Privacy Policy

 

This is the Privacy Policy (“Policy”) of Ono Academic College (“Ono”, “we”, “us”, “our” or any first-person reference in this document). This policy is aimed to help you understand how we collect, process, use, share and protect personal data about you and what are your rights regarding your personal data, whenever you engage with us through our websites, landing pages, educational services etc. (together: the “Service”).

 

Any information that is provided by you and/or that is received as part of the provision of the Services and/or as a result of your use of the Services, including on the website and/or the applications, will be protected in accordance with laws applicable to us and subject to the legal or regulatory obligations and/or requirements that apply to us.

 

The Policy applies to information that is identified or reasonably identifiable to natural persons (“Personal Data”). In other words, it is any piece of information that can be linked to you. You are not legally obligated to provide us with any Personal Data, however failure to provide it may impede our ability to provide some or all our services to you. If you do not agree to our processing practices of your personal data, please refrain from playing our games or using any of our Services.

 

We act in the capacity of a data controller with regard the Personal Data in terms of the applicable data protection laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

 

What Personal Data do we collect and how do we collect it?

Information you provide directly

We collect some contact details, including first and last name, e-mail address and phone number; information about former qualifications, courses and training; demographic and language information; and any other information required to review your application, to register you to the Services and to provide you with the Services. Such information will be gathered by us directly through data entry forms or site registration pages, or when you send us messages or inquiries, or contact our customer service team.

 

In addition, you may be asked to provide Personal Data to lecturers or Ono representatives in connection with your studies or participation in a particular course, or you may choose to disclose Personal Data about yourself to any of the forum participants (including its administrators).

 

In addition, when you contact us via chat, we save information you choose to provide voluntarily so that we can assist you with your inquiry. Please try to provide only the details necessary for the inquiry and avoid providing any other personal details or information that are not necessary for this purpose.

 

Furthermore, we may periodically request your participation in surveys or questionnaires designed to enhance our services. Your involvement in these surveys or questionnaires is entirely voluntary, and you have the option to decline providing the requested information.

 

Information we receive from third parties

We may receive information about you from educational websites you have provided your information to, and from other parties, about your qualifications and certifications.

 

Information we collect automatically and technical information

Information about your activity on our websites and apps –we will collect information about your IP address, times of your activity on the websites and apps and information regarding your use of them (such as browsing history, downloading content, registering for courses, tests or other services and submitting assignments), information about the device used (such as mobile phone model, identification numbers such as IMSI and IMEI, signal strength and duration of activity), operating system version, MAC address and location data (if you approved their collection when installing the apps).

 

Information about our website’s and apps – we may collect certain types of information about you automatically when you visit our websites or communicate with us online or through the e-mails that we may exchange. We may collect this information using “cookies” or similar technologies such as web beacons, gif or pixel tags or other unique identifiers to measure online activity, provide more relevant advertising or analyze the effectiveness of communications or our promotional campaigns. Further information about our use of cookies can be found in our Cookies Notice [https://www.ono.ac.il/eng/cookie-policy/].

 

Information on others

If you provide us with information on others, it is your responsibility to verify that this is done in accordance with the provisions of the applicable laws. The provision of information about others is subject to their approval and the terms of this policy.

 

 

How do we use personal data, for what purposes and legal basis

We use your personal data for the purpose of:

 

  1. Providing the Services

For this purpose, the legal basis which we rely on is ‘performance of a contract’.

 

  1. Direct marketing including targeted advertising
  2. To show you personalized content and ads on other websites and social media platforms. And to measure the effectiveness of our campaigns (when you consent to the marketing cookie categories and subsequent data processing activities according to our consent management platform)
  3. For retargeting (when you visit our Advertising Partners’ sites and within social media and direct communications) via Cookies or similar technologies
  4. To measure how our websites are being used and gaining insight into how the services are used, to better understand user behavior and improve the usability and reliability of the websites and ultimately your online experience via Cookies or similar technologies

For these purposes, the legal basis which we rely on is ‘consent’.

 

  1. For purposes ‎2 to ‎5 above, in case where you have become our customer
  2. Contacting you and responding to inquiries and complaints through any channel such as chat, email, social media platforms, webforms, our call center or when you visit us in person
  3. If you are not yet a customer of Ono, we process your personal data for the purpose of lead management
  4. Providing customer service
  5. To maintain our business relationship with you, communicate with you and otherwise address matters concerning our business relationship
  6. Personalizing and adjusting your experience
  7. For operational purposes and improvement of our services
  8. Implementing information security and prevention of fraud and/or illegal activities
  9. Managing safety and security at our facilities
  10. For statistics and research (in aggregated form and including by using means such as anonymization and pseudonymization, for making personal information unidentifiable or not directly identifiable)
  11. Compliance with applicable laws, procedures and policies

For these purposes, the legal basis which we rely on is ‘pursuing our legitimate interests’.

 

Sharing personal data with third parties and cross border transfer

As a part of our services, we may transfer your personal data to third parties, including to countries outside the place where you live, where the law provides lesser level of protection to personal data, for the purposes set out in this privacy policy and specifically in the following cases:

 

  • For the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, for the realization of the purposes permitted to us by law, and for the realization of our legitimate interests, for example, for the prevention of fraud. Such a transfer of information will be subject to the third party’s obligations to maintain privacy and information security at the required level in accordance with the type of information transferred.

 

  • Subcontractors and suppliers with whom we cooperate as part of our regular operations. As part of this, your information may be stored with cloud providers abroad who provide us with services related to the applications. In this case, we ensure that the transfer and security of the information are in accordance with all applicable laws.

 

  • As part of the sale of  our business (in part or as a whole) or a merger, or during negotiation of such a sale, provided that such a third party meets the provisions of the law concerning protection of privacy and information security.

 

  • As a part of our legal obligations to share information, such as: with the Central Bureau of Statistics and Israeli National Insurance (BTL).

 

  • Based on your consent, to Ono Student Association in order to register you to the Association.

 

  • For the realization of legitimate interests that we have, such as the prevention of fraud.

 

  • To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.

 

In the event we will transfer Personal Data to third-party that are located outside of the EU/EEA, and if required under applicable law, Ono will ensure the implementation of appropriate safeguards in place to provide adequate level of protection to the Personal Data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws (including the GDPR). For example, this may include the use of EU approved Standard Contractual Clauses or other mechanisms that have been recognized or approved by the relevant authorities from time to time.

 

Links to third parties

On our apps or website, links to external sources may appear, such as advertisements, banners, links etc. Should you choose to access such links, once you click on them you will be subject to the terms and conditions and the privacy policies of such websites/pages/applications. It is hereby clarified that you are fully responsible for the use of such external websites/pages/applications.

 

Data subjects Rights

Subject to the law where you live, you may have some rights with relation to your personal data, and apply to us in writing, as described below to exercise such rights:

  • access the personal data that is kept by us in your regard.
  • rectify the information if you find that the information that we have about you is incorrect or inaccurate.
  • You may be entitled to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • request that your personal information be provided in a portable and readily usable format.
  • request that your personal data be restricted (i.e., stored but not processed) in certain circumstances.
  • object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • to lodge a complaint with the competent Data Protection Authority in your jurisdiction.
  • In the event that our processing of your Personal Data or part thereof is based on your consent, to withdraw at any time your consent, in which case Ono will cease any further processing activities of your Personal Data or the relevant part thereof (however such withdrawal will not affect the legality of the data processing activities prior to the withdrawal).

 

Please note that Ono may not always be obliged to comply with a request of deletion, restriction, objection or data portability. Assessment may be made on a case-by-case basis of Ono’s legal obligations and the exception to such rights.

 

When you make such requests, we may ask you to verify your identity so we can properly identify you and review your request in accordance with law. We will let you know our conclusions and fulfil your requests in accordance with the applicable laws.

 

For more information about these rights and how to exercise them, please us via the contact details set out below.

 

 Information security

We implement information security measures tailored to the nature of the data we manage and in compliance with applicable legal requirements. These measures adhere to industry standards and best practices to safeguard the information in our systems. However, no security system is completely immune to breaches. While we make efforts and take reasonable steps to protect the data and information systems, we cannot be held liable for damages resulting from unauthorized access or breaches beyond our control. We also emphasize the importance of your role in maintaining security by using strong passwords and protect them and keeping your software updated.

 

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and as otherwise permitted or required by applicable laws. When your information is no longer needed for these purposes, we will securely delete, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with our data retention policies. The specific retention period may vary depending on the type of data and the applicable legal or regulatory requirements.

 

Changes and updates to this Policy

We may update and/or change this privacy policy from time to time, as necessary and at its sole discretion. Please pay attention to such changes or updates, which you may view on the privacy policy that is available online. If we make material changes, we will make efforts to inform you about the new updates, and if required by law, we will send a notice to your e-mail address and create pop-ups.

 

Contact

You may directly contact the Company in any matter relating to the aforesaid in the following channels:

Address: HaShdera HaAkademit 1, Kiryat Ono

E-mail: neev.sh@ono.ac.il                                        

Tel.: 0545949750