The company, Zur Shamir Holdings Ltd. (hereinafter: the “Company”) respects the privacy of the zur-shamir.com [ZS] website (hereinafter: the “Website”) users who provide Information (as defined below) to the Company via the Website (hereinafter: the “User” or “Users”), for which the Company is required to provide the users with a notification in accordance with Section 11 of the Privacy Protection Law 1981-1981 (hereinafter: the “Law”).
This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Website’s terms of use, available for reading on the following link zur-shamir.com. The Privacy Policy details how the Company uses the Information provided by the Users and/or collected by the Company during the use of the Website and shall apply to any and all of the Company’s services offered on the Website including, but not limited to, the display of information relating to the Company (hereinafter: the “Services”).
Providing Information to the Company by the User depends on the User’s consent and its free will and does not result from a legal obligation. However, in case the User will not provide certain Information, some or all of the Services might not be available to the User.
For your information, the Information (as defined below) provided to the Company will be kept in the Company’s databases for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. Any browsing, use of the Website or attempt to use the Website, including in regard to the Services (hereinafter: “Use”), indicates the User’s consent to the provisions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy or the Website Terms of Use , please refrain from using the Website or contact us so that we can assist you in alternative ways.
The following Privacy Policy will detail the Information that the Company collects about the Users, what are the purposes for which the Company collects the Information, what use the Company may make of the Information, what other third parties the Company will transfer the Information to, the risks involved in providing Information and more.
This Privacy Policy is a notice pursuant to Section 11 of the Law, as defined above.
The titles of this Privacy Policy are for convenience only.
1. What is Information?
In this Privacy Policy, the term “Information” means any Information, including Sensitive Information, as these terms are defined in the Law, as well as any data or information collected by the Company or provided to it by the User or someone on his behalf as part of the User’s use of the Website, by which the User can be identified.
2. The sources through which the Company collects Information about the User
2.1. Information that the User and/or someone on its behalf provides to the Company. For example, when Using the Website, inter alia, providing Information through a form on the Website; and/or when providing Information in conversations or correspondence with the Company’s representatives;
2.2. Information received by the Company in connection with the use of the Website. For example, the User browsing Information;
2.3. Information received by the Company from third parties, including, but not limited to, the Affiliated Companies as defined below, in connection with the use of the Website or the Services;
2.4. Third parties that receive Information for the Company or Information addressed to the Company (such as third parties that receive Information regarding employment and more);
2.5. Public Information that the Company collects from third parties (including, but not limited to, Information publicized by the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange; Information publicly displayed on other third-party websites; and any Information pertaining).
3. The Information that the Company will collects about the User
The Company will collect the Information detailed below (in whole or in part):
3.1. Identification and contact information including name, third-party details if the User is operating on behalf of a third party and e-mail address;
3.2. Any and all Information received as part of conversations and/or correspondence with representatives of the Company;
3.3. Additional data and documents that the User chooses to provide to the Company voluntarily;
3.4. Data about the User’s browsing habits as well as data related to the use of the Website, including information about the User’s preferences, as well as information received from the browser, including the User’s Internet (IP) address;
3.5. Aggregate data, statistical data and other data derived from User information;
3.6. Any additional information that the User submits and/or is received by the Company in connection with the User or the use of the Website and/Services.
4. The purposes for which the Company collects the Information
The Company collects Information for the following purposes, in whole or in part:
4.1. For and in connection with the performance of the Services and/ or Use of the Website by the User, including:
4.1.1. For sending updates to Users (subject to the applicable law and to receiving the User’s consent, if such consent is required according to the applicable law);
4.1.2. For the operation and management of the Website;
4.1.3. For the development of the Website;
4.1.4. For the maintenance of the Website and monitoring User activity;
4.1.5. To improve the User experience on the Website;
4.1.6. For compiling statistical data and transferring of processed, statistical or any other kind of information, to third parties (subject to this Privacy Policy and/ or the Law);
4.1.7. For analysis, research and compilation of statistics;
4.1.8. For displaying and adjusting ads that will be presented to the Users and may match their preferences on the Website, advertising platforms as well as other Websites;
4.2. For the purpose of sending advertisements and/or information about the Company and/or its partners and/or affiliates, including, but not limited to, Via electronic means (subject to obtaining consent in accordance with legal requirements, if apply);
4.3. To defend against lawsuits, demands and claims against the Company and anyone on its behalf, as well as against third parties;
4.4. To enforce the provisions of the Websites Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy;
4.5. Maintaining the Company’s property, prevention of theft and prevention of fraudulent activity;
4.6. To protect the Company’s legitimate interests;
4.7. To comply with the provisions of any applicable law and/ or regulatory requirements (including from any authority, such as the Registrar of Associations, the Israeli Tax Authority and more).
5. Transfer of the information
The Company shall not transfer or provide Information to third parties, except as detailed below.
5.1. The transfer of Information to third parties will include, if possible, only the relevant Information that does not exceed the purposes for which the Information is transferred, and will be carried out proportionately for a defined, explicit and legitimate purpose.
