HDNA Website Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for HABONIMDROR.ORG
Last update 3/17/2014

Habonim Dror North America (HDNA) is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website, as well as our members. HDNA has established this Privacy Policy to explain what information we collect through our websites and how it is used.

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us using the contact form.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, HDNA makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.  We need this information to keep the website running properly by identifying site problems and providing information necessary to correcting them.

Cookies and Web Beacons

HDNA does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.  If you would prefer not to 

Google Analytics

HDNA uses Google Analytics to provide us with information such as what website you came from to get here, how long you stay for, what kind of computer you’re using and quite a bit more. The tracking information allows us to better understand the kind of people who come to the HDNA site and what content they’re reading. This allows us to make better decisions about site design and content

Occasionally, when we have time – which is not often, we will compile aggregate statistics about the number of visitors this site receives and browsers being used. No personally identifying data is included in this type of reporting.

All of this activity falls within the bounds of the Google Analytics Terms of Service.

You can opt out of Google’s advertising tracking cookie or use a browser plugin to opt out of all Google Analytics tracking software.

Member Profile Information

The information you enter in your profile is used by us to communicate directly with you. We do do not share any email or other personal information with third parties. The exceptions to this are when we are served a valid court order or other legal requirement that compels us to provide information to law enforcement or government agency. See our terms of use for more details.

We maintain our computer servers in a secure datacenter. We make reasonable efforts to protect the information on our server against theft. Due to the complexity of software and the many bad bad people that try to compromise computer servers, we can not guarantee that your information will never be stolen.

We never store credit card information on our servers. If we don’t have it, it can’t be stolen.

Logging into the site using Facebook or Google

The HDNA site supports an authentication system called OA Auth that allows you to register or login to our site using your Facebook or Google credentials. This authentication takes place directly with Facebook or Google. HDNA does not have access to your credentials from these two sites. You can discontinue this feature at anytime from your Facebook or Google application settings.

By using Facebook or Google to connect to the HDNA website, you are sharing basic information from your profiles at those sites with us. You can read more about Facebook Connect and Google+.

This policy only applies to this Habonim Dror site.  This site links to other websites including other Habonim Dror affiliated sites  that may have different privacy policies, or no policy at all.