Terms of Use

1. Usage

1.1  Your use of this and other web sites of the Bnei Akiva Youth Movement (Bnei Akiva) is subject to the terms and conditions as set out below, including, but not limited tothe documents that are referred to in some of the clauses.

1.2  You should read the terms and conditions carefully before you access any website or participate in any chatroom, newsgroup, bulletin board, mailing list, transaction or other on-line forum of Bnei Akiva.

1.3 By using these web sites, you acknowledge that you have read these terms and conditions and agree to be bound by and comply with them.

2. Copyright

2.1 Copyright © Bnei Akiva Youth Movement, 7 Penn Plaza New York, NY 1001-3900, USA . All rights not expressly granted are reserved. Permission for the commercial use of any content on Bnei Akiva’s sites may be obtained from the Bnei Akiva Collaboration Unit at:

2.2 You may download, view and print content from the Bnei Akiva sites for lawful purposes only.

2.3 All moral rights of Bnei Akiva and its employees, agents and members are reserved.

3. Other Intellectual Property Rights

3.1 All the work, trademarks, databases on this web site, including but not limited to, software, text, graphics, icons, hyperlinks and designs are proprietary of or licensed to Bnei Akiva and as such are protected from infringement by local and international legislation and treaties. Subject to the rights afforded to you herein, all other rights to all intellectual property on this site are expressly reserved.

4. Electronic Communications

4.1 When you visit the Bnei Akiva web sites and during that visit complete a web form to request information or when you send e-mail to Bnei Akiva, and do not explicitly request a non electronic communication medium, you consent to receiving communications from Bnei Akiva electronically and agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications sent by Bnei Akiva satisfy any legal requirements, including, but not limited to the requirement that such communications should be "in writing".

4.2 You acknowledge and accept that the action to click on specified buttons on certain web forms on the Bnei Akiva sites may constitute an expression of intent or other statement.

5. Linking and Framing

5.1 Hyperlinks provided on Bnei Akiva sites to other sites are provided as is and Bnei Akiva does not necessarily agree with, edit or sponsor the content on such web pages. Bnei Akiva disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in such linked web sites. You may use the online feedback form to notify Bnei Akiva of any content on such linked sites that may be offensive or illegal.

5.2 It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, entity, or web site to represent any page on this web site, including the home page, in any way whatsoever, such as framing, on their web site so that it appears to be their own information.

6. Using Search Technology

6.1 The use of search technology, such as "web-crawlers" or "web-spiders", to search and gain information from this web site is not permitted if such technology will result in slowing down this web site or infringe the intellectual property rights of Bnei Akiva.

7. Disclaimer

7.1 Bnei Akiva makes no representations or warranties, implied or otherwise, that, amongst others, the content and technology available from this web site are free from errors or omissions or that the service will be 100% uninterrupted and error free. Users are encouraged to report any possible malfunctions and errors.

7.2 These web sites are supplied on an "as is" basis and the user agrees that the sites are used at own risk. These sites have not been compiled or supplied to meet the user's individual requirements. It is the sole responsibility of the user to satisfy him/herself that the service available from and through these web sites will meet the user's individual requirements and will be compatible with the user's hardware and/or software.

7.3 Information, ideas and opinions expressed on this site should not be regarded as professional advice or the official opinion of Bnei Akiva unless the contrary is expressly indicated.

7.4 All items purchased from Bnei Akiva, are made pursuant to agreements with shipping, delivery or transmission agents and risk of loss pass from Bnei Akiva to such agents upon delivery of any item to such carrier.

7.5 Neither Bnei Akiva nor any of its agents or representatives shall be liable for any damage, loss or liability of whatsoever nature arising from the use or inability to use any product sold on this web site.

7.6 No information or data on this web site is an offer to do business, but is merely an invitation to do business.

7.7 No agreements shall be concluded merely by sending a data message to Bnei Akiva. Valid agreements require an acceptance of an offer from Bnei Akiva.

7.8 No e-mail message shall be deemed to have been received by the institution until the complete data message enters the Bnei Akiva mail server and is capable of being retrieved and processed by the addressee.

7.9 Content in the various community areas (such as, but not limited to: forum, blog and user comments) should not be seen as official Bnei Akiva opinions, but rather express individual users.

8. Description of main characteristics of goods and services

The opportunities, resources and services that Bnei Akiva offer are stated on various web pages on the Bnei Akiva sites. The information provided on such pages are subject to change in terms of section 15.1.

9. Fees and other costs

9.1 The fees, relevant levies and other costs are subject to change in terms of section 15.1.

9.2 No VAT is payable on international orders for other products or services.

9.3 Import duties may be payable by recipients of goods in foreign countries. Bnei Akiva does not have knowledge of and therefore does not provide information on such levies.

10. Payment Methods

10.1 Only requests for credit card payments are accepted via the Bnei Akiva web sites. These requests are processed offline at a later stage.

10.2 Various other offline payment options, such as direct bank deposits and check payments, are available to visitors and the buyers of other products.

11. Severability

11.1 These Terms and Conditions of Use constitute the entire agreement between Bnei Akiva and you, the user of this web site. Any failure by Bnei Akiva to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall in no way constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

11.2 In the event that any term or condition of the use of this web site is not fully enforceable or valid for any reason, such term(s) or condition(s) shall be severable from the remaining terms and conditions. The remaining terms and conditions shall not be affected by such unenforceability or invalidity and shall remain enforceable and applicable.

12. Governing Law

12.1 This site is hosted, controlled and operated from the United States of America and therefore governed by US law, subject to the terms of Public International Law.

13. Privacy

13.1 Bnei Akiva is committed to protect our users’ privacy.

13.2 Bnei Akiva only collects personal information when users provide such information voluntarily, eg. when they register to use the online services or when they request information and wish to receive such information via e-mail.

13.3 In some cases non-personal information, such as the user’s domain and IP-address is stored on the user’s computer as a cookie-file and in a statistics file on the web sever. This information is used to improve the service offered to users.

13.4 The collected personal information is stored in databases to which access is strictly controlled and only staff, who in the course of their duties need to have access to such information.

13.5 No personal information about a user will be disclosed to third parties without the user’s permission or due process.

13.6 By using this web site the user consents to the following:

13.6.1 Bnei Akiva may use personal information about the user to communicate with the user from time to time.

13.6.2 Bnei Akiva may use the user’s information for non-personal statistical purposes.

14. Security

14.1 All reasonable steps will be taken to secure a user’s information

14.2 Users undertake not to divulge their user name and passwords to any other person.

14.3 It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, or entity to gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any information on this web site, or to deliver or attempt to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this web site. Any person who delivers or attempts to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this web site or attempts to gain unauthorised access to any page on this web site shall be held criminally liable, and in the event that Bnei Akiva should suffer any damage or loss, civil damages will be claimed.

14.4 All requests for credit card payments are encrypted with 128 bit SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption technology. The company registration documents and the site's registered domain name are checked and verified by Verisign.

15. Changes and amendments

15.1 Bnei Akiva expressly reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to alter and/or amend any criteria, information, prices and rates quoted on its web sites without prior notice.

15.2 Bnei Akiva may, in its sole discretion, change the terms and conditions of using its web sites at any time without prior notice.

16. Disputes

16.1 In the event of any dispute of any nature whatsoever arising between the parties on any matter provided for in, or arising out of this agreement, the US law will apply and the appropriate courts of USA will have jurisdiction.

17. Term and Termination

18.1 This agreement shall commence when the user starts using the Bnei Akiva web sites and continues indefinitely until terminated by Bnei Akiva in terms of clause 14 hereto or for any other reason.

18. General Information

18.1 Bnei Akiva may be visited or contacted at the following addresses: