Privacy Policy
What is the Privacy Policy?
The Table to Table – Leket Israel Leket Israel (the “Leket Israel”), treats the privacy of Leket Israel’s Website users with respect; the Website operates at: www.leket.org, and any other landing page and additional domain at Leket Israel’s discretion (the “Website”).
This document will provide you with an explanation about the privacy policy employed by Leket Israel. It reviews the manner in which Leket Israel uses information provided to it by the User, as well as what information will be collected about you.
In this Privacy Policy, the phrase “personal information,” means any information that can be reasonably used to identify you, including your given name and surname, your address, your phone number, and more. The consents you grant in respect of the personal information about you will also apply to data about you that does not constitute personal information, such as your private affairs and/or information relating to your personal life, etc.
This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Terms of Use of the Website and the Additional Terms and Conditions (as defined therein) which will be referred to hereinafter jointly as (the “Binding documents”). Thus, for instance, provisions regarding limiting Leket Israel’s liability, applicable law and jurisdiction, as well as the possibility of assigning Leket Israel’s rights (and your consents granted under this Privacy Policy), will also apply to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is drafted employing the masculine linguistic form for the sake of convenience only, but it naturally refers also to women. Terms that are not defined in this Privacy Policy shall bear the meaning ascribed to them in the Terms of Use.
Reporting a Violation of Your Privacy
If you believe that your privacy has been violated, please contact us. Leket Israel’s representatives are available to you for any request, response, question, or complaint. Full details on how to contact us, including an online form designed for this purpose, are located on the “Contact Us” page on the Website.
Types of Personal Information at Leket Israel and How to Provide it
Leket Israel’s Website
Use of the Website does not involve any registration process, or provision of personal information. However –
Providing information voluntarily. The Website is comprised of various sections, including registration forms, contact forms, or other forms, through which you will be asked to provide us with information and contact details, in accordance with any relevant need and circumstance. Some of these registration forms are permanent forms, while others are ‘seasonal,’ depending on the various activities performed by Leket Israel. Thus, for example –
- To report any surplus agricultural produce to Leket Israel, you will be prompted to provide your full name, phone number, email, and relevant location details.
- To subscribe to receive Leket Israel’s information newsletters, you will only be prompted to provide your email.
- To register to volunteer at Leket Israel, you will be asked to provide your full name, phone number, email, city of residence, as well as note the voluntary activity in which you wish to participate, and whether you have ever participated in Leket Israel’s activities in the past.
- To the extent that you express an interest in any of Leket Israel’s ‘wanted ads,’ you will be asked to note the desired position, your full name, address, phone number, and email, as well as attach a resume.
- In order to contact Leket Israel virtually, you will be asked to provide, on the ‘contact us’ form, the subject matter of your request, your full name, email, phone number, and fill out the contents of your message.
Automatic Collection. Leket Israel also collects information through your use of the Website; products and/or services appearing in it, or redirecting to and from it, including information about the User’s usage habits. See details below.
Events Held by Leket Israel. When registering for an event and/or at the various events held by Leket Israel, you will be asked to provide various details such as: your full name, email, telephone number, and the number of participants in the event.
Communication with Leket Israel. When communicating with Leket Israel, Leket Israel may document such communication. For example, it is possible that we may document your conversations with any Leket Israel agent, as well as emails and other correspondence with Leket Israel, agreements with Leket Israel, information related to your voluntary work with Leket Israel, as well as other information you may provide Leket Israel as part of the interaction between you and Leket Israel.
Non-Identifying Data. Leket Israel may collect non-identifying data, which includes aggregate data, statistical data, and other data derived from your personal information. The consents granted in the setting of the Binding Documents shall apply also to these data. You acknowledge that this data is owned by Leket Israel, and that it will be entitled to make any use of it, and that you will not be entitled to any consideration in respect thereof, or in connection with any personal information collected about you.
Information Collected by Third Parties
Third parties providing ‘third party content’ may collect data, information and/or personal information about you. As stipulated in the Binding Documents, Leket Israel is not responsible and/or liable for those third parties, the third-party content itself, or your use of it. Leket Israel is not responsible and/or liable for the third parties’ use of the personal information you choose to provide them with, or which they collect. Information that is collected by said third parties is subject to their own privacy policy and/or other similar documents, and we recommend that you read them carefully before using any third party content and/or providing any information about yourself.
Thus, for instance, the Website contains a link enabling the donation of money to Leket Israel. Clicking on the link redirects the User to the “Israel Donates” website, which is an external website, operated by the Israel Donates Corporation Ltd. [Comp. Reg. No. 514228766], and not by Leket Israel. Therefore, using the Israel Donates’ website is subject to that website’s privacy policy, and not to this Privacy Policy. Leket Israel does not collect or store credit card information.
