Privacy Statement

Effective Date: April 30, 2025

Thank you for visiting our website! Your privacy is important to us.

This Privacy Statement describes the types of information the American Society for Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Inc. d/b/a the American Technion Society (“ATS” or “We”) collects from and about you when you visit any of our web properties or use our mobile applications , and when you interact with us by email, social media, or at our events (collectively the “Services”). This Privacy Statement also explains how We may use and disclose such information, as well as your ability to control certain uses of it. By using the Services, you agree to the data collection, use, disclosure and storage practices described in this Privacy Statement.

ATS is a 501(c)(3) public charity with a mission to enable the Technion to be among the world’s leading institutions improving the well-being of Israel and all humanity through raising funds in support of the Technion and supporting leadership in science and technology.

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Statement is for informational purposes and sets forth our policy with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of information that We collect when engaging with prospective and existing supporters as set forth below. By using the Services, you agree to the data collection, use, disclosure, and storage practices described in this Privacy Statement.

Users from certain U.S. States, including those in Colorado, have the right to:

• Confirm whether we process their personal information.
• Access and delete certain personal information.
• Data portability.
• Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.
• Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose.
• Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

As noted below, we may sell or share information we collect from and about you, including with third party data brokers or through list exchanges with other reputable charitable organizations. If you would like to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information or exercise your other rights please contact us by email or phone and provide us with your name and address at info@ats.org or by telephone at 212.407.6300.

We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable opt-out request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request. Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable opt-out request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.

You do not need to create an account with us to exercise your opt-out rights. We will only use and retain personal information provided in an opt-out request to review and comply with the request.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

As set forth in the Terms of Use, We provide the Services for use only by persons located in the United States. If you are using the Services from outside of the US, please visit your local Technion Society website instead.

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information from you when you choose to provide it to us, including by filling in forms through our Services. This may include when you donate to ATS, request information from us, sign up for newsletters or our email lists, make a donation, register for a conference or event, or otherwise contact us.

The information we collect may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, mobile telephone number, geolocation information, photos or videos, user name and, if you are an ATS donor, credit/debit card number or other financial information. If you use a third party service to login, link to us, or communicate with us (such as a social network or third party video chat), we may receive certain information about you from the third party based on your registration and privacy settings on those third party services.

User Generated Content

When you voluntarily disclose information about yourself in the content that you submit to us, including through the Services (such as your name, phone number, and personal email address), this information will be publicly available, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from others. Such activities are beyond our control. Please refrain from disclosing personal information on the Services that you intend to keep private.

Please also note that by submitting a public posting through the Services, We may reproduce some or all of it in our promotional materials — either elsewhere on our website, our social media, in an email, or in our newsletters.

Information Received from Third Parties

We also may receive information about you from third parties such as Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and other Technion societies (the “Technion”). If you provide us with personal information about others, or if others give us your information, We will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us. For example, We may supplement the information We collect with outside records, or third parties may provide information in connection at your request (such as if you choose to sign in with a third-party service such as Facebook). If We combine the information We receive from others with Personal Information We collect through the Services, We will treat the combined information as Personal Information as described in this Privacy Statement.

Information Collected From Other Sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, including social networks that you use to connect with us. This information may include name, user name, demographic information, updated address or contact information, interests, and publicly-observed data, such as from social media and online activity.

Information We Automatically Collect and Cookie Policy

We and our third-party service providers, including advertisers, analytics, and third-party content providers, may automatically collect certain information from you, including as a Site visitor or ATS supporter whenever you access or interact with the Services. This information may include, among other information, the browser and operating system you are using, the URL or advertisement that referred you to this Site, the search terms you entered into a search engine that led you to this Site, areas within this Site that you visited, and other information commonly shared when browsers communicate with websites. When service providers receive this information, they are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help use conduct and improve our business.

As further described below, We may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, log files, or other technologies to automatically collect certain information when you use our Services or interact with our emails and online or mobile advertisements. For example, We may automatically collect certain non-personal information from you such as your mobile device identifier or MAC address, embedded scripts, browser type, operating system, device model, software version, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address or other device identifier (“Device Identifier”) for any device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) used to access the Services, mobile or ISP carrier information, referring/exit pages and the domain name from which you accessed the Services. We also may collect identifiable information about your use of the Services including the date and time you access the Services, the areas or pages of the Site that you visit, the amount of time you spend using the Services, the number of times you return, whether you open forward or click-through emails and ads, and other usage data so that We can understand the statistical use trends of our Services in order to make improvements. We may also use this information to communicate with you by email and social media. This information may be stored and used with your Personal Information attached to it.

Some mobile service providers may also provide us or our third-party service providers with information regarding the physical location of the device used to access the Services. If such information is linked to your Personal Information, We will treat it as Personal Information under this Privacy Statement.

We may also use third-party tools or services, such as Google Analytics and LeadID, to collect information about you when you visit our Site and assist us with analyzing and improving the Services or enable us to contact you based on the information collected. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help use conduct and improve our business.

In addition, We may use a variety of other technologies that collect similar information for security and fraud detection purposes and We may use third parties to perform these services on our behalf.