5.2. The Company may transfer the Information or any part of it to third parties (including by providing access) in one or more of the following cases:
5.2.1. Third parties to whom the Company is obligated by law to transfer Information regarding the User and/or obligated to transfer such Information in accordance to regulatory requirements (including, but not limited to, transfer of Information to the Registrar of Associations, transfer of Information to the Israeli Tax Authority and statutory publications).
5.2.2. Third parties who provide the Company with various services in connection with the Website and/or the Company’s activity and/or in connection with the services offered by the Company through the Website, if any. These parties may provide the Company, inter alia:
5.2.2.1. Third parties which are related companies, connected to the Company, such as: “IDI insurance”, “Direct Finance”, “Adgar Investments and Development”, “Neema” (herainafter: the “Affiliated Companies”);
5.2.2.2. Third parties which provide the Company services regarding its Services (including third parties operating on behalf of Company);
5.2.2.3. Support services for Website systems, security systems and information technology (IT) systems, Website activation services, information storage services, User information management services, software providers, Website building services, content editing and design software, Website and User experiences, providers of communication channels with the Users, mailing advertising and marketing services (including third parties which provide the Company’s newsletter and/ or mail delivery services and/ or platforms), the Company’s lawyers and other external professional consultants, survey and research editing services as well as other third parties who provide the Company with services that support the Company’s activities.
5.2.2.4. Third parties which the Company makes use of their platform for the purpose of marketing and/or advertising and/ or managing the relationship with Users, such as: Google, Meta, LinkedIn, Outbrain, X (Twitter). The use of the said platforms by the User will be done in accordance with and subject to the Privacy Policies of each system and/or media as mentioned above, as updated from time to time, and which is available on the aforementioned companies’ websites.
5.2.3. If the Company or an Affiliated Company receives an instruction and/or demand, including a judicial order ordering it to provide the User’s details or to provide information about the User in accordance with the provisions of any applicable law.
5.2.4. In any dispute, claim, demand, claim or any legal proceedings between the User or anyone on his behalf and the Company or anyone on its behalf, including the Affiliated Companies.
5.2.5. In the event of a transfer and/or sale and/or assignment and/or purchase, of the Company and/or its assets and/or any part of them, for consideration or otherwise, in which, among other cases, the ownership of the Information contained in the Company’s databases and/or the Website and/or its contents, will be transferred, all or part of them, to third parties, including, but not limited to, in the case of a merger of the Company and/or its activities with third parties, including, in cases of a change of control, full or partial, in the Company, as well as in cases of feasibility examinations of the cases mentioned above and/or examining the feasibility of any business activity with a third party.
5.2.6. If a claim is made or the Company suspects that a User has committed an act and/or omission that may harm the Company and/or an Affiliated Company and/or a third parties (including other Users) and/or any property.
5.2.7. If a claim is raised or the Company suspects that a User is using the Website and/or the Services for the purpose of committing an illegal act and/or to enable, facilitate, assist and/or encourage the commission of such an act.
5.2.8. In any case that the Company believes that providing the Information is required to prevent damage to the Company, to an Affiliated Company, to the User or to any third party.
5.3. As part of a transfer to third parties as portrayed above, the Company may transfer Information to third parties who store the Information and/or process it, outside of the State of Israel, including to third parties located in countries whose level of protection of the information does not comply with the provisions of Israeli law and which may grant less protection than that provided according to the privacy protection laws in Israel. The User declares that the Company may transfer its information to the said third parties, as described above.
6. Information Security
The Company takes technical and physical measures regarding privacy and information security in accordance with accepted standards and in accordance with the law applicable to the Company’s activities. As known, the storage and transmission of Information by electronic means, including through the Internet, can never be completely safe and at any time when the User submits Information to the Company, through the Internet, the User does so with full consent and subject to the dangers involved in the transmission of Information in this way. The Company does not guarantee that the Website and/or the systems that store Information that passes through the Website will be immune from unauthorized access to the Information. In any case, if the User has reason to believe that the transfer of Information to the Company is no longer safe, they may update us through the means of communication in section 16 of the Privacy Policy.
7. Limitation of Liability
The Company and anyone on its behalf will not bear any liability, and is exempt from any liability, in connection with any damage, loss or expense, of any kind and type, whether direct or indirect and/or circumstantial and/or consequential, which have been and/or will be caused to Users and/or to a third party, in any matter related to the collection of the Information, its use, its transfer to third parties, its storage, its security and more.
8. The Retention Period of the Information
The Company will keep the Information of the User for the period necessary to ensure the purposes detailed in this Privacy Policy, unless a shorter or longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
9. Information about other individuals
If the User provides personal Information to the Company regarding other individuals including the Users family members and/or other third parties, the User must do so only after: (a) the User has informed the said individuals about the content of this policy; and – (b) the User received the required consent for the collection, use, disclosure and transfer of Information about the said individuals in accordance with this policy and in accordance with the provisions of the law, as required.
10. Cookies
10.1. The Company uses cookies and other technologies such as pixels and more (hereafter collectively: the “cookies”) through which the Company collects non-identifying information in connection with Website Users. Without deviating from the above, if a User chooses to provide identifying Information on the Website, this Information will be linked to the non-identifying Information that will be collected on the Website.
