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THE HOSTAGES AND MISSING FAMILIES` FORUM
Privacy Policy & Cookie Notice
Last Updated: November 8, 2023
To ensure transparency and give you more control over your personal information, this privacy
policy ( Privacy Policy) governs how we, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Ltd. (CC)
I.D. 580775674 (The Forum”, we”, our or us”) use, collect and store personal information that
we collect or receive from or about you ( you) in connection with https://bringthemhomenow.net/
its subdomains and its related features (the "Website"), the services provided therein, and the
Forum`s activity (the Services”).
We greatly respect your privacy, which is why we make every effort to provide a platform that would
live up to the highest user privacy standards. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, so you can
fully understand our practices concerning personal data. Important note: Nothing in this Privacy
Policy is intended to limit in any way your statutory rights, including your rights to a remedy or other
means of enforcement.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum was created in light of the horrific attack by Hamas on
Israel on October 7th, in which thousands of innocent civilians were tragically murdered and taken
hostage by Hamas. The Forum is volunteer-based and laser-focused on channeling its efforts into
various fields with the common objective of returning the missing people to their families ("Site
Purpose").
This Privacy Policy can be updated from time to time and, therefore, we ask you to check back
periodically for the latest version of this Privacy Policy. If we implement material changes in the
way we use your information, in a manner that is different from that stated at the time of collection,
we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website or by other means and take any additional
steps as required by applicable law.
1. WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT, WHY WE COLLECT IT, AND HOW
IT IS USED
(i) We Process the Following Personal Information:
a. When you make use of, or interact with our Services. We collect personal
information that you voluntarily provide:
o When you subscribe to our newsletter (volunteer and update list): we
collect your full name, phone number, and email address so we can send
you volunteer offers and other updates regarding the Forum's activities and
operations via Email and phone.
o When you sign a petition: we may collect your full name, phone number,
email address, and country to verify the legitimacy of petition signatures
and to facilitate communication and engagement related to the petition's
cause and Site`s Purpose.
o When you purchase our products: We may collect your full name, phone
number, email address, and complete address to facilitate order processing,
delivery, and to provide you with updates related to the Site's Purpose.
o When you donate: to keep track of donations and maintain communication
with our donors.
o When you contact us. We may collect and process your full name, phone
number, and email address, as well as the content of your request/message
(including chats on social media).
*For the avoidance of doubt, donations and purchases are processed using third-party
payment service providers and donation management providers like JGive, Paybox, The
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Charity Center Association, PayBox, Giveback, etc. ("Third-Party Providers"). The
Forum does not collect or store credit card data or payment information. All payment details
are processed by Third-Party Providers under their terms.
b. Information automatically collected. We may automatically collect certain
information through your use of the Forum's Services, such as cookies, pixels,
tracking technologies and similar identifiers (“Technologies”), your Internet
protocol (IP) address, and other device identifiers that are automatically assigned to
your device, browser type and language, geo-location information, hardware type,
operating system, internet service provider and other information about actions
taken through the use of the Services and Website.
c. Information from Other Sources. The Forum may also obtain information about
you from other sources, including publicly - or commercially- available
information, and through third-party data platforms, partners, and service
providers.
d. Information you provide to us in person. For example, when you attend one of
our events and you provide us with your contact details. We will use this
information to answer your inquiries or provide additional information to you.
e. Information we collect from online interactions. For example, if you attend a
webinar, contact us via social media, or otherwise interact with us, including as a
representative of a current/prospective supplier or partner, we track and make a
record of those interactions, which may contain your contact details, such as full
name, email address, messages, and any other information that you decide to
provide us with.
