The National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (hereinafter referred to as “NIHP MLMB,” “we,” or “us“) takes your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy will help you understand what information we may collect about you and the ways in which we collect, store, use and disclose information about you, including any personally identifiable information (“Personal Information“) in connection with your use of the Site.

This Privacy Policy constitutes a binding and enforceable legal contract between the Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research and you, and should therefore be read carefully.

Defined terms not defined in the Privacy Policy shall have the meaning given to them in the Terms of Use.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before accessing or using the Website. In case of disagreement with the terms or part of them, we ask you to leave the site immediately.

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Any collection, use, processing or disclosure of your personal information will be carried out in accordance with any law and the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Please note that the law does not require you to provide us with any information. However, if you choose to provide us with your personal information (such as by contacting us and providing you with your name, contact information, or other personal information), we will consider that information as if you gave it to us voluntarily and with your consent, for the purposes and uses as described in the Privacy Policy, or as you otherwise consented when you provided us with your personal information. In any event, you may choose not to provide us with any Personal Information, delete or correct it at any time as described in the “Accessing and Revoking Permission to Use Your Personal Information” section.

Information We Collect

During your use of the Website, we may collect certain technical information about the computer and/or device from which you accesse the Website (IP address, operating system version, network status, etc.) and user activity (downloads, history, clicks on ads, links, etc.).

Personal information about you may also be collected by voluntarily sending us by contacting us directly and sending details such as your name, age, contact details, geographical location, professional inquiry and any other information voluntarily received from you.

We will not knowingly collect or solicit information from persons under the age of consent in their jurisdiction. If we discover after the fact that any user of our website has not reached the age of consent, we will take the necessary steps to delete such user’s information from our databases. If you discover any such use of the Site or the disclosure of personal information by persons under the age of consent in their jurisdiction, Please contact us at nihp@israelhpr.health.gov.il.

If you choose to provide us with any personal information for any purpose described in this Privacy Policy, it is your responsibility to ensure that all information provided is accurate, current and not misleading.

How We Use the Information We Collect

We may use your information for the following purposes:

• Inform you about studies, programs, events or other announcements.
• Contact you, answer questions, concerns, etc.
• Improve our website and/or the services or information offered on the site (e.g. by analyzing information collected and using this analysis to improve the user experience on the site, personalize the information on the site, etc.).
• We may combine your personal information with information we receive from referrals to third parties. Combining this information allows us to better communicate with you and meet the needs for which you have contacted us (e.g. hiring).
• Send you informational or marketing materials about the Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research Center and its work. If you do not wish to receive communications from us, you can email us at nihp@israelhpr.health.gov.il address and write “Unsubscribe” or “removal”  in the subject line. When we use your contact information to send you such informational or marketing materials, the message itself will include important instructions on how to unsubscribe (if you want to remove).
• We may disclose to a third party personal information or any information provided to us from you through the use of the Site if we have a good faith belief that such information will be useful, or reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with any law, regulation, court order, legal process or request of the Government; (b) enforce our policies (including our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy), including investigations of possible violations; (c) investigate, detect, prevent, or take action on illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud, or security issues; (d) establish or exercise our right to defend against legal claims; or (e) prevent damage to the rights, property, or safety of the Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, our users, you or any third party.

In addition to the foregoing, we reserve the right to use the information you have provided to us for all purposes as you specifically consented at the time you provided it to us.

Use of anonymous or pseudonymized information

We may share “anonymous or pseudonymized information” (i.e. information that does not identify an individual user, non-personal information, aggregated information, or personal information that cannot be read by a person) in any of the above circumstances, as well as for the purpose of improving our Site and/or our research work, aggregated statistics for carrying out our research activities, and to improve your experience of the Site and/or the information we offer on the Site. If we combine personal information with anonymous or pseudonymized information, the combined information will be considered personal information for as long as it remains in combined form.

Accessing and Revoking Your Personal Information

As required by law, you may view, correct or delete the personal information we have collected from you. To do so, please contact our customer support at nihp@israelhpr.health.gov.il and specify your request.

You can also cancel the permission to use your information for any of the purposes indicated above. In order to do this, contact our customer support at nihp@israelhpr.health.gov.il and submit a request that includes all the relevant details.

Sharing Your Information

We may disclose your personal information or any information you have provided to us:

• To our service providers, consultants, or third parties in our network in connection with the activities of the Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research.
• If we have a good faith belief that disclosure of such information is useful or reasonably necessary to comply with any law, regulation, legal process or request from the government.
• To enforce our policies and agreements with you (including these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy).
• In order to investigate, detect, prevent, or take action on illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud, or security issues.

If you reside in the European Union, please note that the information we collect may be transferred outside the European Union or EEA, and that your consent to the Privacy Policy and your continued use of the Site constitutes a statement of your consent to such transfer. The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research shall ensure that any such transfer is carried out in accordance with all laws and under appropriate security measures.

How We Protect Your Information

The security of your personal information is important to us and we strive to maintain industry standards of information security in order to protect the information provided to us. However, we know that no method of transmitting information over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we use appropriate and standard security measures to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security or confidentiality. If you have specific questions or concerns about information security, you can contact us Address : nihp@israelhpr.health.gov.il

Interaction with third-party services

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies we do not control or do not own, or to persons we do not employ or manage, including any of the third parties to whom we may disclose information as described in the Privacy Policy. Therefore, while it is possible to contact or interact with third party services through the Site, we are not responsible for the privacy policies or content of those third parties’ services. Because these third-party services may collect personal information from you, we encourage you to read the terms of use and privacy policies of any third-party services you choose to interact with.

Cookies

When providing the Services, we may also automatically collect certain technical information and store it in log files, and use cookies or other similar technologies. Cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as web beacons, tags, pixel tags, codes, etc.) allow us to collect information about our users, their devices and their online behaviors automatically – information that can be used by us to improve site navigation, improve services, personalize user experience, collect statistics about user preferences and behavior, etc., and for a variety of other analytics tasks.

A “cookie” is a small piece of information that a website assigns to your computer or mobile device while you are viewing it. Cookies can be used for a variety of purposes, such as allowing you to move efficiently between pages, enabling automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences, and improving the speed and ease of interaction between you and our Services. Our website also uses permanent cookies such as Google Analytics and Facebook pixel.

You can disable cookies by following the instructions in your browser preferences, but if your browser does not allow cookies to be stored, some features of the website and/or services we offer may not function properly and your user experience may be affected.

Retention of Personal Information

We will retain any personal information we collect only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, and in any case we will delete the personal information after any deletion request we receive from you. We reserve the right to retain a copy of the deletion request and any necessary accompanying information for administrative and regulatory compliance purposes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy or the personal information we have collected, please contact us at nihp@israelhpr.health.gov.il

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right at our discretion to update or amend the Privacy Policy at any time, provided that the changes always take into account your rights under any law. Any change to the Privacy Policy will be effective upon publication of the new terms and/or implementation of the new changes on the Website (or if stated otherwise at the time of publication), except for explicit notices sent to you when required by law. Your continued use of our Services after the changes to this Privacy Policy become effective will constitute acceptance thereof. You should review our Privacy Policy from time to time.

Updated on 01/05/2024