Privacy Policy
The Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo (the “Company”; “MTA”) is committed to processing data in accordance with its responsibilities under the General Data Protection Regulation and Israeli law privacy regulations.
MTA is strongly committed to protecting your privacy. Both personal and non-personal information collected is safeguarded according to the applicable privacy and data protection standards. This privacy policy will explain how MTA uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
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What data do we collect?
MTA collects the following data:
• Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.).
• Food preferences for conferences.
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide MTA with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
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Register online.
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Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
How will we use your data?
MTA collects your data so that we can:
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Process and manage your account.
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Email you with special offers on other products and services we think you might like.
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Registration for conferences and distribution of newsletter in connection with the project.
MTA may share your data with the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency acting under powers delegated by the European Commission, and other entities on the European Commission’s behalf, for reporting purposes only.
In addition, if you register for conferences within the framework of the project, MTA may share your data with other academic institutions participating in the project in order to plan and prepare such activities and conferences.
If you agree, MTA will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services.
MTA will share your data with Wix.com Ltd. the website platform.
How do we store your data?
MTA securely stores your data on the server farm located physically on the college grounds. The materials and the net are protected by a firewall made by Fortinet and an applicative firewall from the Impreva company.
The project's website is based on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com Ltd. is based in Israel, which is considered by the European Commission to be offering an adequate level of protection for the Personal Information of EU Member State residents.
Wix may store Personal Information in data centers located in the United States of America, Ireland, Japan and Israel. Wix may use other jurisdictions as necessary to properly deliver their services and/or as may be required by law. For further information, please refer to Wix Privacy Policy.
Marketing
MTA would like to send you information about MTA’s activities that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner companies. Such information may include newsletters in connection with the project, invitations to participate in conferences, information about MTA, and further academic information such as information about educational institutions, academic programs, academic publications, etc.
You have the right at any time to stop MTA from contacting you for marketing purposes.
What are your data protection rights?
MTA would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access - You have the right to request MTA for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification - You have the right to request that MTA correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request MTA to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure - You have the right to request that MTA erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing - You have the right to request that MTA restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing - You have the right to object to MTA’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability - You have the right to request that MTA transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.
For further information visit: allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use cookies?
MTA uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
• Keeping you signed in.
• Understanding how you use our website.
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
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Functionality - MTA uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
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Advertising - MTA uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. MTA sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
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Performance - MTA uses these cookies which collect information about how you use our website, like which pages you visited, and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. This includes cookies from third-party analytics.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
The MTA’s website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
MTA keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on May 2022.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about MTA’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: International@mta.ac.il
Call us: +972-3-6803300
Or write to us at: helpdesk@mta.ac.il
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that MTA has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Israeli Privacy Authority.
Email: ppa@justice.gov.il
Address: Tel Aviv Government Complex, P.O. BOX 7360, Tel-Aviv 6107202.