(ii) We process information for the following purposes :
a. To provide you with the Services. We will use the information, including, without
limitation, for the following purposes: (i) to provide you the Services and to process
your requests (e.g., keep track of donations, verify the legitimacy of petition
signatures, send you newsletters via email and phone, and subject to your consent);
(ii) communicate with you about your use of the Services and for support purposes
(via email and social media); (iii) fulfill any instruction and/or request made by you
in the context of the Services; and (iv) to generally administer and improve the
Services.
b. To allow you to make use of our Website. We will use your information to allow
you to make use of our Website, including, (i) to analyze your use of our Website
and to improve our Website; and (ii) to customize your experience .
c. For Administrative Purposes. the Forum may use your information (i) to respond
to your questions, comments, and other requests for customer support, or
information, including information about potential or future services; (ii) to provide
you with the Forum Services; (iii) for internal quality control purposes; (iv) to
establish a business relationship; and(v) to generally administer the Forum`s
Services.
d. To Market our Website and Services. The Forum may use information to market
the Forum Services. Such use includes (i) notifying you about volunteer offers and
updates regarding the Forum Purpose, that may be of interest to you; (ii) tailored
relevant content, advertisements, and offers for you.
e. Security purposes. Some of the abovementioned information will be used for
detecting and taking steps to prevent and prosecute fraud or other illegal activity;
to identify and repair errors; to conduct audits; and for security purposes.
Information may also be used to comply with applicable laws, with investigations
performed by the relevant authorities, for law enforcement purposes, and/or to
exercise or defend legal claims.
f. De-identified and Aggregated Information Use. In certain cases, we may or will
anonymize or de-identify your Information and further use it for internal and
external purposes, including, without limitation, to analyze and improve the
Forum`s services (including through the use of artificial intelligence) and for
research purposes. We may use this anonymous or de-identified information and/or
disclose it to third parties without restrictions (for example, to improve our services
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and enhance your experience with them and/or to develop new product features and
improve existing offerings).
g. Cookies and Similar Technologies. We, as well as third parties that provide
content, advertising, or other functionality on the Forum Services, use Technologies
to automatically collect information through the Services. We use Technologies
that are essentially small data files placed on your device that allow us to record
certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with the Services. If you
would like to opt out of the cookies and similar technologies we employ on the
Website and Services, you may do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them as
your browser or device permits.
(iii) The lawful bases we rely on for processing personal information are (if and
when applicable):
a. The data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data (e.g.,
subscribing to the newsletter);
b. Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject
is party or to take steps at the request of the data subject before entering into a
contract (e.g., signing petitions and making donations); and/or
c. Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interest.
2. HOW WE PROTECT AND RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
2.1. Security. We have implemented and maintain reasonable technical, organizational,
and security measures designed to protect your information. However, please note
that we cannot guarantee that the information will not be compromised as a result
of unauthorized penetration to our servers. As the security of information depends
in part on the security of the computer, device, or network you use to communicate
with us and the security you use to protect your user IDs and passwords, please
make sure to take appropriate measures to protect this information.
2.2. Retention of your information. Your information will be stored until we delete our
records, and we proactively delete it, or if you send a valid deletion request. Please
note that in some circumstances we may store your information for longer periods,
for example (i) where we are required to do so under legal, regulatory, tax, or
accounting requirements, or (ii) for us to have an accurate record of your dealings
with us in the event of any complaints or challenges, and/or (iii) if we reasonably
believe there is a prospect of litigation relating to your information or dealings.
3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
In addition to the recipients described above, we may share your information as follows:
3.1. The information the Forum gathers is shared with our partners and other third
parties.
3.2. We may also share information with our affiliated companies about you.
3.3. We may use third-party service providers to process your information for the
purposes outlined above, including, without limitation:
3.3.1. With payment service providers and donation management providers
(e.g., JGive, Paybox, The Charity Center Association, Jewcer, Jgive)
3.3.2. With providers of petition management tools/sites (e.g., Change.org)
3.3.3. With cloud service providers for hosting purposes (e.g., Microsoft
Azure)
3.3.4. With digital advertising platform providers (e.g., Google Ads, Facebook
Ads, LinkedIn, X, Outbrain, Taboola)
3.3.5. With integration and automation platform providers (e.g., Make)
3.3.6. With websites and web content creation platforms in order to help us
manage our Website (e.g., Kaltura, Webflow);
3.3.7. With email providers, engagement platforms, marketing, CRM, and
other similar tool providers (e.g., Monday, Poptin, Smoove, Origami)
3.3.8. With analytic companies, to help us understand and analyze information
we collect following this policy (e.g., Google Analytics, Microsoft
Clarity).
