judaea reserves the right to take such actions, with or without notice, for any reason or no reason, and without liability. By your participation in YJ Connect, you certify that you are a former member of Young Judaea and that you are at least 18 years of age. The username and password granted to you to access YJ Connect is personal to you and you cannot allow anyone to use your user name or password under any circumstances. If you believe that your password to access YJ Connect has been compromised, contact us immediately at alumni@youngjudaea.org so that we can work with you to reset your account. To view Young Judaea’s Privacy Statement for important information and disclosures relating to the collection and use of your personal information in connection with the Website, please click here. LinksNeither Young Judaea nor Hadassah endorse, approve, certify or control external internet addresses listed on this Website or companies or organizations to which this Website is linked and neither Young Judaea nor Hadassah guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness or correct sequencing of information located on such other websites. Young Judaea reserves the right to terminate any link at any time. Neither Young Judaea nor Hadassah is responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Unless specifically stated on this Website, neither Young Judaea nor Hadassah endorse companies, organizations or products to which it links and reserves the right to note such on its Website pages. If you decide to access any third party websites linked to this Website, you do this entirely at your own risk and your use will be governed by the terms and conditions of that third-party website. Use of any information on such other websites is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by Young Judaea or Hadassah. DisclaimerYou assume full and complete responsibility and risk for your use of this Website and the Internet. THIS WEBSITE AND ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON A STRICTLY “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, YOUNG JUDAEA AND HADASSAH DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS WEBSITE, ITS APPROPRIATENESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ITS CONTENT, THE CONTENT OF WEBSITES MENTIONED ON THIS WEBSITE, OR THE CONTENT OF ANY OTHER WEBSITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE. NEITHER YOUNG JUDAEA NOR HADASSAH WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE IN THIS WEBSITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. You assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction arising out of your use of the materials on this Website. Copyrights/TrademarksThis Website is owned by Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. and no information, software or other material from this Website, unless such right is otherwise expressly granted herein, may be copied, modified, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way. All names, logos and marks appearing in this Website, except as otherwise noted, are trademarks owned or used by Hadassah and its affiliates; these trademarks may only be used with the express written permission of Hadassah. The content of all material available on this Website is copyrighted by Hadassah and protected by U.S. and worldwide copyright and trademark laws and treaty provisions unless otherwise indicated. All rights are reserved and the use or misuse of the trademarks and other content on this site is strictly prohibited. None of the content or trademarks on this Website may be reproduced, downloaded, disseminated, or published in any form without the prior written permission of Hadassah. You shall not copy or adapt the HTML or other software code Young Judaea, Hadassah or their contractors create to generate web pages. Procedure for Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement (1) The physical or electronic signature of either the copyright owner or of a person authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; (2) A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed, and a description of the activity that you claim to be infringing; (3) Identification of the URL address or other specific location on this Website where the material or activity you claim to be infringing is located or is occurring; you must include enough information to allow Hadassah to locate the material or the activity; (4) Your name, address, telephone number and, if you have one, your e-mail address; (5) A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use on this Website of the copyrighted work in the manner of which you are complaining is not authorized by the copyright owner, any agent of the copyright owner or the law; and (6) A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information you have provided in your notice is accurate and that you are either the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. Notices of claims of copyright infringement with regard to this Website should be directed in writing to Hadassah’s designated agent for receipt of such notices at: Name: Legal Department Limitation of LiabilityNone of The Hadassah Entities (as hereinafter defined) shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages (including lost profits) that result in any way from (i) your use of or inability to use this Website; (ii) your reliance on or use of information, services or merchandise provided on or through this Website; (iii) the activities, acts and omissions that occur in, from, through or under your user name and password; (iv) the theft or misappropriation of your user name or password, disclosure of your user name and password, or your authorization of anyone else to use your user name and password, (v) any material posted in the Message Boards or any other material that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Website as well as any and all interactions that you may have with other users or (vi) any mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, errors, defects, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of performance or the content of this Website, any website linked to this site or mentioned on this Website even if Hadassah or Young Judaea is aware of or has been advised of the possibility of such damages. If you are dissatisfied with this Website or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines or practices of this