Privacy Policy

Introduction

The main purpose of our Web site is to provide information and services to individuals and non-profit organizations. Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to protecting it and to making you aware of our online practices regarding the privacy of your information.

Information collected

Our Web site does not automatically collect any individually identifiable information, such as email addresses, from visitors.
We collect personal information when you provide it in the course of interacting with the site. At the Data Bank site, you can register and create a user profile which gives you access to many features on the Web site, such as downloading survey instruments and data, subscribing to our email newsletter, and accessing other resources. In so doing, you will be asked to provide personally identifiable information such as your name, institutional affiliation, email address, address, telephone number, and fax number.

If your personal information changes and you wish to update it (such as your address), or if you wish to delete your information, you can make changes to your user profile on the site. If this should prove insufficient, you may contact Data Bank staff who will correct, update or remove your personal information as requested.

We also may collect information that is not personally identifiable, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer, Mozilla), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS X) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., Comcast, America Online, Earthlink).

How the information is used

We may use the information you give us to provide services to you, at your request. We may use it to communicate with you through periodic messages regarding services, events, and other information and notices we believe you may find interesting or useful. We may use it for confirmation of registrations or other actions you take on our site, and for related customer service needs. We use information about your web-site usage to better provide for the needs of our users.

If you are a registered user, you may alter your user profile in order to remove your name from our email recipient list or to add your name to the recipient list. You may also follow the unsubscribe information on the email.

We do not sell, rent, swap or otherwise share our mailing lists with external organizations. Any personal information you provide to the North American Jewish Data Bank will not be disseminated to third parties outside of the Data Bank or its parent organizations.

We may use the information that is not personally identifiable to analyze the design and functioning of our site in order to make site improvements. We may use such information in the aggregate to analyze site usage.

We will disclose personally identifiable information when required to do so by law.

Cookies

Our site makes limited use of cookies. A cookie is a small file that is saved on your local machine that contains information related to your use of a site. We use cookies to personalize your experience on our site by recognizing your name when you return. If you are a registered user, a cookie may link to your user profile as a convenience to bypass the necessity of logging in. If you reject cookies, you might experience limited usability in some areas of our site.

Security

The Data Bank uses appropriate procedures to ensure the security of your personal information and to protect it from unauthorized access. We use the top industry standard security protection.

Links

We provide links to other Web sites that we believe you will find useful. The Data Bank is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites.