Privacy Policy for JewishEncyclopedia.com
JewishEncyclopedia.com (“JE.com”) respects the privacy of our users. We have
created this policy in order to demonstrate our privacy commitment to our
users. By coming to the JewishEncyclopedia.com web site (the “Site”), you are
agreeing to and accepting this Privacy Policy as well as the terms and
conditions or other end user agreement for that Site.
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We will not distribute information that identifies you individually or reveals your identity
("Identifying Information") unless you give your prior approval in response to a
request made by JE.com or unless distribution of this information is permitted under this
Privacy Policy. Your electronic approval will qualify as your consent for this purpose.
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We will not make Identifying Information available publicly without the prior written or electronic consent of the
individual identified unless (a) the information is already publicly
available; (b) required by law, court order, or as requested by other
government or law enforcement authority; or (c) the information is posted
by the user to an on-line bulletin board, chat room, news groups, or other
public forum.
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We may collect and use information about you
and your use of the Site including Identifying Information, for our own
internal purposes such as, for example, analyzing usage of the Site in
order to improve them.
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We may use and/or distribute information about
you and your use of the Site in forms that do not identify you
individually or reveal your identity.
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Advertisements,promotional offers,
promotional emails, "free gifts," and links, for example,on the
Site or sent via email or other means from JE.com may ask for Identifying
Information from you. If you provide this information, your Identifying
Information may be provided (either directly from you or by JE.com) to the
advertiser or web Site or company making the offer or providing the gift.
You may opt-out regarding how Identifying Information collected from you
may be used or distributed when provided to JE.com at a the Site by either
following the applicable instructions and links on the Site, in the email
or other document, or by sending a message via the Feedback system on the site
(see "Feedback" button on the right side of the screen). To ensure
that your opt-out email is effective, you must include the words
"opt-out" and "Identifying Information" in the subject
field of such email.
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Of course, if you make a purchase by credit card or otherwise provide your credit card information, the relevant data
will be transmitted to JE.com's vendor providing such payment processing service.
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JE.com may send users, via email or other means, information relating to the Site and/or information on specials,
new products and/or promotions from our marketing partners/colleagues. The
information described in these messages is intended to be of high interest
or value to our users. To choose not to receive such messages, a user can
simply click or go to a URL link located in every email or other message
containing this kind of information, which will remove the user from
future mailings.
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In the course of our business, JE.com might
buy or sell other web sites or assets. In these kinds of transactions,
customer information (such as Identifying Information) is usually one of
the transferred business assets. In the event that JE.com, its parent,
subsidiaries, or affiliates is acquired, merged, or otherwise combined
with another party, customer information (such as Identifying Information)
will be one of the transferred assets.
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JE.com may use other companies and persons to
perform certain functions for us. These functions might include, for
example, processing credit card payments, providing customer service, and
sending email. These other companies and persons may have access to
customer information (such as Identifying Information) that's needed to
perform their functions, but they are not authorized to use it for any
other purposes. In addition, we may share information with other
affiliated companies and joint ventures, for example, but we ask those
companies to honor the standards of this Privacy Policy.
In order to provide our users with a more complete understanding of how the Site collects and uses information from our
users, we have provided the following information:
Internet Protocol (IP) Address
The Site logs IP addresses for systems administration, diagnostic, and Site
tracking purposes, and to report aggregate information to advertisers. The Site
also may link IP addresses to information identifying users individually.
Cookies
We use data collection devices such as "cookies"
on certain pages of our site to help analyze our web page flow, measure
promotional effectiveness, and promote a safe online environment.
"Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in
providing customized services. We offer certain features that are only
available through the use of a "cookie". Cookies can also help us
provide information that is targeted to your interests. While we do use cookies
to allow us to identify you on repeat visits, most cookies are "session
cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive
at the end of a session. You are always free to decline our cookies if your
browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain
features on our site.
Additionally, you may encounter "cookies" or other similar devices on certain pages
of the Site that are placed by third parties. For example, if you view a web
page created by a user, there may be a "cookie" placed within that
web page. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is subject to modification from time to time. You may be
notified either: (1) in an email sent to the email address you have provided to
JE.com through the Site, or (2) JE.com's posting of a notice for at least 30
days on this Site that the Site Privacy Policy has been changed. Should you wish to opt-out of such
modifications to the Privacy Policy, you may do so by either following the
applicable instructions and links on the Site or email or sending an email to
the Site Web Master at the email address below, making sure to include the
words "opt-out" and "modification" in the subject
field.
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact
JewishEncyclopedia.com Site Web Master/Privacy
100 Four Falls Corporate Center
Suite 104
West Conshohocken, PA 19428