Privacy Policy

Effective Date: December 30, 2024

Birthright Israel International (Taglit), Birthright Israel North America, and their related entities and affiliates (collectively, “Birthright Israel,” “we”, “us”, and “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy when you (also referred to as “your”) use a Birthright Israel mobile application or a Birthright Israel website (collectively, the “Site(s)”), access external websites linked to from the Sites, and engage with us via online forms, email, phone, and through mail. When you access, browse, or use the Sites – including but not limited to when you register for one of our activities – or engage with us via online forms, email, phone, or through the mail, information will be collected, transferred, processed, stored, and disclosed in accordance with this privacy policy (the “Policy”).

 

By accessing, browsing, or using the Sites, or by engaging with us via online forms, email, phone, through the mail, or any other media, you expressly consent to the collection, transfer, use, processing, and storage of your information (including personally identifiable information) as described in this Policy.

 

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY OR THE INFORMATION COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS POLICY, DO NOT ENGAGE WITH US VIA ONLINE FORMS, EMAIL, PHONE, OR MAIL, AND DO NOT USE THE SITES OR CLICK TO INDICATE THAT YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS WHEN SUCH CONSENT IS REQUESTED; in which case, we will be unable to provide you with the services of Birthright Israel.

1. Information Collection Practices

1.1. Information Provided by You

1.1.1. Birthright Israel Website Use, Registration, and Applications

When completing forms on a Site in order to contact us or to subscribe to our communications, when registering a profile or account on a Site, when using a Site to complete an application to participate in a Birthright Israel trip or in another program administered by us, or in a variety of other circumstances (including communications with us via online forms, email, phone, or mail), you may be asked to provide personally identifiable information, such as, but not limited to, your full name, date of birth, passport number and other passport data, email address, telephone number, address, the names and contact information for third parties (such as a parent/guardian), other information related to your background and religious affiliation, and you may also be asked to provide health information as needed in consideration of the activities taking place on your trip or in connection with the program you have applied for (collectively, the “Personal Information”). By providing any such Personal Information, you consent to our collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure, and general use of such Personal Information in accordance with this Policy.

1.1.1.1. Registration Through Social Sites

Rather than entering certain Personal Information directly on the Sites in order to register, we may provide the option to register by utilizing your credentials on a social media website such as Facebook (a “Social Site”). When you provide credentials for a Social Site via our Sites, we may use those credentials to obtain Personal Information about you from that Social Site and the Social Site may automatically track your activities within our Sites. You may still be asked to provide additional Personal Information to the extent the Social Site does not have all of the Personal Information we require. By registering your credentials through a Social Site in the manners noted, you consent to the transfer of your associated Personal Information to us and our collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure, and general use of such Personal Information in accordance with this Policy.

1.1.2 Deposit/Payment Processing

At the end of the application process for the Birthright Israel trip or another program administered by us, you may be asked to pay a deposit or, for certain trips or programs, to make a payment (collectively, the “Deposit”), and will be redirected to a third-party payment site in order to do so (the “Payment Processor”). Birthright Israel does not collect information in connection with your payment of a Deposit; rather all such information is collected directly by the Payment Processor. Therefore, once you are redirected to the Payment Processor’s website, in addition to providing Personal Information, you will also need to provide the Payment Processor with information related to your credit card, including but not limited to the name appearing on the credit card, the credit card billing address, the credit card shipping address, the credit card number, the credit card expiration date, the credit card security code, and related information (the “Credit Card Information”). By providing any such Credit Card Information during the application process or at any other time, you consent to our collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure, and general use of such Credit Card Information in accordance with this Policy.

1.1.3. Information You Provide to Trip Organizers

To the extent you have applied to participate in a Birthright Israel trip – or another program administered by us – you may, at various times, be asked to provide information to a Birthright Israel Trip Organizer who is responsible for running the Birthright Israel trip or program you have selected (the “Trip Organizer”). Please remember that any information you provide to a Trip Organizer will be governed by that Trip Organizer’s privacy policies and storage and processing of such information is the sole responsibility of the Trip Organizer.