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Terms of Use

Welcome to the online program “Jewish Lens” (the “Program” and/or “Jewish Lens”) at the Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot Ltd. (CC).

The purpose of the Program is to strengthen the familiarity, belonging and commitment of Jews around the world to the Jewish story through the uploading of photographs that express their Jewish life and/or Jewish community life. The photographs will be uploaded onto the website of Beit Hatfutsot (CC) (the “Website”), on the online Jewish Lens program.

The Site is managed and operated by Beit Hatfutsot Ltd. (PBC) of klauzner 15 St., Tel Aviv (“Beit Hatfutsot” and/or the “Site Operator”). Wherever Beit Hatfutsot’s responsibility is specified, the intention is also to the responsibility of its employees, managers, owners, and persons acting on its behalf or in its stead.

This Site is intended for personal use only and not commercial.

The provisions of these terms of use are drafted, for convenience purposes, in the masculine gender, but apply to both genders equally.

The very use of the Website will constitute your consent to the terms and conditions included in these “Terms of Use”. Therefore, we would appreciate if you would dedicate time to reading these terms and conditions carefully before using the Website. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please refrain from any use of the Website.

Beit Hatfutsot reserves the right to update these Terms of Use, from time to time, at its discretion, and without the need to deliver prior notice. The modification will be valid from the moment it is posted. Upon every entry to the Site, the Terms of Use may be read in their most current version.

The online track of the Jewish Lens program

1. The Jewish Lens program is a program whose purpose is to strengthen the belonging, identity and commitment of Jews to the unique and ongoing story of the Jewish people, to strengthen the dialogue and the familiarity with Jewish stories worldwide.
2. In the online Jewish Lens program, Jews from around the world may upload authentic photographs that express the Jewish connection in their life and the Jewish community life, and state facts about the photograph and/or information regarding their life.
3. The Website is open to the general public. The uploading of photographs onto the Website is intended for users who are adults, who are competent to perform legal actions. If the user is a minor (under the age of 18) or is not entitled to perform legal actions without a guardian’s approval, his use of the Website shall be deemed to have received the approval of the guardian.
   It is clarified that a minor or a person who is not entitled to perform legal actions without a guardian is required to inform his parents and/or his legal guardians (the “Parents”) of the provisions of these Terms of Use and to obtain their approval for performance of any activity, of any type whatsoever, in the framework of the Website. The Parents are responsible for informing the minors wishing to surf the Website of the Terms of Use, and to supervise the minors’ activity in order that the minors shall act according to the terms these Terms of Use. As aforesaid, any activity that shall be performed by minors on the Website constitutes consent by the minors and/or the Parents to the provisions of the Terms of Use.
4. No user shall make any use of the Website other than for the purpose for which it is intended, including unlawful and/or offensive use and/or use which constitutes a violation of legal provisions.
5. No user shall upload and/or send photographs and/or information that contain content that is not correct and/or misleading and/or distorted and/or unreliable and/or which the user does not have consent to upload.
6. Beit Hatfutsot reserves the right to determine whether the content that was sent by any user meets the content requirements that were defined in the Program, including the right to determine whether the photographs that were uploaded are appropriate and/or high-quality and/or meet the Program’s requirements, and accordingly to decide at its sole discretion whether to remove and/or delete the same, without any prior explanation and/or notice.
7. Beit Hatfutsot may refuse to post or immediately delete any content that was uploaded by a user, at any time that it deems that these Terms of Use were violated or an act and/or omission was committed that damages and/or may damage the Program and/or the services provided on the Website, its users, Beit Hatfutsot or anyone on its behalf.
8. Beit Hatfutsot will be entitled, at any time and at its sole discretion, to terminate the access of a user and/or may remove any content that was uploaded by him if it believes that the user violated the Terms of Use and/or if the law requires Beit Hatfutsot to do so, without prior notice.
9. The content (photographs and text that shall appear next to the photograph) that shall be uploaded by a user shall be included in the archive materials of Beit Hatfutsot. Beit Hatfutsot will be entitled to use the content (photographs and text) that was uploaded by any user for purposes of marketing and promotion of the Program and/or Beit Hatfutsot and/or the museum, by the various forms of media, including at educational workshops, in the press, on social networks, at exhibitions, etc.

Copyrights, intellectual property

1. The copyrights and intellectual property in the Website, in the Program, in the services offered and in the content included therein is owned by Beit Hatfutsot and/or by third parties which have given Beit Hatfutsot usage permission and/or who Beit Hatfutsot has allowed to upload the same to the Website.
   Without derogating from the generality of the aforesaid, and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5 and 7 below, Beit Hatfutsot does not own the intellectual property rights in the content that shall be uploaded by the users (photographs and text) in the framework of the online Jewish Lens program.
2. The users may make “fair use” of the materials on the Website according to the rules set forth in the law, including the Copyright Law. Persons quoting from the materials on the Website are obligated to state the source of the quote/s. It is prohibited to make any distortion, flaw or other change in the material, or to take any harmful action with respect to a creation, which may harm the dignity or reputation of the owner of the copyrights therein.
3. Subject to copyrights law, it is prohibited to copy, redistribute, rebroadcast or publish protected material through any of the various forms of media (radio, television, the press, etc.), including digital means, without the prior written consent of the rights holders. No commercial use shall be made of the Website or the information posted thereon.
4. It is necessary to refrain from removing, deleting or disrupting any notice or mark regarding intellectual property rights, for example the copyright symbol ©, or the registered trademark symbol ®, which accompany the content used.
5. A user who provides content that is intended for posting on the Website, as stated in these Terms of Use, confirms by the very provision thereof for posting that he owns all of the rights therein and that he is entitled to provide the same for posting. If a third party is not the creator or the owner of the rights in the content and/or the photographs that he provides for posting, he confirms that he holds lawful authorization from the rights holder, allowing him to provide the content and/or the photographs for posting on the Website and to grant usage rights therein as specified below, and if it transpires that this is not the case, he will be liable for any and all legal consequences and repercussions thereof.
6. Beit Hatfutsot makes every effort to prevent violations of rights, including copyrights, and in the event that it is discovered that a violation has been committed, it shall make an effort to remedy the same and to remove the violative information immediately upon being approached by the holders of the rights in the information.
7. Upon uploading the photographs and the information in the framework of the online Jewish Lens program, the user grants Beit Hatfutsot an exclusive global license, unlimited in time or place, which may be transferred, without receipt of royalties, to use, distribute, present publicly, perform, translate and create derivative works from the content that shall be uploaded by him, including for the purpose of promotion, marketing and public relations of the Program and/or Beit Hatfutsot and/or the museum.
8. The license will be null and void if the user decides and/or requests to remove and/or delete the content that is uploaded by him. The user should note that content that is uploaded onto the internet by him in the framework of the Website shall continue to appear, indefinitely, insofar as he shares with others and they have not deleted the same.

Privacy policy

1. Beit Hatfutsot respects the privacy of the site’s surfers and users.
2. When using the Site, information may accumulate regarding the pages that you have viewed, the services and information that interested you, the time you spent on the Site, the actions that you performed through the Site, etc.
   Use of this information, as well as information that you deliver at the time of registration for the various services on the Site, will only be made according to the Terms of Use and/or pursuant to the provisions of any law, inter alia in order to improve and enrich the services and content offered on the Site, and in this context to create new services and content that fit the requirements of the Site’s users and their expectations, and to modify or cancel existing services and content.
3. The above information will be used by Beit Hatfutsot for statistical uses, which do not identify you personally. Beit Hatfutsot will be entitled to deliver the statistical information to a third party, provided that the data do not pertain to you personally or identify the users personally, unless the same is required pursuant to law and/or according to a decision of authorities and/or in the framework of legal proceedings.
4. In addition, the details that you state upon registration will be collected and used by Beit Hatfutsot in order to provide the user with information through the site, to respond to the user’s communication, if he contacts Beit Hatfutsot, to provide the user with information on Beit Hatfutsot’s activities on various issues, such as exhibitions, lectures, courses, studies (for or without payment), including by sending e-mails.
5. Any user will be entitled to notify Beit Hatfutsot of his wish not to receive e-mails by contacting [email protected] This request will be handled within 7 working days. If the request is unclear and/or is missing details, the duration of the handling may be longer.
6. Beit Hatfutsot’s database is registered in the Databases Register. Everyone has a right to inspect information that pertains to him and which is in the databases of Beit Hatfutsot. The manner of exercise of the right will be according to Beit Hatfutsot’s policy and according to the provisions of the Protection of Privacy Regulations and directives of the Registrar of Databases. If a person encounters wrong information about him or information that he believes to be wrong, he may contact Beit Hatfutsot, and his request will be handled in accordance with its policy and the provisions of the law.

Appropriate use of the site

1. Users undertake to use the site and its services in accordance with the terms of use and the provisions of any law.
2. Impersonation or provision of incorrect information is prohibited.
3. Users are prohibited from copying, recording, publishing, distributing, editing, modifying, etc. without Beit Hatfutsot’s permission.