Your Duties with Respect to Your Personal Information
You are not required by law to provide personal information about yourself. Its provision depends on your consent and free will.
The required fields will be clearly marked. You must provide only true, current, and complete details. The details and personal information you provide, as well as additional information about your use of the Website (as described in this Privacy Policy hereinafter), will be stored by Leket Israel.
However, providing incorrect information, or failure to provide all necessary information, could prevent you from being able to complete the registration process on the relevant form, impair the quality of the services provided to you, or impair the ability to contact you, if and when necessary.
By submitting third parties’ personal information, you acknowledge that you have received said third party’s express consent to provide the information to Leket Israel to use this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Providing information about a third party unlawfully, and providing incorrect information, could lead to sanctions against you, and at times even amount to a criminal offense.
Information Collected During Use of the Website
While using the Website and/or the products and/or services listed on it or linked to it or from it, Leket Israel may collect information about your habits with respect to use of the Website, including forms you completed, information you read, pages you viewed, the services of interest to you, the location of the computer and Internet Protocol (IP address) via which you accessed the Website, the type of operating system you use, the type of end device in your possession, and more.
Additionally, Leket Israel may collect and use the services of third parties to collect and analyze anonymous, statistical, or aggregate information connected to use of the Website, including information about your activities on the Website.
Information Use
The details and personal information you provide, and the details Leket Israel collects in the course of your use of the Website, will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy, or in accordance with any applicable law, for the following purposes –
- To support Leket Israel’s activities;
- The allow you to use the Website, its contents, and the services offered therein;
- To achieve the purpose for which you provided your personal information to Leket Israel by whichever registration form you used, such as collecting surplus agricultural products, sending newsletters, coordinating your volunteer work for Leket Israel, reviewing any inquiries related to a wanted ad, your registration for Leket Israel’s events, and more;
- To improve and enrich the services and content on the Website, including for the purpose of creating new services and content corresponding to Users’ demands and expectations, as well as to modify or cancel existing services and content. The information used by Leket Israel for this purpose will be principally statistical information, that does not personally identify Users;
- Presenting content by Leket Israel and/or third parties, including by way of presenting advertising materials as defined in the Communications (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) Act 1982-5742 (“Advertising Materials”), direct mailing and/or direct mailing services, as defined in the Privacy Protection Act 1981-5741 (“Direct Mailing,” “Direct Mailing Services,” and the “Privacy Protection Act,” respectively), as described below.
- To contact you when Leket Israel believes that to be necessary;
- To analyze, control, and provide statistical information to third parties. This information will not identify you personally;
- For the proper operation and development of the Website;
- To enforce the Website’s Terms of Use [Link to Terms of Use], in order to comply with any applicable law, regulation, or other enactment, as well as to assist competent authorities and any third party, as Leket Israel believes in good faith that it is required to do;
For any other purposes specified in this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use or any of the Binding Documents.
Direct Mailing, Notices, and Newsletters
As stated above, personal information may also be used for the purposes of sending promotional content, advertising, information about Leket Israel’s activities, advertisements, and other content from Leket Israel and/or any agent thereof. For example, Leket Israel may use personal information to offer you content that, in its opinion, is suitable to you, by direct mailing or by any other means.
Sending the aforementioned content may be done by any means of communication, including post, email, phone, and mobile phone, including recorded messages and SMS, Push, fax, social networks, and other measures (as well as with the assistance of third parties).
In addition, subject to your approval, the personal information collected may be passed on to advertisers and other third parties who may send content, advertisements, and contact you independently (for example by means of Direct Mailing Services), in the aforementioned means.
You may, at any time, give notice of your refusal (in general, or with respect to a particular instance), to receive information and marketing content, advertising and/or Direct Mailing from Leket Israel or third parties, as aforementioned, as well as withdraw your previously given consent, by sending notice to remove your details to Leket Israel’s service staff. After receiving the request, the delivery of content from Leket Israel will be stopped, and an instruction will be issued to stop making use of the personal information about you for the purposes of Direct Mailing Services, but it is feasible that the information necessary for Leket Israel’s purposes will continue to be stored on Leket Israel’s database, subject to the provisions of any applicable law (including in accordance with the other provisions of this Privacy Policy).
Providing Information to Third Parties
Leket Israel will convey your personal information to third parties as prescribed by the Binding Documents and this Privacy Policy (for example, as stipulated in the clause describing information use) and in the following cases –
- Insofar as is necessary for the proper provision of the Website’s services, such as in the event that Leket Israel uses outsourced services for the purpose of the Website’s smooth ongoing operation;
- Should you breach the Website’s Terms of Use [Link to Terms of Use], or any of the other Binding Documents, or if you perform while using the Website, or in connection with it, activities that appear to Leket Israel to be unlawful;
- Should Leket Israel receive a judicial order, or any demand from a competent authority, instructing it to convey your details or personal information to a third party;
- In the event of any dispute, claim, legal action, demand, or legal proceedings, if any, between you and Leket Israel or anyone acting on its behalf;
- In any event that Leket Israel believes that sharing the information is necessary to prevent injury to the rights of others or its own rights, including personal injury to you, or damages to your property, or to the person or property of any third party;
- Leket Israel may transfer your data and the information collected further to your use of the Website to other companies or organizations affiliated with Leket Israel, provided that they use such information strictly in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy;
- For the purpose of providing and sharing anonymous, aggregate, and statistical information with companies or organizations affiliated with Leket Israel;
- To its suppliers, business partners, advertisers, and any third party, in accordance with Leket Israel’s discretion, in order to exercise its rights or business activities. Thus, for instance, it is possible that personal information about you may be communicated to third parties in order to mail advertising materials, notices, and newsletters;
- If Leket Israel organizes its operations, or the Website’s operations, under another framework, and in the event it changes its legal structure, including in cases in which it transfers the Website’s activities, or any part thereof, to a third party – it will be entitled to convey a copy of the personal information provided to the new entity, provided that said entity undertakes to abide by the provisions of this Privacy Policy as they concern you;
- In accordance with your express request.
To subsidiaries and affiliates of the Society such as American Friends of Leket Israel; Leket Canada; Leket UK; Leket France (des Amis de Leket Israël en France).
Where the Information is Stored?
Personal information may be stored in Israel, or outside of Israel, including in places where privacy protection laws are less protective than in Israel. Your consent to this Privacy Policy also constitutes your consent to storing the information overseas, and to its transfer outside the borders of the State of Israel.
For example, it is possible that personal information will be stored in Israel or overseas by Leket Israel, with the server hosting providers, and data backup.
Additional information, as specified in this Privacy Policy, is collected and stored by other entities (such as statistics companies, etc.). They may also store such information outside Israel.
Cookies
Leket Israel may use ‘Cookies’ on the Website for the purpose of its ongoing and smooth operation, including to collect statistical data about how the Website is used, to verify information, customize the Website to your personal preferences, for information security needs, and more.
Cookies are text files that your browser creates pursuant to a command from the Website’s computers. Some cookies expire when you close your browser, while others are saved on the hard drive on your device.
Cookies can contain a variety of information, such as pages you visited, the length of time you spent on the Website, where you arrived at the Website from, sections, information that you ask to view when entering the Website, and more.
Leket Israel also uses Cookies originating from third parties, including Google Analytics. For more information about the types of cookies that Google or its representatives collect and how they use them, see an in-depth explanation at Google’s information center.
If you do not wish to accept Cookies, you can prevent this by changing your browser settings. To do so, please consult the browser’s help file. In the setting of some of the abovementioned services, you can ask to opt out of the collection of Cookies files about you (using the “Opt-Out” option).
For more information on the option to be removed from the Google Analytics service, click here.
Remember, however, that disabling Cookies may prevent you from using some services and features on the Website, or on other websites. Furthermore, you can erase the Cookies from your computer at any time.
Information Security
Leket Israel attributes great importance to information security on its systems. To store the information, it operates systems, applications, and information security procedures designed to minimize the risks of theft, damage, loss, or unauthorized access to the information.
However, there is no certainty that these applications absolutely guarantee that personal information will not be exposed or stolen from the databases. Therefore, Leket Israel does not undertake, and you cannot reasonably expect, that the services and information systems used by Leket Israel will be completely immune to unauthorized access to the information stored on them. By the very use of the Website and its services, you acknowledge and agrees to these limitations.
Right to Peruse Information
Under the Privacy Protection Act, in certain circumstances, a person is entitled to personally view, or by agency of his attorney whom he authorised in writing therefore, or by agency of his guardian, the contents of the information stored concerning him on any database.
In some circumstances, it is possible that a person who perused information about himself, and found it to be untrue, incomplete, or not up-to-date, will be allowed to contact the database owner with a request to correct the information, or delete it.
In the event that you contact Leket Israel as aforementioned, Leket Israel will act in such manner as corresponds to the way in which it interprets the provisions of applicable law. You may contact us pursuant to the contact details appearing below.