Privacy Policy

This policy is an integral part of the website's terms of use. Additionally, this policy applies to your activity and participation in any of the online communities, professional forums, and mailing lists of the association (hereinafter: "the online communities"), with the necessary changes as required.
 

Using the website does not require registration or the provision of personal details. However, certain areas and sections of the website, such as registering for membership in the association, registering for events organized by the association, subscribing to the association’s mailing lists, joining online communities, contacting the association via online contact forms on the website, and others, may require registration and the provision of personal details, such as full name, address, phone number, active email address, organizational affiliation, and additional details as necessary according to the specific situation.
 

Fields that must be filled in will be clearly marked. Without providing the required details in the mandatory fields, you will not be able to register in the relevant section of the website or join the online community you wish to participate in. You are required to provide only correct, accurate, and complete details, and you hereby confirm the accuracy of the information provided. The personal details you provide, along with additional information about your use of the website (as detailed further in this policy), will be stored by the association.
 

You are not legally obligated to provide the requested personal information. Providing this information is voluntary and depends on your free will – however, providing incorrect details, or failing to provide all the necessary details, may prevent you from completing the registration process or using parts of the website's services, harm the quality of the service provided to you, and affect the ability to contact you if necessary.
 

We may collect additional information when you contact and correspond with the association, such as when you submit requests or inquiries to the association.

When you provide personal information about a third party, you declare that you have obtained their explicit consent to provide this information to the association for use in accordance with this policy.
 

Information Collected During Use of the Website

When you use the website or any of the online communities, the association may collect information about your behavior regarding the use of the website or the relevant service, including content that you uploaded or posted, information you read, the pages you viewed, services of interest to you, your computer’s location, and your Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you accessed the website or the relevant service, the operating system you use, the type of device you have, and more. Additionally, the association may collect and utilize third-party services to collect and analyze anonymous, statistical, or aggregate information related to the usage mentioned, including information about your activity on the website.
 

Social Networks and Personal Information You Share

The association provides website users with tools to share and link content from the website via social networks and other online services. Some of the association's online communities may operate through third-party platforms. Please note that the use of social networks and online services is external and separate from the website and is subject to the privacy practices of those services. This policy does not apply to the activities of these social networks or any online service operated by a third party.

The website and online communities may also include content provided for publication by website users and other participants. This content may also contain personal information. Please note that the content you upload to the website or the relevant community is not private or confidential, and you should not have any expectation of privacy regarding it. You should exercise caution and discretion when providing personal information that may identify you or others.
 

Use of Information

The personal details you provide, along with information the association collects during your use of the website or any of its services, will be used in accordance with the terms of this policy or according to legal requirements for the following purposes:

1. To allow you to use the website, the content it includes, and the services it offers, including registration and active participation in sections of the website and online communities;

2. To identify you during repeat visits to areas that require registration and to spare you from re-entering your details each time;

3. To improve and enrich the services and content of the website, including creating new services and content tailored to the users' requirements and expectations, and to modify or discontinue existing services and content. The information used for this purpose will primarily be statistical information that does not personally identify you;

4. To allow you to customize the website's services to your preferences;

5. To periodically send you information about the website's services and content, activities related to it and the association, surveys, newsletters, etc. Such information may be promotional in nature and may be sent to you via SMS, email, or other electronic means, as detailed further in the website's terms of use;

6. To contact you when the association deems it necessary;

7. For analysis, monitoring, and providing statistical information to third parties. This information will not personally identify you;

8. For the operation and development of the website and its online communities;

9. To enforce the terms of use of the website, comply with legal requirements, regulations, or any other legislative act, and to assist the relevant authorities or any third party when the association believes in good faith it is required to do so;

10. For any other purpose detailed in this privacy policy or in the website's terms of use.
     

Disclosure of Information to Third Parties

The association will not transfer your personal information and the details collected about your activity to third parties, except in the following cases:

1. As necessary for the proper provision of the website's services or the online community;

2. If you violate the terms of use of the website, or if you perform actions via the website, or in connection with it, that the association believes to be against the law, or if you attempt to perform such actions;

3. If the association receives a court order or a request from an authorized authority requiring it to disclose your details or information about you to a third party;

4. In any dispute, claim, lawsuit, demand, or legal proceedings, if any, between you and the association or any of its representatives;

5. In any case where the association believes that disclosing the information is necessary to prevent serious harm to your body or property, or to the body or property of a third party;

6. The association may transfer your details and the information collected about your use of the website to companies or organizations connected to the association, provided they use this information only in accordance with this policy;

7. For sharing and providing anonymous, aggregate, and statistical information with other companies or organizations associated with the association, as well as with suppliers, business partners, advertisers, and any third party, at the sole discretion of the association. The association will not knowingly reveal your identity to them without your consent;

8. If the association organizes its activity or the website's operation under a different structure or changes its legal structure, including transferring the website's operation or any part of it to a third party – it will be entitled to transfer to the new entity a copy of the information accumulated about you, provided that the new entity accepts the terms of this policy;

9. At your explicit request.
    

Where is the Information Stored?

The information collected by the association is stored in its data warehouse, hosted by server hosting and backup providers, which may also be located outside of Israel. Additional information, as detailed in this policy, is collected and stored by other companies (such as statistical companies, etc.). They may also store the information outside of Israel. Your consent to this policy constitutes consent for the storage of the information abroad and its transfer outside of Israel.
 

Information Security

The association attaches great importance to information security in its systems. To protect the information, it operates systems, applications, and procedures to ensure information security, aiming to minimize risks of theft, damage, loss, or unauthorized access to the information.

However, there is no guarantee that these systems will completely prevent the exposure or theft of personal data from its information systems. Therefore, the association does not guarantee, and you cannot reasonably expect, that the services and information systems used by the association will be immune to unauthorized access to the information stored in them. By using the website and its services, you acknowledge and agree to these limitations.
 

Right to Access Information

Under the Protection of Privacy Law, 1981, every person is entitled to review the information held about them in a data repository. A person who reviews the information about them and finds that it is inaccurate, incomplete, unclear, or outdated, is entitled to contact the data holder to request correction or deletion of the information. If the data holder refuses, they must notify the applicant in the manner and way prescribed by the regulations under the Privacy Protection Law. In case of refusal to allow access or notify about the refusal to correct or delete information, the applicant is entitled to appeal as stipulated in the regulations.

Please note that deleting information may prevent you from continuing to receive services from the website and may result in the cancellation of your registration. Information required by the association, including records of actions you performed on the website, will continue to be stored by the association according to the law but will not be used to contact you. If within 30 days you do not receive notice that the requested information has been deleted according to this section, you will be entitled to contact the court as stipulated in the regulations under the Privacy Protection Law to instruct the association to act accordingly.
 

Changes to the Privacy Policy

The association reserves the right to change the terms of this privacy policy from time to time. If significant changes are made, a notice will be published on the website’s homepage 30 days before the changes take effect. If non-significant changes are made, a notice will be published on the homepage 7 days before they take effect, unless changes are made according to the requirements of the law or at the request of an authorized authority, in which case the changes will take effect as per the legal requirements or request. Continued use of the website after the changes to the policy indicates your agreement to the updated policy. If you do not agree with the updated version of the policy, you must stop using the website.

At any time, you can review the latest version of the policy by clicking on the relevant link on the website.
 

Last updated: 01.01.2025