Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 09/10/2024

The Simchat Torah Challenge (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the personal information we collect about you. This Privacy Policy explains the personal information we collect, use, and share when you visit or use our website simchattorahchallenge.org (this “website”). By using this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and to the use of your personal information as described herein.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

We may collect personal information such as your name, email address, shipping address, and any other personal information you choose to provide to us. Additionally, as discussed further below, we may automatically collect certain information about your internet activity, device type, browser type, and operating system via cookies or similar technologies.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including:

How and With Whom We Share Your Information

We also may share your information with third parties as permitted or required by law. These third parties may include the vendors and service providers that assist us in providing this website or the services you request from us, governmental entities who have lawfully requested information from us, or any other third parties as may be required to fulfill the purposes described below: for certain purposes including:

Unless you opt out, we may also share your information with Simchat Torah Challenge Partners, organizations with which we are not affiliated, and they may contact you with information or other content that may be of interest to you.

Your Choices

You have the right to opt out of the receipt of commercial email communications. You may do so by following the unsubscribe or opt-out instructions in each such email, or by contacting us at [email protected].

Additionally, as we respect your privacy and your control over the use of your personal information, you may contact us to request access to or correction of your information, to withdraw your consent for the disclosure of your information, or to request that we delete your personal information we hold.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Cookie Policy

We may also place, view, and/or use, and with third parties working on our behalf may also place, view and/or use, cookies or similar tools to collect information about your use of this website. Cookies, and similar technologies like pixels, are small pieces of software that automatically collect such information as your device’s IP address, browser type, operating system, computer platform, web pages viewed, and/or the date and time of your visit. We may use, or third parties working on our behalf may use, such information for certain purposes, including to support functions on this website, to enhance your experience with this website, and to analyze and compile the usage of this website. We have implemented two categories of cookies, as discussed further below, on our website.

We use performance and analytics cookies to monitor and assess website traffic in order to measure and improve the performance of our website. Our performance and analytics cookies include:

We use marketing and advertising cookies to collect information based on your potential interests. Our marketing and advertising cookies include:

Do Not Track Signals

Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals.

Links to Third-Party Websites

This website may contain links to third-party websites. We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for any information you may provide while on such websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies on those websites before providing your information on such websites.

Children's Privacy

This website is not intended for use by children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information through our website, weekly newsletter, or other related materials. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will promptly delete that information.

Transfer of Personal Information

The Simchat Torah Challenge and the Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation are based in the United States. The website, our weekly email offering, and other services we may offer are operated from the United States, and are designed for and intended to be used solely by residents of the United States. If you reside outside the United States, we ask that you not use this website, or provide us with your personal information. To the extent you do use our website or otherwise provide information to us, you understand and agree that your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This may mean that your personal information is subject to different privacy protections afforded to such information in the country in which you reside.

Modifications to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the revised version of the Privacy Policy on this site and updating the last modified date.

Questions Regarding this Privacy Policy

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].