3.4. To the extent necessary, with regulators, courts, banks, or competent authorities,
to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and rules (including, without
limitation, federal, state, or local laws), and requests of law enforcement,
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regulatory and other governmental agencies or if required to do so by court order,
as well as for internal compliance procedures and to protect the safety, security,
and integrity of the Forum, our Services, customers, employees, property, and the
public.
3.5. If, in the future, we sell or transfer, or we consider selling or transferring, some or
all of our business, shares, or assets to a third party, we will disclose your
information to such third party (whether actual or potential) in connection with the
foregoing events (including, without limitation, our current or potential investors).
If we are acquired by, or merged with, a third-party entity, or in the event of
bankruptcy or a comparable event, we reserve the right to transfer, disclose or
assign your information in connection with the foregoing events.
3.6. Where you have otherwise provided your consent to us for sharing or transferring
your information.
4. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
4.1. The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations)
shall apply to certain individuals (some of which only apply to individuals
protected by specific laws):
i. You have the right to withdraw consent to the processing, where consent is the
basis of processing.
ii. You have the right to access the personal information that we hold and request
further details about how we process it, under certain conditions.
iii. You have the right to demand the rectification of inaccurate personal information
about you. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
iv. You have the right to object to unlawful data processing under certain
conditions.
v. You have the right to erasure past data about you (your right to be forgotten”)
under certain conditions.
vi. You have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal
information, under certain conditions, if you believe we have exceeded the
legitimate basis for processing, the processing is no longer necessary, or if you
believe your personal information is inaccurate.
vii. You have the right to data portability of personal information concerning you
that you provided us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable
format, subject to certain conditions.
viii. The personal information we collect is not used for automated decision-making
and profiling, except for automated processes in the context of marketing. As
stated above, you can opt out of direct marketing by Titan by contacting Titan
directly or by following the instructions through the unsubscribe options in our
email messages.
4.2. You can exercise your rights by contacting us at support@bringthemhomenow.net
. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf if you provide
the authorized agent with written permission signed by you. To protect your
privacy, we may take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.
Subject to legal and other permissible considerations, we will make every
reasonable effort to honor your request promptly under applicable law or inform
you if we require further information in order to fulfill your request. When
processing your request, we may ask you for additional information to confirm or
verify your identity and for security purposes, before processing and/or honoring
your request. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for
instance, if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. If your request
would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others (for example, would
impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others) or if we are legally entitled to
deal with your request in a different way than initially requested, we will address
your request to the maximum extent possible, all under applicable law.
4.3. Marketing emails opt-out: You may choose not to receive promotional or
marketing emails of this type by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in the emails
that you receive from us. Please note that even if you unsubscribe from our
promotional or marketing emails, we may continue to send you service-related
updates and notifications or reply to your queries and feedback you provide us.
Please note that even if you opt-out, we may still use and share your Personal Data
with third parties for non-marketing purposes (for example to provide our Services,
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fulfill your requests, communicate with you and respond to your inquiries, etc.). In
such cases, the companies with whom we share your Personal Data are authorized
to use your Personal Data only as necessary to provide these non-marketing
services.
5. International transfers of Personal Data
a) We store personal data with the following storage companies: Microsoft Azure.
b) To run our activity and provide our Website and Services to you, we transfer personal data to
certain countries around the world, including to our affiliates and service providers, many of
whom are located outside of your jurisdiction. Therefore, your personal data may be processed
in countries with privacy laws that are different from privacy laws in your country. Whenever
we make such transfers, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to implement an
appropriate level of protection for your personal data by implementing at least one of the
following safeguards:
i. making sure the destination country has been deemed to provide an adequate level of
protection for personal data; and/or
ii. by executing and implementing data onward transfer instruments such as data
processing and protection agreements.
6. USE BY CHILDREN. We do not offer our products or services for use by children
and, therefore, we do not knowingly collect information from, and/or about children
under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, do not provide any information to us
without the involvement of a parent or a guardian. If we become aware that you provide
information in violation of applicable privacy laws, we reserve the right to delete it. If
you believe that we might have any such information, please contact us at
support@bringthemhomenow.net
7. INTERACTION WITH THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS. We enable you to interact
with third-party websites, mobile software applications, and products or services that
are not owned, or controlled, by us (each, a Third Party Service”). We are not
responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Third-Party Services. Please
be aware that Third Party Services can collect information from you. Accordingly, we
encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of each Third-Party
Service.
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9. Cookie Notice.
We use in our Site cookies and similar files or technologies to automatically collect and store
information about your computer, device, and Site usage, in order to improve their performance and
enhance your user experience. We use the general term "cookies" in this notice to refer to these
technologies and all such similar technologies that collect information automatically when you are
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using our Site where this notice is posted. You can find out more about cookies and how to control
them in the information below.
If you do not accept the use of these cookies, please disable them using the instructions in this cookie
notice ("Cookie Notice") or by changing your browser settings so that cookies from this Site cannot
be placed on your computer or mobile device. Important: disabling cookies on this Site may impair
certain Site features.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are computer files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your
computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies can then be sent back to the originating
website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are
widely used in order to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide
information to the owners of the website.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering
your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. Cookies may tell us, for example,
whether you have visited our Site before or whether you are a new visitor.
There are two broad categories of cookies:
First party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device.
Third party cookies, which are served by a third party on our behalf. We use third party cookies
for functionality, performance / analytics, marketing, and other technologies and social media
purposes. The third-party cookies are outside of our control. The third parties may, at any time,
change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc. See below additional information
on how to manage such cookies.
Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies
are 'session cookies', meaning that they exist only while your browser is open. These are deleted
automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are 'permanent cookies', meaning that
they survive after your browser is closed. They can be used by websites to recognize your computer
when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.
Web beacons:
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar
technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear
gifs"). These are small graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when
someone has visited our Site. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users
from one page within our website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand
whether you have come to our website from an online advertisement displayed on a third party
website, to improve website performance and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns.
In most instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function, and therefore declining
cookies prevents them from functioning.
Targeted advertising
Third parties may drop cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our
Site. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to
provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may
also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. The information
collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details or
other personally identifying details unless you choose to provide these to us.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to:
track traffic flow and patterns of travel in connection with our Site;
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understand the total number of visitors to our Sites on an ongoing basis and the types of internet
browsers (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer) and operating systems (e.g.
Windows or Mac) used by our visitors;
monitor the performance of our Site and to continually improve it; and
customize and enhance your online experience.
What types of cookies do we use?
The types of cookies used by us in connection with the Site can be considered 'essential website
cookies', 'functionality cookies', 'analytics and performance cookies', 'marketing', and 'other
technologies'. We've set out some further information below, and the purposes of the cookies we set
in the following table.
a. Cookies necessary for essential website purposes
These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through this Site and to use some
of its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies we will not be able to provide
services that you require, such as transactional pages and secure login accounts.
Cookie name
Source
Expiry
Purpose
poptin
Poptin
years 2
ups-pop and Forms
b. Functionality Cookies
These cookies record information about choices you've made and allow us to tailor the website to
you. These cookies allow us to provide you with our services in the way in which you have required,
as you continue to use or come back to our Site. For example, these cookies allow us to:
Save your location preference if you have set your location on the homepage in order to
receive a localized information;
Remember settings you have applied, such as layout, text size, preferences, and colors;
Show you when you are logged in; and
Store accessibility options.
Cookie name
Source
Expiry
Purpose
Kms
Kaltura
2 years
repository Video
Quorum
Quorum
2 years
Send a letter to
congress
demanding the
release of the
hostages
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finsweet
finsweet
2 years
set is cookie This
cookie the by
compliance
solution
c. Performance / Analytics Cookies
We use performance/analytics cookies to analyze how the website is accessed, used, or is
performing. We do this in order to provide you with a better user experience and to maintain, operate
and continually improve the Site. For example, these cookies allow us to:
Better understand our website visitors so that we can improve how we present our content;
Test different design ideas for particular pages, such as our homepage;
Collect information about Site visitors such as where they are located and what browsers
they are using;
Determine the number of unique users of the Site;
Improve the Site by measuring any errors that occur; and
Conduct research and diagnostics to improve product offerings.
Cookie name
Source
Expiry
Purpose
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Google Analytics
2 years
Tracks and reports
website traffic.
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Google Analytics
24 hours
Tracks and
reports website
traffic.
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Google Analytics
1 minute
Used to throttle
request rate.
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MUID
Microsoft Clarity
1 year
Identifies unique
browsers.
ANONCHK
Microsoft Clarity
10 minutes
Indicates whether
to collect data.
CLID
Microsoft Clarity
1 year
Identifies the
first-time Clarity
saw this user on
any site using
Clarity.
d. Marketing
We use marketing cookies to deliver many types of targeted digital marketing. We do this in order
to provide you with a better user experience and to maintain, operate and continually improve the
Site. The cookie store user data and behavior information, which allows advertising services to target
audience according to variables. For example, these cookies allow us to:
Observe the site performance and generate retargeting (Site retargeting, search retargeting, etc);
and
Maintain and improve the Site and our products.
Cookie name
Source
Expiry
Purpose
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Google Ads
90 days
Used for AdSense.
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Facebook Ads
3 months
Used by Facebook
to deliver ads.
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Facebook Ads
3 months
Used for ad
delivery or
retargeting.
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t_pt_gid
Taboola Ads
2 years
Used by
Taboola to
deliver ads or
retargeting.
Obca_vid
Obca_sid
obca_data
Outbrain Ads
2 years
Used by
Outbrain to
deliver ads or
retargeting.
bcookie
LinkedIn Ads
2 years
Browser
Identifier Cookie
for ads.
lidc
LinkedIn Ads
1 day
Used for routing
ads.
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Twitter
Twitter Ads
2 years
Used by
Twitter/X to
deliver ads or
retargeting.
_gid
DV
2 years
Used by DV to
deliver ads or
retargeting.
How to control or delete cookies
You may have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. When you access our Site,
you are presented with a cookie consent mechanism that allows you to accept or reject cookies that
are not essential cookies. You may also control cookies by setting your browser to turn off cookies
as described further below. If you turn off cookies, web beacon and other technologies will still
detect your visits to our Site; however, they will not be associated with information otherwise stored
in cookies
As another way of controlling cookies, most browsers allow you to change your cookie settings.
These settings will typically be found in the options” or preferences” menu of your browser. In
order to understand these settings and learn how to use them, please consult the Help” function of
your browser, or the documentation published online for your particular browser type and version.
However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full
functionality of our Site. The following pages have information on how to change your cookies
settings for the different browsers:
Cookie settings in Chrome and Chrome mobile
Cookie settings in Firefox and Firefox mobile
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge
Cookie settings in Safari and Safari mobile
Cookie settings in iOS
Cookie settings in Opera
Cookie settings in Apple Safari
If you use another browser, you can check if the procedure for your browser is mentioned in this
explanatory website or here.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit here.
Third Party Websites' Cookies
When using our Site, you may be directed to other websites for such activities as to make donations
or sign petitions. These websites may use their own cookies. We do not have control over the
placement of cookies by other websites you visit, even if you are directed to them from our Site.
If you use the buttons that allow you to share products and content with your friends via social
networks like Google, X, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, these companies may set a cookie on
your computer memory. Find out more about these here:
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https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
http://twitter.com/privacy
http://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/policies/privacy
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875/?helpref=uf_share
Need More Information?
If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on the Internet, you may find the
following link useful: All About Cookies
Cookies that have been set in the past
If you have disabled one or more Cookies, we may still use information collected from cookies prior
to your disabled preference being set, however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any
further information.
10. CONTACT US. If you have any questions, concerns or complaints regarding our compliance
with this Privacy Policy or the Cookie Notice and the data protection laws, or if you wish to
exercise your rights, we encourage you to first contact us at support@bringthemhomenow.net