Privacy Policy

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Last updated: June 2025

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World Bnei Akiva ("we", "us", "our") is the global Religious Zionist youth movement, registered in Israel. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website at worldbneiakiva.org or apply to one of our programs.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable data protection laws.

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1. Who We Are

World Bnei Akiva
King George Street 54
Jerusalem, 91073, Israel
Email: office@worldbneiakiva.org

For any questions or requests relating to this privacy policy or your personal data, please contact us at the email address above.

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2. What Information We Collect

We collect personal information in the following ways:

• Contact and enquiry forms (via Wix, 123FormBuilder, and Google Forms): name, email address, phone number, country, and any information you choose to provide.

• Program applications (via Regpack): name, date of birth, nationality, school, contact details, parental information, and other details required to process your application.

• Email subscriptions (via Brevo): name and email address.

• Donations (via JGive): name, contact details, and payment information processed by JGive.

• Website usage data: pages visited, time on site, device type, and approximate location, collected through cookies and analytics tools (see Section 5).

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3. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To respond to your enquiries and provide information about our programs.

• To process program applications and manage participant enrollment.

• To send you newsletters, program updates, and event invitations (only where you have subscribed or given consent).

• To process donations.

• To improve our website and understand how visitors use it.

• To run targeted advertising campaigns on platforms such as Meta (Facebook/Instagram) and Google, where you have consented to marketing cookies.

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4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

For visitors from the European Union and United Kingdom, we process your personal data on the following legal bases:

Responding to enquiries — Legitimate interests
Program applications — Contract performance
Email marketing — Consent
Analytics and advertising cookies — Consent
Donation processing — Contract performance

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5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies. When you first visit our site, you will be asked to choose which categories of cookies to accept.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: Necessary for the website to function. These cannot be disabled.

• Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors use our site. We use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity (Visitor Analytics) for this purpose.

• Marketing cookies: Used to show relevant advertising and track campaign performance. We use Meta Pixel (Facebook/Instagram) and Google Ads for this purpose.

• Functionality cookies: Enable features such as our WhatsApp chat button and other interactive elements.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the privacy icon at the bottom of any page on our site.

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6. Third-Party Services and Data Processors

We share data with the following trusted third-party services that process personal data on our behalf:

Regpack - Program application management - Applicant personal data — Data Processing Agreement

Brevo — Email marketing — Name, email address
Google Workspace & Google Drive — Internal data storage and forms — Application and contact data
Google Analytics — Website analytics — Anonymised usage data
Google Ads — Advertising — Cookie and conversion data
Meta (Facebook/Instagram) — Advertising and retargeting — Cookie and pixel data
JGive — Donation processing — Donor name, contact, payment info
Hotjar — Session analytics — Anonymised behaviour data
Wix.com — Website hosting and forms — Website usage and form data

We do not sell your personal data to any third party.

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7. Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:

• Program applicants and participants: retained for 5 years following last engagement with World Bnei Akiva programs.

• Email subscribers: retained until you unsubscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of any email.

• Website enquiries: retained for 5 years.

• Analytics data: retained according to each platform's default settings (typically 26 months for Google Analytics).

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8. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Union or United Kingdom, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

• Right to rectification: You can ask us to correct inaccurate data.

• Right to erasure: You can ask us to delete your personal data, subject to certain conditions.

• Right to restriction: You can ask us to limit how we use your data.

• Right to data portability: You can request your data in a portable format.

• Right to object: You can object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.

• Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at office@worldbneiakiva.org. We will respond within one month.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority. A list of EU data protection authorities can be found at edpb.europa.eu.

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9. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. Our website uses SSL encryption, and access to personal data is restricted to authorised staff only.

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10. International Data Transfers

World Bnei Akiva is based in Israel. Israel is recognised by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection. Some of our third-party service providers (such as Google and Meta) are based in the United States and transfer data internationally under standard contractual clauses or other approved mechanisms.

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11. Children and Young People

Our programs serve young people from age 12 upwards. Where we collect personal data from individuals under the age of 16, we require parental or guardian consent in accordance with GDPR requirements. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13 without verified parental consent.

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12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent version. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

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13. Contact Us

World Bnei Akiva
King George Street 54
Jerusalem, 91073, Israel
Email: office@worldbneiakiva.org
Website: www.worldbneiakiva.org