Hadassah Privacy Statement
Effective date: February 1, 2018
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 sell, trade or rent your personal information to others. The Hadassah Entities do not share information about your individual visits to our Website, or 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 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) 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 to offer you a product or service if you send an opt-out request by e-mail, to support@hadassah.org, or by mail, to Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., 40 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Support. 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 support@hadassah.org or by writing to us at:
Hadassah
40 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Attention: Support
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 http://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 http://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:
AApplicable laws may give you additional rights that are not described in this online privacy policy.
