Terms & Conditions

TERMS, CONDITIONS AND DISCLOSURES

1. Generally

By accessing and/or registering on any aspect of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.’s (“Hadassah”) website (the “Website”) you signify that you have read, understand and agree with these Terms, Conditions and Disclosures (the “Terms and Conditions”) in full and represent and warrant that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by all of the Terms and Conditions. Hadassah 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 Hadassah decides to change its Terms and Conditions, Hadassah will post these changes on this web page. Any changes will be effective only after the effective date of the change and will not affect any dispute arising prior to the effective date of the change.  You should review the policies periodically to ensure that you are familiar with them. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions in full, please do not use the Website. You must be at least 18 years of age to use our Website.  By using this Website, you certify that you are at least 18 years of age.  Hadassah assumes no responsibility for consequences resulting from the use of the information on the Website, including, without limitation, any advertisements on the Website, or in any respect for the content of the information on the Website, 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. Hadassah is not 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, including, without limitation, advertisements. Hadassah reserves the right to terminate any registrations or accounts granted to you with respect to the Website or to revoke any or all access and use authorizations granted to you with respect to the Website in its sole discretion. Hadassah reserves the right to take such action with or without notice, for any reason or no reason, and without liability.  Hadassah may investigate any complaints or reported violations of the Terms and Conditions and take any action Hadassah deems to be appropriate in such instance, including, but not limited to, technical, legal or other action Hadassah considers to be appropriate to enforce the Terms and Conditions or remedy your breach or violation of same. Hadassah may discontinue or alter all or any portion of our Website or services contained thereon at any time in our sole discretion and without notice or explanation and without liability. To view Hadassah’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.

 

2. Links

Hadassah does not endorse, approve, certify or control external Internet addresses listed on this Website or the companies or organizations to which this Website is linked, and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness or correct sequencing of information located on such other websites. Hadassah reserves the right to terminate any link at any time. Hadassah is not responsible for the content of any linked website or any link contained in any linked website. Unless specifically stated on this Website, Hadassah does not endorse any companies, organizations, products or services on this Website or to which this Website is linked 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 so 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 Hadassah.

 

3. Disclaimer

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE AND 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, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ADVERTISEMENTS, ARE PROVIDED ON A STRICTLY “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS; HADASSAH DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND MAKES 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, THE CONTENT OF ANY ADVERTISEMENTS ON THIS WEBSITE, OR THE CONTENT OF ANY OTHER WEBSITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE. HADASSAH DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICE ON THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE IN THIS WEBSITE OR THROUGH ITS SERVERS IS FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS EVEN IF HADASSAH OR ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OR $10, WHICHEVER IS LESS.

 

4. Copyrights/Trademarks

This Website is owned by Hadassah 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 without the prior written permission of Hadassah. All names, logos and marks appearing in this Website, except in third party advertisements or 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. Except for user-provided Content (defined in Section 7 below), the content of all material available on this Website is licensed to or copyrighted by Hadassah and protected by U.S. and worldwide copyright and trademark laws and treaty provisions unless otherwise indicated. Hadassah, the H logo, Hadassah The Power of Women Who Do, Every Beat Counts: Hadassah’s Heart Health Program, The Uplift Project, The Hadassah Foundation, Morningstar Founded by Hadassah, Keepers of the Gate, the Harp, and Check It Out and its logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries as well.  All rights are reserved and the use or misuse of the trademarks and other content on this Website is strictly prohibited. None of the content or Hadassah owned 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 Hadassah or its contractors create to generate the pages of this Website.

Procedure for Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement:

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been uploaded, posted or copied to this Website or is accessible on this Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please notify Hadassah by providing its designated copyright agent listed below with the following information:

(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,  or, if multiple copyrighted works at this Website are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;

(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)       Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as your name, address, telephone number and 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
Address: Hadassah
40 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: 212-303-7436

 

5. Limitation of Liability

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR ON THE WEBSITE, NONE OF THE HADASSAH ENTITIES (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED) SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (including, but not limited to, 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, through, or advertised on this Website; (iii) the activities, acts and omissions that occur in, from, through or under any username and password granted to you with respect to this Website; (iv) the theft or misappropriation of any username or password granted with respect to this Website, disclosure of any such username and password, or your authorization of anyone else to use any such username and password; (v) any material uploaded, posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via this Website by you or any other users of the Website and all interactions that you may have with other users on this Website 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 and any advertisements contained on it, any website linked to this Website or any website mentioned on this Website, even if Hadassah 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 users posting content on the Website represent the views of those users who posted such content and not those of Hadassah. Hadassah makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the information made available or expressed by any users in any public areas of the Website. Anyone using or viewing such public areas does so at their own risk. Hadassah shall have no obligation to monitor, edit or censor postings, but reserves the right to do so. Hadassah shall not, under any circumstances, be liable for any abusive, obscene, profane, sexually explicit, threatening, racist, anti-Semitic or illegal material posted by any user in any public portions of the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Hadassah reserves the right (but shall not have the obligation) to review and remove (without notice) any material that it deems inappropriate in its sole and absolute discretion. You understand, acknowledge and agree that Hadassah assumes no responsibility for the deletion of any content that you post, transmit or share, or any failure to store, receive or deliver any content in a timely manner. If you choose to remove any of your Content (as defined in § 7 below) from the Website, the license granted to Hadassah pursuant to Section 7 of these Terms and Conditions will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that Hadassah may retain archived copies of your Content.  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.

 

6. Security

You are encouraged to use encrypted messages when transmitting any sensitive information to the Website, especially financial and credit card information.  Portions of the Website are password protected and are to be accessed only by authorized registered users.  Any username and password granted to you to access any password protected portion of the Website is personal to you and you cannot allow anyone to use your account under any circumstances.  It is your responsibility to protect the security of your password and for restricting access to your account.  You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur on your account or with your password.  If you believe that your password has been compromised, contact us immediately at webmaster@hadassah.org so that we can work with you to reset your account.  Hadassah reserves the right to take any and all action it deems necessary to maintain the security of the Website and your account, including, without limitation, terminating your account and changing your password. Hadassah may suspend, cancel or edit your account at any time and for any reason without notice or explanation. 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 obtain access to or decrypt encrypted messages. Accordingly, under no circumstances will Hadassah be responsible for any loss or damage incurred by you as the result of the unauthorized interception or decryption of information transmitted electronically by you to Hadassah or for any information transmitted using this Website.

 

7. Obligations of User

Your use of the Website is subject to all applicable local, state, and 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 through this Website, to keep it accurate, current and complete.  Subject to the terms set forth herein, any materials, including, but not limited to, text, photos, videos, files, profiles, information or other content you upload, post or otherwise transmit to Hadassah over the Internet (collectively, “Content”) is, and will be treated as, non-confidential (unless otherwise protected from disclosure by Hadassah’s Website privacy policy or as otherwise required by law) and non-proprietary. By transmitting or posting any Content to this Website you (i) certify that you own the Content or have the proper rights to use, transmit and share the Content and to allow Hadassah and its affiliates to use the Content as set forth in the following license; (ii) hereby grant Hadassah and its 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, storage, transmission, publication, modification, adaptation, translation, creation of derivative works, distribution, 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, anti-Semitic, 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, spyware, 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 donations or purchases from this Website or in any other use of this Website. You agree not to register for more than one user account on the Website 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 any public 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, 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 password protected 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 Hadassah’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., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, 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 Hadassah’s permission. If you submit any Content, including, feedback, ideas, artwork, concepts, inventions, writings or other similar creative suggestions about this Website and its activities to Hadassah, you grant Hadassah the license rights described in Section 7 with respect to such Content, without compensation to you or any other person who submitted the Content. As previously stated herein, none of the Content shall be subject to any obligation of confidence and Hadassah shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Content. 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.

 

8. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., Hadassah Medical Relief Association, Inc., The Hadassah Foundation, Inc. and each of their respective affiliates, related entities, 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.

 

9. Governing Law

Hadassah, 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 and 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.

 

10. Export

You 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 or 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.

 

11. Disclaimer

Any 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 Hadassah is not engaged in rendering professional advice. No reliance should be made on the information contained in this Website without first consulting a professional advisor.

 

12. General

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Hadassah regarding the use of this Website and supersede any prior agreements between you and Hadassah 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 Hadassah 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 or condition.

 

13. Payment and Cancellation Policies

All Hadassah programs, missions, and activities (individually, a “Program” and collectively, “Programs”) are subject to their own payment and cancellation policies. All prices and itineraries for Hadassah Programs are subject to change.  Please refer to the individual Program policies for more information.

 

14. Prohibited Transactions

You agree not to engage in any transactions or commercial activities with Hadassah that are prohibited under regulations of the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) of the Department of the Treasury (including, but not limited to, those named on either of OFAC’s (a) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or (b) Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List) or under any statute, executive order (including, but not limited to the September 24, 2001, Executive Order 13224 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism) or other governmental action, as same may be amended or modified at any time and from time to time.

 

15. Advertisements Generally

In furtherance of the provisions contained herein regarding advertisements, Hadassah does not endorse any products or services advertised on the Website unless specifically noted.  The acceptance of adverting does not constitute recommendation, approval or other representation of the quality of products or services, or the credibility of any claims made by advertisers including, but not limited to, the kashrut of any advertised food products.  Use of any products or services advertised on the Website is solely at the user’s risk and Hadassah accepts no responsibility or liability in connection therein.

Hadassah Privacy Statement
Effective date: April 11, 2019

1. Privacy Philosophy and Information We Collect

 

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (“Hadassah”) 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. We and our hosting providers encrypt credit card (billing) information whenever credit card information is requested online.  The personal information we receive from our Website is accessible only by staff and volunteers designated to handle that information for business purposes of The Hadassah Entities or by vendors who have signed agreements with confidentiality obligations.  Such information is used for our business purposes and as we may otherwise be directed by you (e.g., to process a donation, to receive additional information about a Program, or to transmit e-mail correspondence to individuals outside Hadassah).  Hadassah may share information with its affiliates, including without limitation, Hadassah Medical Relief Association, Inc., The Hadassah Foundation, Inc. and each of their respective affiliates, related entities, and the local units of Hadassah (collectively and together with Hadassah, “The Hadassah Entities”).   The Hadassah Entities do not share information about your individual visits to our Website, nor do The Hadassah Entities share, sell, trade, or rent your personal information that you provide to us whether offline or through the Website, such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card account number, etc., to any outside parties except as directed or authorized by you or when we believe that (i) the law requires it, (ii) disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of The Hadassah Entities, our members, donors, or others, (iii) your actions on our Website violate the Terms, Conditions and Disclosures stated herein, (iv) we need to send the information to companies or individuals who work with The Hadassah Entities to process transactions for, or provide a product or service to, you or to The Hadassah Entities, (v) it is necessary for business purposes of The Hadassah Entities, (vi) it is for legal, accounting, or regulatory purposes, including compliance with civil subpoenas and requests from law enforcement, (vii) it is necessary to enforce the Terms, Conditions and Disclosures, (viii) it is necessary to respond to claims that any information you provide violates the rights of third parties; (ix) the disclosure is in relation to the sale, assignment, transfer or acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of one or more of The Hadassah Entities by a third party or (x) other reasons we determine in good faith to be necessary or appropriate; provided, however that, The Hadassah Entities will not share your personal information with companies or individuals who work with The Hadassah Entities for business purposes or to offer you a product or service if you send an opt-out request by e-mail, to webmaster@hadassah.org, or by mail, to Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., 40 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Webmaster.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Privacy Policy applies, without limitation, to our members, donors and other individuals that use this Website or otherwise provide us with their personal information.

