The Jewish Week - Privacy Policy

This website is operated by The Jewish Week, Inc. (“Jewish Week”). The Jewish Week is committed to your privacy and the security of the information you provide to us during your visit to our website, at http://www.thejewishweek.com, including all webpages related thereto (the “Website”). The Jewish Week has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”). When we do, we will also revise the “updated” date at the end of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this Private Policy to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.

We have posted this Privacy Policy in order to explain our information collection practices and the choices you have about the way information is collected and used.

As we continue to develop our Website and take advantage of advances in technology to improve the services we offer, this Privacy Policy likely will change. We therefore encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current Privacy Policy.

Acceptance

By using this Website, you unconditionally acknowledge, understand and accept the policies set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Security

We are committed to handling your personal information with high standards of information security. We take appropriate physical, electronic and administrative steps to maintain the security and accuracy of personally identifiable information we collect, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers, as well as employing electronic security systems and password protections that guard against unauthorized access.

Personal information provided on the Website and online credit card transactions are transmitted through a secure server using Secure Socket Layering (SSL) encryption technology. When the letters "http" in the URL change to "https," the "s" indicates you are in a secure area employing SSL; also, your browser may give you a pop-up message that you're about to enter a secure area. SSL protects your personal information during data transport. SSL encrypts ordering information such as your name, address and credit card number. Please note that e-mail is not encrypted and is not considered to be a secure means of transmitting credit card information.

It is prohibited to violate or attempt to violate the security of this Website in any manner, including, without limitation, (a) obtaining or attempting to obtain data that is not intended for you, (b) attempting to breach security without permission, (c) testing the vulnerability of this Website; (d) attempting to interfere with this Website, including the host, network, or user, in any manner; (e) sending e-mails that were not solicited, including ads and promotions; or (f) forging a TCP/IP packet header or any part of header information. These violations could result in civil or criminal penalties.

The information we collect

Generally, you may browse the Website without providing any personally identifiable information. However, we may ask you to provide personally identifiable information at various times and places on this Website. In some cases, if you choose not to provide us with the requested information, you may not be able to access all of this Website or participate in all of its features.

We may receive and store personally identifiable information you enter on the Website, whenever you subscribe (for yourself or third persons through a gift subscription) to The Jewish Week, or provide information to us in any other way. We receive and store any personally identifiable information you enter on the Website or information you give us in any other way. For example, we may collect the following personally identifiable information: names, address, telephone numbers and e-mail address, and other related information. If you use a credit card on the Website, we will also collect your credit card account number, expiration date, and related information; provided however, that we delete such credit card information from our secure servers within fifteen (15) days from when it is collected.

If you use one of our services, such as the blog service or participate in one of our promotions or sweepstakes, we may ask for additional information, such as your age, interests or content, and/or service preferences.

From your interactions and/or subscription purchases with us, we may obtain information concerning the specific content and/or services you prefer or use.

When you visit this Website, our web server automatically collects anonymous information such as the number of links you click within the Website and date and time of your visit. We may use the automatically collected information for a number of purposes, such as improving our Website’s design, editorial content, customer service, and special promotions.

How we use the information we collect. We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• to provide the services and/or content you request.

• to complete subscription transactions.

• to send you offerings by mail

• to keep you informed about the status of your news and events pertaining to The Jewish Week and its covered content.

• to identify your content and/or service preferences, so we can notify you of new or additional services, and promotions that might be of interest to you.

• to administer the Website and analyze its usage.

Others with whom we share your information Compliance with Law:

We may provide access to information when legally required to do so, to cooperate with police investigations or other legal proceedings, to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Website, to limit our legal liability and protect our rights or to protect the rights, property or safety of visitors of this Website or the public.

Third Party Service Providers:

We may also provide access to information to The Jewish Week’s approved third party service providers, including subcontractors that provide credit card processing on our Website (in which case, we will share your credit card information as necessary for the third party to provide that service), providers that host or help support the Website or otherwise provide technical assistance. The Jewish Week has agreements with such third-party service providers that they will not share such information (including information obtained through cookies, Web Beacons or GIF files) with others or use the information for purposes other than to maintain the services they provide to The Jewish Week.

Cookies and how we use them

A "cookie" is a small data file stored by your Web browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. It allows us or our approved third party service providers to recognize your computer (but not specifically who is using it) upon entering our Website by associating the identification numbers in the cookie with other customer information you have provided us. That customer information is stored on our secured database.

The Jewish Week or its approved third party service providers use cookies to remember you when you return to the Website as well as to identify the pages you click on during your visit to our Website and the name of the Website you visited immediately before clicking to www.thejewishweek.com, among other things. This information is used to improve our Website design, content, customer service, and special promotions. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our Website.

Use of Web Beacons or GIF files

The Jewish Week or its approved third party service providers track page views or page impressions (which are requests to load a single webpage of a given internet site) and the number of pages visited on the Website or through The Jewish Week’s own internal web analytics software or through web analytics software, tools, or similar programs utilized by such approved third party service providers, which may utilize electronic images known as Web beacons – small strings of code that are placed in a webpage which are sometimes also called single-pixel gifs – to count users who have visited certain pages.

Children's privacy

Protecting children's privacy is important to us. Our Website is a general audience site. We do not collect or maintain information from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our Website is targeted to attract anyone under 13. We also do not send email correspondence to anyone who tells us that they are under the age of 13 without their parent's consent. Our online sweepstakes are restricted to entrants who are at least 18 years old. If you are a parent or guardian of a child between the ages of 13 and 18, you are financially and legally responsible for the child’s actions on this Website. No person under 13 years of age may use this Website.

Your California Privacy Rights

Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice describing what categories of personal customer information we share with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties or corporate affiliates' direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: The Jewish Week, Inc., Att: Privacy Policy Statement Personal, 1501 Broadway, Suite 505, New York, NY 10036. Please allow 30 days for a response.

Links to and from this Website

While visiting the Website, you may link to other sites. Any links in this Website to marks, names, content, services, or resources on other sites, and any links from any other sites to the Website, are solely for your convenience. This does not mean that The Jewish Week endorses these sites. We do not make any representations or warranties about any site you may access through this Website. We have no control over, or responsibility or liability for, their information or activities. Any concerns regarding such other sites, or any link thereto, should be directed to such particular outside site.

In addition, our privacy practices may differ from those of these other sites. If you provide personal information at one of those sites, you are subject to the privacy policy of the operator of that site, not The Jewish Week Privacy Policy. Make sure you understand any site's privacy policies before providing personal information.

No Confidentiality

Except for information necessary to place an order, we do not want to receive confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets through this Website. Any information, materials, suggestions, ideas or comments sent to us will be deemed non-confidential, and by submitting it, you are granting us an irrevocable and unrestricted license to use, modify, reproduce, transmit, display and distribute it for any purpose whatsoever, with no payment or other compensation to you. However, we will not use your name unless we are required by law to identify the source of the materials, information, suggestions, ideas or comments, or unless we first obtain your permission.

E-mails

You may receive promotional e-mails from us only if you have consented to receive them. If you do not want to receive email from The Jewish Week, you can click on the unsubscribe link and hit send at the bottom of any email communication sent by us. Please allow us 5 business days from when the request was received to complete the unsubscribe request. The Jewish Week seeks to comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) in any and all promotional emails or similar campaigns we may undertake.

Protecting your information

As part of our ongoing commitment to ensure that your experience with the Website is protected, The Jewish Week will investigate violations and will prosecute unauthorized or fraudulent activity to the fullest extent allowed by law.

For More Information

If you have questions on this Privacy Policy or would like more information regarding the Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following address: The Jewish Week, Inc., Att: Privacy Policy Statement Personal, 1501 Broadway, Suite 505, New York, NY 10036. Please allow 30 days for a response.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on August 11, 2008.

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