Terms of Use

1. General

1.1. Welcome to the website of The Israeli Association for International Couples (R.A.) (hereinafter – the “Website”). For the purpose of these Terms of Use, The Israeli Association for International Couples (R.A.) shall be referred hereunder as the “Organization”.

1.2. These Terms of Use regulate the relationship between the Organization and any person browsing or using the Website and the information and content contained therein (hereinafter – the “User”).

1.3. In the event of any contradiction or discrepancy between these Terms of Use and any other terms or provisions published on any other media, the provisions of these Terms of Use shall prevail.

1.4. The use of the Website, the information and the content displayed thereon, are subject to these Terms of Use. Browsing and using the Website shall be deemed as if the User consented to all the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Use. It is hereby clarified that the User is not obligated to agree to the contents of these Terms of Use, however if the User does not agree thereto, the User shall leave the Website and not make any use of the Website or of its content.

1.5. Availability of the information and content on the Website is not constant, and sometimes may even be subject to the provisions of the law, or contractual engagements of the Organization and/or anyone on its behalf with third parties. Accordingly, the Organization is entitled, at its exclusive discretion, to update and/or cancel and/or remove any Website, service or specific content from the Website, from time to time with immediate effect and without providing a prior notice, subject to applicable law, and the User shall have no claim and/or demand in this regard.

1.6. The division of these Terms of Use into sections and the headings thereof are for convenience only, and shall not serve for interpretation purposes. Every reference in this document to the masculine gender – shall refer also to the feminine. Everything stated in the singular – shall refer also to the plural.

2. Use of the Website

2.1. The Website includes information about the Organization’s activities, articles and guidance for international couples in Israel, information about events and services, and other matters which relate to the life of international couples in Israel, and provides information regarding donations to the Organization, including through external payment platform as detailed below, as well as enables the Users to create an account in the Website and access exclusive content.

2.2. The use of the Website and its content is provided and available for use “As-Is”, and without any commitment or warranty of any kind by the Organization and/or anyone on its behalf for the nature, quality, scope, type, degree of accuracy and/or reliability of the content that will be displayed on the Website. The use of the content presented on the Website shall be done at the sole and full responsibility of the User.

3. Restricting the Use of the Website

Without derogating from the aforesaid, the Organization shall be entitled to prevent a User from making any use of the Website in any of the following cases:

3.1. The User committed an unlawful act and/or violated the provisions of any law.

3.2. The User breached any terms of these Terms of Use.

3.3. The User committed an action or omission which may have harmed the Organization and/or anyone on its behalf and/or any third party, including other Users of the Website or the regular operation of the Website.

4. Donations

4.1. Donations to the Organization can be made, inter alia, by credit card, “bit” application, wire transfer or through P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds, Inc.

4.2. Credit card and “bit” donations

4.2.1. Donations by credit card and “bit” application are processed through an external payment platform, operated by “SUMIT”. All donations processed by “SUMIT” require the User to fill the following personal details: full name, email address, and Israeli phone number (optional), and to approve these Terms of Use.

4.2.2. The “SUMIT” donation page features a form for selecting the donation amount and number of donation cycles. Users may opt for preset amounts (under ‘Choose amount (₪)’) or input a custom figure (under ‘Donation amount (₪)’). Following this, users choose between a one time donation (‘Single’) or the number of monthly donation cycles under ‘Recurring payment’. For monthly donations, users can select either a specific number of months or choose ‘Unlimited’

4.2.3. Donations made through the “SUMIT” payment platform are operated as follows:

4.2.4. Credit card – When choosing “credit card”, the donor will be required to fill their credit card details. The donation shall be made solely with a credit card owned by the donor, and the donation will be accepted following an approval from the credit card company. Following such approval, a numbered donation receipt will be sent to the donor, to the email that was inserted by them on the payment page. If the credit card company did not approve the transaction, the donor will receive an applicable notification.

4.2.5. “bit” application – Usage of “bit” payment option requires prior registration to the “bit” service. When choosing “bit” as the payment option, and after clicking “donate”, the donor will be transferred to an external page that is operated by “bit”, where they will be asked to fill in the phone number that is associated with their “bit” account. After filling in the donor’s phone number, they will receive a payment demand via the “bit” application, in which the process will continue until the transaction is completed. Once the transaction is completed, a numbered donation receipt will be sent to the donor, to the email that was inserted by them on the payment page.

4.3. Wire/bank transfers

4.3.1. Wire/bank transfers – donations via wire/banks transfer will be made to the bank account of the Organization, that has the following details:
Account name: The Israeli Association for International Couples (R.A.)
Bank: Mizrahi Tefahot
Branch: 727
Account number: 126930
IBAN: IL09 0207 2700 0000 0126 930
Swift code: MIZBILIT

4.3.2. Upon completion of a bank transfer, to obtain a donation receipt, the donor must contact the Organization at info@aic.org.il, providing the transfer reference number and full name for the receipt. A numbered donation receipt will then be sent to the donor’s email based on the provided details. If the donor fails to contact the Organization within a reasonable time, the Organization will issue a numbered donation receipt at its discretion and will provide the receipt upon the donor’s request.

4.4. P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds, Inc. (“P.E.F”)

4.4.1 The Organization is registered and recognized by P.E.F. as an organization that can receive donations. Donations made to the Organization through P.E.F. are subject to P.E.F.’s terms of use and conditions. For more information, please contact the Organization at info@aic.org.il.

4.5. The User is responsible for filling in the donor’s details and the donation recipient details (when applicable) when placing a donation. In case these details are inaccurate or incorrect, the Organization cannot guarantee that it will send the donation receipt, and the User will bear the outcomes of inserting inaccurate details. The computer registries as maintained with the Organization and/or the other parties involved in the donation on its behalf will be prima facie evidence that the data that appears in them is the data that was inserted by the User.

4.6. The donation is irreversible and will not be refunded.

4.7. Monthly donations can be canceled upon request, or they will automatically expire once the selected number of cycles is completed. To cancel a recurring monthly donation, the user shall submit a cancellation request to the Organization via email to info@aic.org.il. The user shall provide their full name and last 4 digits of the relevant credit card through which the monthly donation is made, for identification. Cancellation requests will be processed by the organization within 7 business days. A notification about the cancellation of the monthly donation will be sent to the donor via email.

4.8. In making the donation, the donor declares that he/she is over the age of 18 and able to perform legally binding actions.

4.9. The Organization undertakes to use the donations solely for the realization of the Organization’s goals.

5. Privacy Policy

The information provided by the User while using the Website and/or by creating an account in the Website, as well as any other data produced on the basis of analyzing the said information, and any information pertaining the User that came and and/or that will come to the Organization’s knowledge in connection with the use of the Website, shall be subject to the Privacy Policy which is available here.

6. Intellectual Property

6.1. All intellectual property rights (of any kind whatsoever), including trademarks, commercial secrets and copyright, whether registered or not, on the Website or any part thereof, including (without limitation): contents, design, and in any software, Website, computer code, graphic file, text and any other material contained on the Website, whether by external interface, source code or target source code, is exclusively invested with the Organization and/or to third parties, as applicable, and shall be protected by the copyright laws of the State of Israel, international treaties and copyright laws of other countries, as applicable.

6.2. The Users are prohibited to insert changes, copy, publish, distribute, broadcast, transmit, display, execute, reproduce, license, creating derivative works, perform reverse-engineering, or to sell in part or in full, temporarily or permanently, in any manner whatsoever, any part of the information and contents contained on the Website without the prior written consent of the Organization and/or such third parties (as applicable). Furthermore, it is prohibited to use the Website in any manner which may violate or damage the intellectual property of the Organization or (as applicable) of such third parties, without the Organization’s prior express written consent.

6.3. The trademarks included on the Website are the property of the Organization or, to the extent published on behalf of the Organization’s advertisers or business partners – the property of these entities only. It is prohibited making any use thereof without the Organization’s or (as applicable) such third parties’, prior written consent.