 

2. Collection of Personal Information

In certain circumstances such as the following, we will ask you to provide us with certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form:

□  Registering for an account to use any password protected portion of our Website

□  Logging in to any password protected portion of our Website

□  Enrolling in a program

□  Making an online donation

□  Purchasing an item online

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 personally identifying information. Data collected by Hadassah is maintained on computer databases within the United States. This Website is not intended for use outside the United States.  The Hadassah Entities make 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.

 

3. Is Credit Card Information Secure?

We care about the safety and security of your transaction. We and our hosting service providers use high grade encryption 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.  Hadassah 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, The Hadassah Entities 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 that are stored on the user’s computer which 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 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. We use “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 Consent

By accessing and using our Website, you consent to the collection and use of information by The Hadassah Entities 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 (listed above in Section 2).  The effective date of this notice and any revised or changed notice may be found on this page, on the upper left hand corner of the notice.

 

6. Updating Your Personal Information

You 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. We also provide 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 or remove your personal information by sending an e-mail to webmaster@hadassah.org or by writing to us at:

Hadassah
40 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Attention: Webmaster

We will retain your personal information in accordance with applicable law.

 

7. Use of IP Address and Computer Information

Among other things, we use your computer’s IP (Internet Protocol) address to:

Help diagnose problems with our server

Administer our Website

Your IP address is used to help identify you and your time spent at our Website, and to gather broad demographic information. This allows us to see which parts of our Website 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.

Our website automatically records website usage information that we analyze statistically to track operational problems, to prevent fraud and to improve the effectiveness, security and integrity of the site. We do not use this information to track or record information about individuals. We will disclose this information to third parties only in aggregate form or as may be required by law. For each page that you visit, we collect and store the following technical information in what is called a web server log file:

• Date and time of access
• URL address of the Hadassah webpage visited
• Internet domain and IP address from which our website was accessed
• Type of browser and operating system used to access our site (if provided by the browser)
• URL address of the referring page (if provided by the browser)
• Completion or success status of the request for a web page or other on-line item
• File size of the webpage visited

 

For the purpose of enabling better website design and a better user experience, we employ Google Analytics (a web service by Google, Inc.) to track site traffic and provide aggregate reports of how the public interacts with our website. Session cookies are employed by Google Analytics in the form of client-side JavaScript code. In utilizing this analytics service, we maintain our existing standards in regards to the sharing and disclosure of information, security and privacy safeguards for the data, and the data retention policy, each described below. Google Analytics analyzes website usage information automatically upon visits to our website(s). Users who do not wish to have their visit information collected by Google Analytics may opt-out by downloading a browser extension or by disabling cookies in their browser settings. Opting-out of web measurements will still permit users to access this website, with all included information and functionality.

The Hadassah Entities may collect and aggregate data about your usage of the Website, and Hadassah shall be the sole owner of such information.

 

8. Tracking

This website will not respond to Web browser “do not track” signals. If you would like additional information about online tracking and various opt-out mechanisms, please see https://donottrack.us/

Because we link to social media sites, and from time to time may include third-party advertisements, other parties may collect your personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across different web sites when you visit this Site.

In addition, we use Google AdWords, so we are advertising the Site online through a form of tracking called remarketing,  Third-party vendors, including Google, show our ads on various sites across the Internet, and use cookies to serve you ads based on your past visits to this Site. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.

Please note that not all tracking will stop even if you delete cookies.

 

9. Links to other websites

Please 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 The Hadassah Entities have no 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 Hadassah’s privacy statement.

 

10. Transmission and Posting of Information

Please remember that if you transmit or post any information in any public areas of this Website such information may be collected and used by others over whom The Hadassah Entities have no control. The Hadassah Entities are not responsible for the use made by third parties of information you transmit, post, or otherwise make available in public areas of this Website.

 

11. Children

This Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. The Hadassah Entities do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

 

12. Additional Rights:

Applicable laws may give you additional rights that are not described in this online privacy policy.