Posting of content by the site’s surfers and users

1. Content is posted on the Site which originates from the Site’s users. This content is posted in areas intended therefor. Delivery of content for posting on the Site does not confer on users a right to demand that the content be posted or continue to be posted.
2. Beit Hatfutsot bears no responsibility for content of any kind and in any format that the users deliver for posting, and the persons who deliver the same for posting bear sole responsibility therefor and for any consequence deriving from the use thereof. This content expresses no opinion or position of Beit Hatfutsot, and the posting thereof is no guarantee of the validity, credibility, accuracy or lawfulness thereof.
3. Upon the sending or delivery of content for posting on the Site and/or in the databases of Beit Hatfutsot, the sender / writer shall bear full and sole responsibility for any consequence that derives from the posting. The writer must ensure that such content is lawful. It is prohibited, inter alia and for the sake of illustration only, to post the following content:
   1. Any content you know to be false, misleading or distorted;
   2. Any content which prejudices or infringes property rights of others – including copyrights and trademarks;
   3. Any content that is pornographic or of a blatant sexual nature;
   4. Any content pertaining to minors and which identifies them, their personal details or their address and means of contacting them;
   5. Any computer software, computer code or application that include a computer virus;
   6. Passwords, user names and other details which allow use of computer software, digital files, websites or services, which require registration or payment, without such payment or registration;
   7. Any content which constitutes slander of a person or violates his privacy or harms his reputation;
   8. Any content which personally identifies other people without their having given their consent to the posting of their identity;
   9. Any content of a harassing, offensive, hostile, intimidating or vulgar nature;
   10. Any content which contains or encourages racism or wrongful discrimination based on race, ethnicity, skin color, denomination, nationality, religion, sex, occupation, sexual inclination, illness, physical or mental disability, faith, political view or socio-economic standing;
   11. Any content which encourages the committing of a criminal offense or may constitute a basis for a civil claim or liability;
   12. Any content that may mislead a consumer;
   13. Any content of an advertising or commercial nature;
   14. Any content which contradicts the accepted rules of using the internet or which may cause damage or harm internet users generally, and Beit Hatfutsot’s users specifically;
   15. Any content, access to which is blocked through a password etc., and is not freely allowed for all internet users.

4. Beit Hatfutsot may refuse to post or immediately delete any content that is delivered for posting at any time that it finds that these Terms of Use have been breached or an act or omission has been performed which impairs or may impair the services provided on the Site, its users, Beit Hatfutsot or anyone on its behalf. In addition, Beit Hatfutsot will be entitled, in such a case, to prevent you from posting additional content on the Site. The provisions of this section supplement the rights of Beit Hatfutsot pursuant to any law.
5. If Beit Hatfutsot decides to post content that is delivered, it may edit any such content, at its discretion.
6. For the avoidance of doubt, the imposition of limitations as aforesaid by Beit Hatfutsot does not derogate from the users’ obligation to comply with these Terms of Use, or with general law, nor does it derogate from their responsibility according to any of the aforesaid. In addition, the aforesaid does not impose on Beit Hatfutsot any duty to supervise or monitor any content on the Site.
7. The content delivered by the Site’s users for posting on the Site will be exposed to all users of the internet. Remember: you must act cautiously in delivery of the content.

Links

1. There are links on the Site or referrals to other sites which do not belong to Beit Hatfutsot and are intended for the users’ convenience only and allow content posted on the internet to be found. The content on the other sites is not posted by or on behalf of Beit Hatfutsot and it does not control or supervise the same.
   The fact that Beit Hatfutsot’s Site links to such content does not attest to consent to the content thereof and constitutes no guarantee of the credibility, currentness or lawfulness thereof or of the practices of the owners of the content with respect to privacy and any other aspect involved in the operation thereof.
   Beit Hatfutsot uses its best efforts in order that the referrals are to appropriate sites only, but you may find that such content does not fit your requirements or that you object to the content thereof, or that you believe that they are aggravating, irritating, unsuitable, unlawful or immoral. Beit Hatfutsot is not responsible for the content to which the links lead and is not responsible for any consequence that is caused by use thereof or reliance thereon.
2. The following provisions shall apply to use of these links, and they do not derogate from the other provisions of the Terms of Use. With respect to links to external sites, unless stated otherwise on this Site, there is no legal or commercial relationship between Beit Hatfutsot and the owners of third party sites, Beit Hatfutsot has no control over or right in the material on such sites and it is not responsible for the content of the material on third party sites.
3. Without derogating from the aforesaid, Beit Hatfutsot is not liable for any direct or consequential damage caused to users as a result of use of or reliance on the information and content appearing on sites that they reach through or via use of or a link on Beit Hatfutsot’s Site.
4. Beit Hatfutsot does not undertake that the links on the Site are in order and will lead you to an active website, and it may remove links included thereon in the past, or refrain from adding new links – all at its absolute discretion.