7. The User’s Obligations

The use of the Website is subject to the following terms:

7.1. It is prohibited to make any use of the information and the contents published and available on the Website for the purpose of displaying them over the Internet, and/or over any other service without obtaining the Organization’s prior written consent, and subject to the terms of the such consent, if given. The User undertakes to refrain from storing information and content contained and available on the Website by means of various types of software or from distributing such information and content to the public, in a commercial manner or in a commercial context or framework or for any other purpose.

7.2. The User undertakes to use the Website, the information, the content and the services distributed or contained therein only in accordance with any law or in accordance with these Terms of Use.

7.3. The User undertakes not to link to the Website and/or use it and/or the information, the contents, the services contained and available therein for the purpose of uploading, downloading, distributing, advertising or broadcasting of: (a) information or other content or material in a manner which violates any rights, including, intellectual property rights, protection of privacy rights, and/or any other property rights; (b) information or other content or material that is illegal or is prohibited to be advertised or use, due to the fact that it is regarded as a threat, offense, insult, libel, defamation, racism or inappropriate content; (c) information or other content or material containing a virus or other software that may sabotage the computer systems of the Organization and/or any other third parties, or in a manner that may limit or prevent the use of the Website by others; or (d) information or other content or material that includes advertisements of any kind whatsoever without the Organization’s prior written authorization.

7.4. The User undertakes not to make changes and/or to intervene in any way whatsoever in the source code of the Website and/or the information and/or the content contained therein, and not to upload software and/or any Websites that may damage or harm the Website and/or the Organization and/or any other third parties.

7.5. The User agrees that, without derogating from any other right of the Organization, in the event the Organization will have any concern that the User’s use of the Website is not in line with these Terms of Use and/or any law, the Organization will be entitled to discontinue the User’s use of the Website and the services contained therein, including by blocking IP number, tracing the User’s use of the Website, and to transfer the User’s behavior patterns to the relevant authorities and/or third parties that will prove, to the Organization’s satisfaction, that they were injured by the User’s violating activity, as well as any other action and measure that the Organization would deem fit in order to protect its property and/or its rights and/or the rights of third parties.

8. Limitation of Liability

8.1. Without derogating from these Terms of Use, in no case or situation shall the Organization and/or any of its affiliates and/or anyone on their behalf shall bear any liability or responsibility for any of the following:

8.1.1. Any indirect, consequential or circumstantial expense, loss or damage (including economic loss, loss of profit, loss of business opportunity, loss of reputation, devaluation and the likes of), which may be incurred by the User or any third party in connection with the use of the Website, and/or by any action or omission of the Organization and/or anyone on its behalf (including without derogating from the generality of the aforesaid, consultation services provided by the Organization);

8.1.2. Any fault and/or delay and/or disruption in the use of the Website (including, without derogating from the generality of the aforesaid, broadcast and transmission lines and/or Internet systems and/or cellular systems), as well as any expense, loss or damage that may be caused for any reason whatsoever that is not depended on the Organization, including, without limitation, as a result of any order and/or regulation and/or instruction of any government authority, substantial shutdown of communication systems, earthquake, storm, shortage of materials and/or public services and/or transportation services, fire, flood, explosion, blast, accident, plague, pandemic, epidemic, strike, lockout, riots, disturbance of the public order, war, acts of terrorism and/or hostility and quarantine, shall not be deemed as a violation of these Terms of Use, and shall not entitle the User to any remedy and/or right. For the removal of doubt and without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, it is hereby clarified that the User shall have no claim or right whatsoever in connection with the actions and measures taken by the Organization as a result of any fault and/or disruption as aforesaid;

8.1.3. Any expense, loss or damage resulting in connection with the actions or omissions of the User and/or third parties, including, without limitation, communication services providers (including in connection with any temporary or permanent fault and/or disruption in the communication lines).

8.1.4. Any expense, loss or damage resulting in connection with unauthorized access, attacks, intrusion and data penetration (or attempt to perform any of the above) by means of communication lines or any other communication network.

8.1.5. Any expense, loss or damage incurred by the User as a result of any update and/or cancellation and/or removal of any content on the Website and/or the Website’s shutdown (or the blocking of access thereto).

8.2. Without derogating from the above:

8.2.1. In connection with the use of the Website, the Organization may provide links and references to various Websites and pages on the Internet, operated by third parties (hereinafter – “Linked Websites”), in which the User will be able to, inter alia, obtain or acquire various products and services. Over these Websites and pages, the User may be required to register, to provide data, etc. It is agreed that the Organization have no knowledge, control or responsibility in connection with these Websites. Providing data and registering in these Websites is not subject to the Privacy Policy of the Website, but rather to the privacy policy of these Linked Websites and to the provisions of any law. Entering these Websites and pages, as well as any other act performed by the User in connection with them, shall be at the sole responsibility of the User and the owners of the Linked Websites, and the User shall have no, and hereby waives in advance, any claim and/or demand regarding direct and/or indirect loss, deficit or damage against the Organization and/or anyone on its behalf, deriving from relying on and/or using the content and/or information provided and contained on those Websites.

8.2.2. The continuous use of the Website depends, inter alia, on the availability, serviceability and survivability of the Internet and/or (as applicable) the cellular communication network which, as known, at some times and/or in some areas within the State of Israel is not full or successive. The Organization and/or anyone on its behalf shall not bear liability for any loss, expense, deficit or damage, including special, consequential or indirect damage resulting in connection with the activity or inactivity of the Website, including (without limitation) in connection with any error, default, failure or technical or any other malfunction when viewing the information.

8.2.3. The Website may include inaccuracies or typographical and other mistakes, and it is not possible to prevent errors, defects and mistakes in content and/or in its transfer manner.

8.2.4. Communication networks, computers, servers and Websites are exposed to attacks and hacking attempts by various entities. The Organization implements several security measures in order to maintain the privacy of the data provided when using the Website, however, the User shall be aware that it is not possible to absolutely ensure this, and there may be security breaches and penetrations of the Website. The Organization does not warrant that the Website will be absolutely immune and secure to unauthorized access to the data contained therein. When browsing the Website, and providing data, the User releases the Organization and/or anyone on its behalf from any liability for any damage incurred by him and/or anyone on the User’s behalf resulting from the aforesaid attacks, hacking attempts and data breaches as aforesaid, and the User waives any claim against the Organization and/or anyone on its behalf in this regard.

9. Miscellaneous

9.1. The Organization reserves the right to add, alter, derogate, modify and replace, at any time, these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, at its discretion, without obtaining the Users’ prior consent, by publishing a notice in this regard on the Website. If we make changes that are material, we will notify the User 30 days in advance, by placing a prominent notice when the User opens the Website. The binding version of these Terms of Use shall be the version that is available on the Website, from time to time. It is the User’s responsibility to be up to date regarding any changes, if any, to these Terms of Use. Continuing to use the Website after such change shall evident the User’s consent and approval with respect to such change. It is recommended that the User will review the provisions of these Terms of Use upon each entry to the Website in order to be review any changes to these Terms of Use (if any).

9.2. All disputes, claims and legal proceedings in connection with the Website, including, without limitation, in connection with the information and the content contained therein, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Israel. The exclusive jurisdiction with respect to any issue concerning the Terms of Use and the use of the Website shall be vested in the competent courts of the State of Israel, and the parties expressly reject the jurisdiction of any other court in this regard.

9.3. In the event any of the provisions of these Terms of Use is held by the court to be illegal and/or invalid, it will not invalidate the other provisions of these Terms of Use and/or the remaining still valid parts of the provision that was invalidated and/or reduced by the court.

9.4. Any delay by the Organization in utilizing a right due to which it is entitled or its failure to insist on a right to which it is entitled in accordance with these Terms of Use or applicable law, shall be deemed as ex gratia only, and shall not serve as or be considered as a waiver by the Organization of the said right.