Website, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Website. Opinions, advice and all other information expressed by those transmitting messages to the Message Boards on this Website if any, represent the views of the individuals who posted the messages and not those of Young Judaea or Hadassah. Young Judaea and Hadassah make no representations about the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the information made available or expressed in such public areas. Anyone entering such public areas does so at their own risk. Neither Young Judaea nor Hadassah shall have any obligation to monitor, edit or censor postings, but reserve the right to do so. Neither Young Judaea nor Hadassah shall, under any circumstances, be liable for any abusive, obscene, profane, sexually explicit, threatening, racist or illegal material posted in the Message Boards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Young Judaea and Hadassah reserve the right (but shall not have the obligation), in their sole discretion, to review and remove (without notice) any material that they deem inappropriate. You understand, acknowledge and agree that Hadassah and Young Judaea assume no responsibility for deletion of any Content that you post, transmit or share, or any failure to store, receive or deliver any Content in a timely manner. There is no guarantee that any of your submissions will be posted and there may be a time lag between submission and posting. You are solely responsible at your sole cost and expense for creating backup copies and replacing any Content you post or store on the Website or provide to Hadassah or Young Judaea. SecurityYou are encouraged to use encrypted messages when transmitting any sensitive information to the Young Judaea Web Site, especially financial and credit card information. Portions of the Website are password protected and are to be accessed only by authorized registered users. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your password. This Website has no control over the Internet and cannot prevent the interception of messages by unauthorized parties or guarantee that such unauthorized parties may not be able to decrypt encrypted messages. Accordingly, under no circumstances will Young Judaea or Hadassah be responsible for any loss or damage incurred by you as the result of unauthorized interception or decryption of information transmitted electronically by you to this Website or for any information transmitted using this Website. Obligations of UserYour use of the Website is subject to all applicable local, state, national laws and regulations, and in some cases, international treaties. In connection with your access and use of this Website you agree that you will not violate or infringe on any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity, including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights, or violate any statute, regulation, ordinance, or law. In consideration for your use of the Website, you agree to (i) provide accurate, current and complete information about you as may be prompted by any registration forms on the Website and (ii) maintain and properly update such information and any other information you provide to Hadassah or Young Judaea through this Website, to keep it accurate, current and complete. Subject to the terms set forth herein, any messages, photos, profiles, information or other content you upload, post or otherwise transmit to Young Judaea over the Internet ("Content") is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential (unless otherwise protected from disclosure by Young Judaea’s Website privacy policy or as otherwise required by law) and non-proprietary. By transmitting or posting Content to this site you (i) certify that you own the Content or have the proper rights to use, transmit and share the Content and to allow Young Judaea, Hadassah and their affiliates to use the Content in accordance with the following license; (ii) hereby grant Young Judaea and Hadassah and their respective affiliates a world-wide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right and license to use the Content for any purpose, including reproduction, transmission, publication, modification, adaptation, translation, creation of derivative works, distribution, commercial use, communication to the public, performance, display, broadcast and posting (in whole or in part) and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or later developed without any compensation to you or to anyone else; and (iii) you waive all moral rights in the Content. You agree not to transmit any unlawful, threatening, inflammatory, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, racist, sexually explicit, abusive, pornographic, profane or illegal Content of any kind or any Content that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, result in civil liability, or violate any law. You agree not to transmit any Content or software which contains a virus, cancelbox, trojan horse, worm or other harmful component. You agree not to aggregate, copy, duplicate, transmit or distribute in any way any portion of this Website. You agree not to supply any false, fraudulent or inaccurate information (including credit card or other payment mechanism data) in connection with making purchases from this Website. You understand and agree that access and participation to YJ Connect is intended only for users who are at least 18 years of age, and if you are under the age of 18 you will not be permitted to access or participate in YJ Connect. You agree not to register for more than one YJ Connect user account or register for a user account on behalf of an individual other than yourself. You agree not to supply any incomplete, false, fraudulent or inaccurate biographical information or general information which is not your own information, impersonate another person, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age, or your affiliation with any person or entity when accessing or participating in Message Boards, YJ Connect or any other features or activities of the Website. You agree not to violate or attempt to violate the security of this Website, including without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for your access or logging into a server or account which you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user of this Website, host or network, including without limitation, via any activity of overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mailbombing" or "crashing" this Website or its associated services; (d) collecting email addresses or other contact information of other users for commercial purposes, including, without limitation, sending unsolicited e-mail, including for promotions and/or advertising of products or services; (e) uploading, posting, transmitting, sharing or otherwise making available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, or any other form of solicitation; or (f) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or posting. You agree not to (i) delete or revise any material posted on this Website; (ii) use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Website or any activity conducted on the Website; (iii) take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Website's infrastructure; (iv) if you have a password, allow access to a non-public area of this Website, disclose to or share your password with any third-party or use your password for any unauthorized purpose; (v) use or attempt to use, without Young Judaea’s permission, any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Website other than the search engine and search agents available on this Website and other than generally commercially available third-party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer); (vi) attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of this Website; or (vii) frame or link to any of the content or information available from this Website without Young Judaea’s permission. If you send any feedback, ideas, artwork, concepts, inventions or other similar creative suggestions about this Site or about Young Jadaea and its activities (collectively, "Submission") to Young Judaea, the Submission shall be the exclusive property of Young Judaea, and you hereby assign to Young Judaea all rights, title and interest therein. None of the Submission shall be subject to any obligation of confidence and Young Judaea shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submission. Young Judaea shall own exclusively all now known or later discovered rights to the Submission and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Submission for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you or any other person who submitted the Submission. You may not resell or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions. You also may not use information or communications available through the Website for any unauthorized commercial or political purposes. IndemnificationYou agree to indemnify and hold Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., Hadassah Medical Relief Association, Inc., Young Judaea and their affiliates and related entities and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, volunteers, members, agents, representatives, successors, assigns, licensees (hereinafter “The Hadassah Entities”) harmless from any and all claims arising out of or relating to any Content you post, transmit, or share on or through the Website, your conduct in connection with the Website or any breach of any of your obligations under these Terms and Conditions. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree to indemnify The Hadassah Entities for claims based on any message you post on or material you transmit through this Website including without limitation, claims for libel, slander, infringement of copyright, patents or trademarks, misappropriation of trade secrets or invasion of privacy. Governing LawHadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., owner of this Website, has its principal office located in the City of New York, in the State of New York. Accordingly, the contract reflected in these Terms, Conditions shall be deemed to have been made and performed in New York. It shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of New York. You hereby agree that any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with your use of this Website will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the City of New York, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of resolving any such dispute. You hereby waive the right to trial by jury. ExportYou may not download or otherwise export or re-export any software made available by this Website, or any underlying information or technology (collectively, “Technology”), except in full compliance with all United States and other applicable laws and regulations. By the downloading of any software made available by this Website, you are agreeing to the foregoing and you are representing and warranting that you are not located in, under control of or a national or resident of any such country or any one on a prohibited list. In particular, but without limitation, Technology may not be exported or re-exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) any U.S. embargoed countries; (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals of the U.S. Department of Commerce Table of Deny Orders; or (iii) otherwise in violation of or as prohibited by the laws, rules, regulations or administrative orders of the U.S., or any unit, agency or department thereof. DisclaimerAny advice contained in this Website is not intended as a substitute for consulting with a professional advisor, such as your physician, attorney or accountant. The materials contained in this Website have been designed with the understanding that neither Young Judaea nor Hadassah is engaged in rendering professional advice. No reliance should be made on the information contained in this Website without first consulting a professional advisor. GeneralThese Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Hadassah or Young Judaea regarding the use of this Website and supersede any prior agreements between you and Hadassah or Young Judaea relating to your use of this Website. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided in additional terms of use for areas of this Website, a particular "Legal Notice," or Software License or material on particular web pages, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Young Judaea with respect to the use of this Website. No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made except by a revised posting on this web page. The headings and sections identified in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience and are not intended to be used for the interpretation of any term, condition or disclosure.
YOUNG JUDAEA WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY1. Privacy PhilosophyYoung Judaea believes that electronic privacy is crucial to the ongoing success of the Internet as a service, and as a commercial and entertainment medium, and therefore uses its reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of your personal information. The personal information we receive from our Website is used solely for our own business purposes and as we may otherwise be directed by you (e.g., to process a donation,, to receive additional information about a Young Judaea Program, and if applicable, to share with other Young Judaea alumni who have registered with YJ Connect). Young Judaea does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. Young Judaea does not disclose information about your individual visits to our Website, or personal information that you provide to us, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, credit card number, etc., to any outside parties except as directed or authorized by you or when we believe, in good faith, (i) that the law requires it, or (ii) that disclosure is necessary to protect the rights and property of Young Judaea or Hadassah, our program participants or others, (iii) that your actions on our Website violate the Terms and Conditions stated herein, (iv) that we need to send the information to companies or individuals who work on behalf of Young Judaea or Hadassah to process transactions for, or provide a product or service to, you or to Young Judaea or Hadassah, (vi) that it is necessary for Young Judaea or Hadassah business purposes, or (vii) the disclosure is for legal, accounting, or regulatory purposes, including compliance with civil subpoenas and requests from law enforcement. 2. Collection of Personal InformationIn the following circumstances we will ask you to provide us with certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form:
We may also ask you for information under other circumstances. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, we may require that you provide us with personal information, such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, and other personal identifying information. When you register with YJ Connect, you create your own profile and select your desired privacy settings, and the profile information that you choose to share (as specified in your privacy settings) will be available in search results across YJ Connect and shared with other registered users. Data collected by Young Judaea is maintained on computer databases within the United States. This Website is not intended for use outside the United States. Young Judaea makes no claims that the content or any other information available on this Website may be lawfully viewed or accessed outside of the United States. Access to the same may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access this Website from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. Although persons of all ages may visit our Website (other than YJ Connect which is intended only for Young Judaea alumni at least 18 years old) and obtain information that does not require that we collect their personal information, Young Judaea does not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information from children under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for YJ Connect. Such users are expressly prohibited from submitting their personally identifiable information to us, and from registering or using YJ Connect. Young Judaea will automatically reject the registration or entry made by any person that enters a birth date indicating they are under the age of 13. In the event that Young Judaea learns that it has collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 Young Judaea will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that Young Judaea may have any information from or about a child under the age of 13, please send an email to alumni@youngjudaea.org. 3. Is Credit Card Information Secure?We care about the safety and security of your transaction. We use encryption and the https security protocol to communicate with your browser software. This method is a commonly used security protocol, which makes it difficult for anyone else to intercept the credit card information you send to us. Young Judaea has implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, Young Judaea cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. 4. How Do We Use “Cookies”?Visitors should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by this Website through the use of “cookies”. “Cookies” are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the website, and allow a website to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Cookies are files that are stored on the user’s computer. Cookies are not programs designed to damage files on a user’s computer. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the visitor that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If a visitor does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie feature. Young Judaea uses “cookie” technology only to obtain non-personal information from its online visitors in order to improve visitors’ online experience and facilitate their visit within our Website. 5. Your ConsentBy accessing and using our Website you consent to the collection and use of information by Young Judaea as described in this privacy statement. If we decide to change our privacy statement, we will post these changes on this web page. You should visit this page periodically to review the privacy statement. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not participate in our online or offline activities and services that require you to provide your personal information (as listed above in Section 2). 6. Updating Your Personal InformationYou have the right to access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences by sending an e-mail or writing to us at the appropriate address below. Please include your name, address, and/or e-mail address when you contact us. Young Judaea also provides you the opportunity to opt out of receiving communications from the organization. Please indicate which mailing list or service from which you would like to have your name removed. You may also remove your personal information from YJ Connect at any time by contacting us. If you choose to remove your Content, the license granted pursuant to the Young Judaea Website Terms and Conditions will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that Young Judaea and Hadassah may retain archived copies of your Content. You may update or remove your personal information by sending an e-mail, or by writing to Young Judaea at: For YJ Connect: Alumni Young Judaea Email: alumni@youngjudaea.org For all other personal information: Young Judaea Email: info@youngjudaea.org Hadassah will retain your personal information in accordance with applicable law. 7. Use of IP AddressAmong other things, Young Judaea uses your computer’s IP (Internet Protocol) address to:
Your IP address is used to help identify you and your time spent at our Websites, and to gather broad demographic information. This allows us to see which parts of our Websites users are visiting. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means, for instance, that a user’s session will be tracked, but the user will remain anonymous. 8. Links to other websitesPlease also note that we have links on our Website to other websites and that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which neither Young Judaea nor Hadassah has any responsibility. These sites may collect personally identifiable information about you. This privacy statement does not cover the information practices or policies of such other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of all such websites as their statements may be materially different from Young Judaea’s privacy statement. 9. Transmission and Posting of InformationPlease remember that if you transmit or post any information in any public areas of this Website, if any, (e.g., Message Boards), or to other registered users of YJ Connect, such information may be collected and used by others over whom Young Judaea has no control. Young Judaea is not responsible for the use made by third parties of information you transmit, post, or otherwise make available in public areas of this Website, or to other registered users of YJ Connect.
Effective Date: June 17, 2008 |