Responsibility

1. The Website and the services presented thereon are offered for use in their ‘as is’ state.
2. The user is solely responsible for the content uploaded and/or sent by him and for the consequences of the sending and/or posting thereof.
3. Beit Hatfutsot bears no responsibility for content that has been provided and/or entered by users on the Website, their legality, credibility, accuracy and integrity, and the persons who provided the same for posting bear sole responsibility therefor and for any consequence deriving therefrom. Such content expresses no opinion or position of Beit Hatfutsot, and the posting thereof is no guarantee of the validity, reliability, accuracy or lawfulness thereof.
4. In addition, there may be errors, contradictions or discrepancies etc. Beit Hatfutsot is not responsible for any damage that is caused due to reliance on the information.
5. The user alone is responsible for the use of Beit Hatfutsot’s Site.
6. Beit Hatfutsot protects the data on the Site through advanced data protection systems. However, it cannot undertake that the services and the information on the Site and on the servers is absolutely immune to hacking and/or attempts to hack the computers, and Beit Hatfutsot is not liable for any damage caused to data and/or documents and/or databases and/or any other information that is provided thereto and is in the databases, including loss of such data and information.
7. Beit Hatfutsot does not undertake that the service provided on the Site will be provided as required, without interruptions and disruptions and/or will be immune to unlawful access, damage, flaws, faults, failures in hardware, software or the transmission lines at Beit Hatfutsot or any of its suppliers.
8. Beit Hatfutsot will bear no liability for any damage caused to a user or to any third party as a direct or indirect result of use of the Website, including damage caused due to use of software applications downloaded directly through the service or operated as a result of use of the service and/or any hardware problem and/or viruses and/or quality and/or speed of usage, and the users alone will bear responsibility for the manner in which they use the service.

Changes to the Site and discontinuation of the service

1. Beit Hatfutsot reserves the right to make any change to the Site and/or the “Program, including the structure of the Site, the services offered thereon, their content, scope and availability, links and any other change, as it deems fit, according to its exclusive decision and without any need to give prior notice thereof on the Site.
2. Users shall entertain no claim or lawsuit against Beit Hatfutsot due to the making of such changes, or due to faults that occur incidentally to the making thereof.
3. Beit Hatfutsot may decide, at any time, to close the Site and discontinue provision of the services through it.
4. We wish you beneficial use of the services offered on the Site. We are happy to receive responses and comments.

Indemnification

1. You undertake to indemnify the Site’s operator, its employees, managers or anyone on behalf thereof for any damage, loss, loss of profit, payment or expense that they shall incur, including legal fees and trial costs, due to a breach of these Terms of Use.
2. In addition, you shall indemnify the Site’s operator, its employees, managers, or anyone on its behalf for any claim, lawsuit and/or demand that shall be raised against them by any third party as a result of content that you delivered for posting.

Law and jurisdiction

1. Use of the Website and the participation in the online Jewish Lens program will be governed solely by the laws of the State of Israel. The competent courts in the Tel Aviv district in Israel shall have sole jurisdiction over any matter deriving from these use Terms of Use or from use of the Website and the uploading of the content as stated in the Terms of Use.
2. If any term of the Terms of Use is unenforceable, the other Terms of Use shall remain in effect.

General

1. The information provided on the Website in the context of the Program is made freely accessible and is free of charge, and use thereof does not create any agreement and/or undertaking between the user and Beit Hatfutsot and/or anyone on its behalf and/or any other person connected in any way, directly and/or indirectly, to the Website and/or to the information thereon.
2. The possibility granted to users to copy from the Website text and/or images and/or any other data, is limited to details in respect of which it is explicitly stated may be copied, and in accordance with the Terms of Use stated. This possibility constitutes a usage right other than for commercial purposes only, and does not create and/or imply any responsibility of Beit Hatfutsot and/or anyone on its behalf.
3. In any use that you make, you are required to give proper credit to Beit Hatfutsot, in a clear and prominent manner, in the following language: “The Jewish Lens site, Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot”. Wherever relevant, a link should be added to the Beit Hatfutsot website.
4. The Website’s users shall not use crawlers or spyware that are intended to collect information, including indexing activity, from the Website.
5. You may contact us on any issue pertaining to use of the Website via the “Contact Us” form.

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