Privacy Policy
1. 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 or to receive additional information about a Young Judaea Program). 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 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, 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 to process transactions for, or provide a product or service to, you or to Young Judaea or (vi) that it is necessary for Young Judaea business purposes. 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. 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 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. 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. 3. Is Credit Card Information Secure?We care about the safety and security of your transaction. We use high grade 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. 6. Updating Your Personal InformationYou have the right to access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences by contacting us at the 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 update your personal information by sending an e-mail to info@youngjudaea.org, or by writing to Young Judaea at: Young Judaea 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), 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. |