10.2. Cookies are small text files that allow information to be collected through Users’ computers or through the Internet browser and, among others, include the following types of information: the pages the User visited on the Website, actions performed by the User on the Website, the length of time the User remained on the Website, information the User viewed on the Website, approximate geographic location, The User’s age range, the type of device from which the User accesses the site, the User’s interests, the User’s IP address (the User’s computer address on the Internet), number of visits to the site, number of clicks, screen resolution, type of operating system and its version, internet browser type, its version and language preference, domain names and more.
10.3. The Company will use the Information collected through the cookies for one or more of the following purposes: to manage and operate the Website; to facilitate the use of the Website; to show the User content and publications on the Website as well as off the Website (for example, across the Internet, on Meta services, Google, etc.) that may interest him and/or match their preferences; to analyze, research and perform monitoring in connection with the Website; to monitor activity patterns on the Website; to compile statistics including calculating the number of Users on the Website; To analyze, research and perform controls in connection with the Website.
10.4. The Company uses cookies from advertising systems such as Google, Meta, Linkedin and Outbrain which monitor the use of the Website by the Users. The use of information that will be collected through Google, Meta, Linkedin, Outbrain and X (Twitter) cookies is subject to the terms of use and the Privacy Policy of the companies and you can learn about the information collected through the cookies, the use of information by the companies, how to cancel the cookies and more in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=iw , in Meta’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy , in Linkedin’s privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy , in Outbrain’s privacy policy: https://www.outbrain.com/privacy/ , and in X’s (Twitter) privacy policy: https://x.com/en/privacy . By using the Website, the User gives their consent to these companies Privacy Policies.
10.5. Without deviating from the above and the instructions detailed in the Privacy Policy, the Company will be entitled to transfer information to third-party advertising systems such as Google, Meta, Linkedin and Outbrain to present the User with content and publications that may interest them and/or match their preferences.
10.6. The Company uses analysis, statistical analysis and research services of third parties such as Google Analytics. The use of Google Analytics services is subject to the Google Analytics Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can learn about the Information collected as part of these services, the uses of the Information, how to cancel cookies and more in the Google Analytics Privacy Policy at the link: https://policies.google.com/privacy. By using the Website, the User gives their consent to the Privacy Policy of Google Analytics.
10.7. A User who does not want cookies to be collected on their computer can avoid this by changing the settings in the browser on their device (computer, tablet, smartphone Etc.). For this, the User must consult the browser’s help file.
10.8. Canceling cookies may cause some services on the Website to be unavailable or their quality to be compromised. Notwithstanding the above, cookies which are essential and necessary for the operation and management of the Website, cannot be canceled.
11. Links and Hyperlinks
11.1. The Website offers, and may offer additional links, hyperlinks, or banners to other Websites, which the Company does not supervise or check, their reliability and legality and everything related to their security and their privacy protection policies.
11.2. The Company will not be responsible for the use made by Users of the links that appear on the Website, on pages that are not on the Website or found on other Websites, and the Users undertake to obey and comply with the instructions and conditions of those Websites or web pages and, as necessary, to contract directly with the providers of these Websites or these pages in relation to issues that arise in connection With entry, transfer, use of information and more.
11.3. It is clarified that the Company will not bear any responsibility, of any kind, in connection with the other sites, including in relation to the collection, use, transfer of information on the other websites, the content that will be published on the pages of the other sites, and more.
12. The right to review and correct the information
The right to review and correct the Information is in accordance with the provisions of the Law. If the User wishes to review the Information about it that is in the Company’s databases and/or to correct the aforementioned Information, this can be done by contacting the Company using the contact details that appear in section 16 of this Privacy Policy below.
13. Applicable law and jurisdiction
The terms and conditions detailed in this Privacy Policy as well as any change or amendment thereof, as well as the use of the Website or the Services, will be regulated according to the laws of the State of Israel without reference to the applicable choice of law clauses therein.
Jurisdiction in connection with any dispute and/or claim that may arise in connection with the use of the Website, the Services and this Privacy Policy or related to it is exclusively given to the courts in Tel Aviv – Jaffa.
14. Changes and Updates
The Company may, at its sole discretion, change the Privacy Policy from time to time for it to reflect technological and/or business and/or legal and/or regulatory changes, etc., and this without the need to provide a notice or notification thereof. The User’s continued use of the Website after the Privacy Policy has been updated will indicate the User’s consent to the updated Privacy Policy, including the changes, and therefore the User is suggested to review the Privacy Policy from time to time.
15. Miscellaneous
The User may not transfer its rights and/or obligations according to this Privacy Policy to another. The Company may transfer its rights and/or obligations to another.
This Privacy Policy does not derogate from any right granted to the Company and/or anyone on its behalf under any law.
16. Contact
If the User has questions or comments regarding the Privacy Policy, the User may contact the Company via e-mail at info@zur-shamir.com; via telephone 03-6251400; via Fax: 03-9191911 or by sending letters to Zur Shamir, E’fal 25 Adgar Tower 21F Petah Tikvah 4951132 .
Updated November 2024.