Privacy Notice
Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and make use of personal information. The following outlines our Privacy Notice.
When accessing the SHEMA website we may learn certain information about you during your visit.
Similar to other websites, our website utilises a standard technology called ‘cookies and server logs to collect information about how our site is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our site, and the websites visited just before and just after our own, as well as your IP address.
Use of Cookies
Like many other websites, the SHEMA website may use cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. While cookies collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns, they do not identify you as an individual. This helps us to improve our website and deliver a better more personalised web user experience.
It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, visit our full cookies policy. Turning cookies may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.
For more information about how we use Cookies, click here.
IP Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data known as “traffic data” so that data (such as the web pages you request) can be sent to you.
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail and telephone. For further information see the email policies below.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we may use personal information for purposes of administering our synagogue business activities, providing member and visitor services and making available other items and services to our members, prospective members and visitors. We collect this data through telephone calls, email, SMS text messages and through our website contact form.
SHEMA will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you choose to provide such information to us, nor will such information be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user at the time of collection.
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
Email Policies
We are committed to keeping your e-mail address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and we will not provide your personal information to any third party individual, government agency, or company at any time unless strictly compelled to do so by law.
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We will use your e-mail address solely to provide timely information about SHEMA
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We will maintain the information you send via e-mail in accordance with applicable law
SPAM/Mailing List
All e-mail sent from our organisation will clearly state who the e-mail is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, if you wish, on request we will remove you from our mailing list so that you receive no further e-mail communication from us.
Use of External Links
The website may contain links to many other websites. SHEMA cannot guarantee the accuracy of information found at any linked site. Links to or from external sites not owned or controlled by SHEMA do not constitute an endorsement by SHEMA or any of its employees, consultants, officers, trustees or members of the sponsors of these sites or the products or information presented therein.
By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.
Intellectual Property Rights
All copyrights, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights in and on our website and all content and software located on the site shall remain the sole property of SHEMA or its licensors. The use of our trademarks, content and intellectual property is forbidden without the express written consent from SHEMA.
You must not:
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Republish material from our website without our prior written consent.
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Sell or rent material from our website.
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Reproduce, duplicate, create derivative, copy or otherwise exploit material on our website for any purpose.
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Redistribute any content from our website, including onto another website.
Acceptable Use
You agree to use our website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the website. Prohibited behaviour includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any other user, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within our website.
You must not use our website to send unsolicited commercial communications. You must not use the content on our website for any marketing related purpose without our express written consent.
Restricted Access
We may in the future need to restrict access to parts (or all) of our website and reserve full rights to do so. If at any point, we provide you with a username and password for you to access restricted areas of our website, you must ensure that both your username and password are kept confidential.
Use of Testimonials
Please be aware of the following:
Testimonials that may appear on this site are actually received via text, audio or video submission. They are individual experiences, reflecting real-life experiences of those who have used our products and/or services in some way. They are individual results and results do vary. We do not claim that they are typical results. The testimonials are not necessarily representative of all of those who will use our products and/or services.
The testimonials displayed in any form on this site (text, audio, video or other) are reproduced verbatim, except for correction of grammatical or typing errors. Some may have been shortened. In other words, not the whole message received by the testimonial writer is displayed when it seems too lengthy or not the whole statement seems relevant for the general public.
SHEMA is not responsible for any of the opinions or comments posted on the website. SHEMA is not a forum for testimonials, however, provides testimonials as a means for members, prospective members and visitors to understand the work carried for other people. To protect against abuse, all testimonials appear after they have been reviewed by the management of SHEMA. SHEMA does not share the opinions, views or commentary of any testimonials on the SHEMA website – the opinions are strictly the views of the testimonial source.
The testimonials are never intended to make claims that our services can be used to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate or prevent any disease. Any such claims, implicit or explicit, in any shape or form, have not been clinically tested or evaluated.
How Do We Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?
E-mail is not recognised as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by e-mail. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on our website may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit Card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email.
SHEMA may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, SHEMA may use software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorised attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
SHEMA makes no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the accuracy, currency or completeness of the content contain on this website or any sites linked to this site.
All the materials on this site are provided ‘as is’ without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property or fitness for any particular purpose. In no event shall SHEMA or its agents or associates be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, injury or death) arising out of the use of or inability to use the materials, even if SHEMA has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.
Policy Changes
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Notice at any time with or without notice. However, please be assured that if the Privacy Notice changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this privacy policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Notice, without your prior consent.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
HOW TO CONTACT EBMC:
Email: info@ebmc.org.uk
Review of this notice: SHEMA keeps this Privacy Notice under regular review.
This Privacy Notice was last updated in February 2022.