Tracking Options and California Do Not Track Disclosures.

You may adjust your browser or operating system settings to limit this tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features of the Services or take full advantage of all of our offerings. Check the “Help” menu of your browser or operating system to learn how to adjust your tracking settings or cookie preferences.

We work with third parties to collect user data through our website or mobile device for purposes of serving ads targeted to your interests. We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website by clicking here.

You can adjust your privacy and advertising settings to limit your tracking for advertising or control whether you receive more relevant advertising. Note that our systems may not recognize Do Not Track headers or requests from some or all browsers.

• Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Services may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
• Promotional Offers from Us. If you do not wish to have your email address used by us to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to info@ats.org. If We have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions.

Combination of Information

We may combine the information we receive from and about you, including information you provide to us and information we automatically collect through our Services, as well as information collected offline or from third party sources to help us tailor our communications to you and to improve our Services.

INFORMATION USE

We may use the information we collect from and about you to:

• Present our Services and contents to you;
• Respond to your inquiries, provide supporter or donor benefits, fulfill orders, process payments and prevent transactional fraud, and contact and communicate with you;
• Develop new programs, products or services;
• Engage in policy initiatives to communicate with you and others to further our public policy and education goals;
• Provide you with customized content, targeted offers, and advertising on the Services, via email or text message, or on other sites or apps;
• Contact you with information, newsletters and promotional materials from ATS or on behalf of our partners;
• Improve the content and functionality of our Services and marketing efforts;
• Conduct research and analysis;
• Comply with applicable laws, including to respond to requests from public and government authorities;
• Enforce this Privacy Statement;
• Research, address problems, and improve the usage and operations of the Services;
• Protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others;
• Protect the security or integrity of the Services and our business; and
• As described to you at the point of data collection.

SALE OR SHARING OF INFORMATION

We may sell or share the information we collect from and about you, including with third party data brokers or through list exchanges with other reputable charitable organizations. Exchanging our supporter lists with other reputable charities including through list brokers is the most cost-effective way to find new supporters. Contact us at info@ats.org for more information about list exchanges or to opt-out of such exchanges.

We may also share your information in the following ways:

• with other nonprofit organizations, including the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and other Technion societies;
• with third parties that We believe may provide benefits, promotional materials and goods and services that may be of interest to you, including with other nonprofit organizations
• with our Service Providers, if the disclosure will enable them to perform a business, professional or technical support function for us;
• as necessary if we believe that there has been a violation of the ATS Terms of Use or of our rights or the rights of any third party;
• (to respond to judicial process or provide information to law enforcement or regulatory agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law; and
• as described to you at the point of collection.

We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend our rights or property, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.

We may sell or purchase assets during the normal course of our business. If another entity acquires us or any of our assets, information we have collected about you may be transferred to such entity. In addition, if any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding is brought by or against us, such information may be considered an asset of ours and may be sold or transferred to third parties. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to try to require that the transferee use personal information provided through the Services in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Statement.

If you do not want us to sell or share your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Statement, please contact us at info@ats.org.

SERVICE PROVIDERS

We may contract with third parties to perform functions related to the Services (“Service Providers”). Service Providers will have access to your personal information needed to perform their business functions, but may not use or share that personal information for other purposes.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California Civil Code Section §1798.83 permits users of our Services who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to us at info@ats.org.

PUBLIC FORUMS

Any information you may disclose on public areas of the Services, becomes public information. Please exercise caution when disclosing personal information in these public areas.

EXTERNAL LINKS

The Services contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites, apps or platforms. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by ATS. The fact that We link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices. We do not exercise control over third party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit Personal Information from you. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

ATS does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide your name and address or other contact details or any other personally identifiable information of any kind whatsoever. If you are a parent or guardian of someone under the age of 18 who has provided us information without your knowledge and consent, you may request that We remove this information by contacting us at the below address or phone number.

DATA SECURITY

We have taken certain physical, administrative, and technical steps to safeguard the information We collect from and about visitors and users of our Services. While We make every effort to help ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, We cannot guarantee our security measures.

DATA STORAGE AND RETENTION

Your personal information is stored on servers in the United States or in other countries in accordance with the data storage locations of our third-party vendors. You understand and agree that We may collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process the information you provide as described in this Privacy Statement. Your personal information may be disclosed in response to inquiries or requests from government authorities or to respond to judicial process in the United States. We will retain your personal information for as long as it is needed to provide you with the Services, or to fulfill any legal or contractual obligations We may have.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may also send us an email at info@ats.org to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if We believe doing so would violate any law or legal or audit requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS

If you have any questions, requests or concerns about this Privacy Statement or the practices described herein, you may contact ATS at info@ats.org.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Statement at any time. When We do, We will post the changes on this Site. If We change the Privacy Statement in a material way, We will provide appropriate notice to you. Your continued use of the Services after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Statement shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Statement.

How you can contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Statement, or if you believe that the Services are not following its stated policies, please contact us at:

American Technion Society
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022

212.407.6300
info@ats.org

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