Privacy Policy

April 7th, 2022: A Note on Privacy: For the time being, we are using industry-standard tracking methods to help us tailor your experience on our platform. These are the same tools that are used by Facebook and Google. We are actively exploring ways to customize your experience without these tools because they actively track your web activity and are reasonably thought to be intrusive. We hope to share more information about that effort this fall.

Last Updated Mar 1, 2022

Introduction

It is Torah Live’s policy to respect your privacy in accordance with this Privacy Policy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website or providing our services.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Torah Live collects information of the sort that web browsers, website analytics, and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Torah Live’s purpose in collecting information is to better understand how Torah Live’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Torah Live may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Torah Live also may collect and process potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on our blog for the purpose of developing our services and website. Be aware that blog commenter IP addresses, email addresses and personal information contained in the blog or upload may be visible to the public at large and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personal Information

Certain visitors to Torah Live’s websites choose to interact with Torah Live in ways that require Torah Live to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Torah Live gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Torah Live are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. Also, by uploading pictures or videos of users, you represent that you have received consent of those appearing on the picture or video (and for minors, have the consent of their parent or guardian). Users can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Protection of Certain Personal Information

Torah Live may disclose personally-identifying information to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that need to know that information in order to process it on Torah Live’s behalf or to provide services available at Torah Live’s websites..

Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Torah Live’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Torah Live will not sell personally-identifying information to anyone unless necessary to fulfill its mission. Torah Live may disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Torah Live believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Torah Live, third parties or the public at large.

If you are a registered user of a Torah Live website and have supplied your email address, Torah Live may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Torah Live and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Torah Live uses cookies to help Torah Live identify and track visitors, their usage of Torah Live website, and their website access preferences. Torah Live visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Torah Live’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Torah Live’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Torah Live and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Torah Live may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at Torah Live’s sole discretion. Torah Live encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy.