Privacy Policy

Effective as of April 27, 2026

Your privacy is important to us.  This Privacy Statement describes the types of information Hillel International, Inc. (“Hillel” or “We”) collect from and about you through email, social media, direct mail, including when you visit any of our web properties including hillel.org, campus4all.org, jewishcareernetwork.org, strategicplan.hillel.org (collectively the “Services”). This Privacy Statement also explains how We may use and disclose such information, as well as your ability to control certain uses of it. By using the Services, you agree to the data collection, use, disclosure and storage practices described in this Privacy Statement. 

This Privacy Statement is for informational purposes and sets forth our policy with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of information that We collect when engaging with prospective and existing supporters as set forth below. By using the Services, you agree to the data collection, use, disclosure, and storage practices described in this Privacy Statement. 

Hillel is a 501(c)(3) public charity with a mission to enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Hillel is not currently subject to those US state consumer privacy laws that exempt nonprofit organizations, including but not limited to the: California Consumer Protection Act, Connecticut Data Privacy Act, Indiana Data Privacy Law, Iowa Data Protection Act, Kentucky Data Protection Act, Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act, Nebraska Data Privacy Act, New Hampshire Data Privacy Act, Rhode Island Data Privacy Act, Tennessee Information Protection Act, Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, Utah Consumer Privacy Act and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act. Hillel also does not meet the threshold requirements of state consumer privacy laws that apply to nonprofit organizations including but not limited to: the Colorado Privacy Act, Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act, Florida Digital Bill of Rights, Maryland Online Data Privacy Act, Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, New Jersey Data Protection Act or the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act.

Although Hillel is not subject to or does not meet the thresholds of US state consumer privacy laws, as a courtesy, Hillel seeks to enable website visitors to exercise certain rights that are available to them, including the right to:

As noted below, we may sell or share information we collect from and about you with Hillel affiliates and other reputable charitable organizations. If you would like to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information or exercise your other rights please contact us by email or phone and provide us with your name and address at [email protected] or by telephone at (202) 449-6500. 

We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable opt-out request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request. Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable opt-out request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. 

You do not need to create an account with us to exercise your opt-out rights. We will only use and retain personal information provided in an opt-out request to review and comply with the request. 

You may need to contact your local Hillel in order to exercise your privacy rights. 

Information Collection

In some countries, including in the European Economic Area, this information may be considered personal data under applicable data protection laws. 

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information from you when you choose to provide it to us or to one of our affiliates.  This may include when you make a donation or join Hillel’s community, request information from us, register for a conference or other event, sign up for newsletters or our email lists, use our Services, or otherwise contact us or one of our affiliates. 

The information we collect (or receive from our affiliates) may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, mobile telephone number, geolocation information, photos or videos, user name or your [Sephardi or Ashkenazi Jewishly] [relationship to Judaism]. If you use a third party service to login, link to us, or communicate with us (such as a social network or third party video chat), we may receive certain information about you from the third party based on your registration and privacy settings on those third party services. 

If you use the Services to make donations or purchases, you may provide certain payment information, such as payment card, PayPal or other financial account information, and billing address. A third-party payment processor collects and processes that information on our behalf; we do not collect or retain your payment information.

User Generated Content

When you voluntarily disclose information about yourself in the content that you submit to us, including through the Services (such as your name, phone number, and personal email address), this information will be publicly available, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from others. Such activities are beyond our control. Please refrain from disclosing personal information on the Services that you intend to keep private.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of the Services, or transmitted to other users of the Services or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Services with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. Please also note that by submitting a public posting through the Services, We may reproduce some or all of it in our promotional materials—either elsewhere on our website, our social media, in an email, or in our newsletters. 

Information Received from Third Parties

We also may receive information about you from third parties such as Hillel affiliates or other organizations. If you provide us with personal information about others, or if others give us your information, We will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us. For example, We may supplement the information We collect with outside records, or third parties may provide information in connection at your request (such as if you choose to sign in with a third-party service such as Facebook). If We combine the information We receive from others with Personal Information We collect through the Services, We will treat the combined information as Personal Information as described in this Privacy Statement.

Sweepstakes and Promotions

We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions (any, a “Promotion”) that may require registration. By participating in a Promotion, you are agreeing to the official rules that govern that Promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor(s) of the Promotion to use your name, voice, likeness or other indicia of persona in advertising or marketing associated with the Promotion. If you choose to enter a Promotion, your Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of such Promotion, including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law or permitted by the Promotion’s official rules, such as on a winner’s list. In some instances, a Promotion may be hosted by a different website than a Hillel site. In such instances, that website will have a different Privacy Statement from this one, and you should review such website’s Privacy Statement to see how your Personal and non-identifying Information will be used.

Information Collected From Other Sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, including social networks that you use to connect with Hillel.  This information may include name, user name, demographic information, updated address or contact information, interests, and publicly-observed data, such as from social media and online activity. 

Information We Automatically Collect and Cookie Policy 

We and our third-party service providers, including advertisers, analytics, and third-party content providers, may automatically collect certain information from you, including as a site visitor or Hillel supporter whenever you access or interact with the Services. This information may include, among other information, the browser and operating system you are using, the URL or advertisement that referred you to this Site, the search terms you entered into a search engine that led you to this Site, areas within this Site that you visited, and other information commonly shared when browsers communicate with websites. When service providers receive this information, they are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help use conduct and improve our business.

We may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, log files, or other technologies to automatically collect certain information when you use our Services or interact with our emails and online or mobile advertisements.  For example, We may automatically collect certain non-personal information from you such as your mobile device identifier or MAC address, embedded scripts, browser type, operating system, device model, software version, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address or other device identifier (“Device Identifier”) for any device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) used to access the Services, mobile or ISP carrier information, referring/exit pages and the domain name from which you accessed the Services. We also may collect information about your use of the Services including the date and time you access the Services, the areas or pages of the Services that you visit, the amount of time you spend using the Services, the number of times you return, whether you open forward or click-through emails and ads, and other usage data so that we can understand the statistical use trends of our website in order to make improvements. We may also use this information to communicate with you by email and social media. This information may be stored and used with your Personal Information attached to it. 

Some mobile service providers may also provide us or our third-party service providers with information regarding the physical location of the device used to access the Services. If such information is linked to your Personal Information, We will treat it as Personal Information under this Privacy Statement.

We may also use third-party tools or services, such as Google Analytics, to collect information about you when you visit our Site and assist us with analyzing and improving the Services or enable us to contact you based on the information collected. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help use conduct and improve our business. 

In addition, We may use a variety of other technologies that collect similar information for security and fraud detection purposes and We may use third parties to perform these services on our behalf.

For more information on our use of cookies, click here. 

EEA Tracking Options and California Do Not Track Disclosures.  

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. 

We work with third parties to collect user data through our website or mobile device for purposes of serving ads targeted to your interests. We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website by clicking here. 

You can adjust your privacy and advertising settings to limit your tracking for advertising or control whether you receive more relevant advertising. Note that our systems may not recognize Do Not Track headers or requests from some or all browsers.

You may adjust your browser or operating system settings to limit this tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on the Services or take full advantage of all of our offerings. Check the “Help” menu of your browser or operating system to learn how to adjust your tracking settings or cookie preferences. 

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. To learn more about how cookies or other technologies are used to deliver more relevant advertising or to opt out of receiving targeted ads please click here. On your mobile device, you can adjust your privacy and advertising settings to limit your tracking for advertising or control whether you receive more relevant advertising. Note that our systems may not recognize Do Not Track headers or requests from some or all browsers.

You can adjust your privacy and advertising settings to limit your tracking for advertising or control whether you receive more relevant advertising. Note that our systems may not recognize Do Not Track headers or requests from some or all browsers.

Combination of Information

We may combine the information we receive from and about you, including information you provide to us and information we automatically collect through our Services, Apps, as well as information collected offline or from third party sources to help us tailor our communications to you and to improve our Services.

Information Use

We may use the information we collect from and about you to:

SHARING OF INFORMATION

We may share the information we collect, or receive information, from and about you with Hillel affiliates or other reputable charitable organizations. This sharing may be considered a “sale” under certain privacy laws. We do not sell or share your mobile phone number or SMS opt-in information with third parties for marketing or promotional purposes.  Contact us at [email protected] for more information about list exchanges or to opt-out of such exchanges. 

We may also share your information in the following ways:

We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend our rights or property, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability. 

Please contact your local, state or regional Hillel affiliate to manage your communications from such affiliates.

We also may share aggregate or anonymous non-personal information with third parties for their marketing or analytics uses. 

We may sell or purchase assets during the normal course of our business.  If another entity acquires us or any of our assets, information we have collected about you may be transferred to such entity.  In addition, if any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding is brought by or against us, such information may be considered an asset of ours and may be sold or transferred to third parties.  Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to try to require that the transferee use personal information provided through the Services in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Statement.

If you do not want us to share your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Statement, contact us at [email protected].

SERVICE PROVIDERS

We may contract with third parties to perform functions related to the Services (“Service Providers”).  Service Providers will have access to your personal information needed to perform their business functions, but may not use or share that personal information for other purposes.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California Civil Code Section §1798.83 permits users of our site that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to [email protected] or write us at Hillel International, 800 8th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001.

PUBLIC FORUMS 

Any information you may disclose in ratings or review, on message boards, in chat rooms, on Zoom or other video communication platforms, or on other public areas of the Services, becomes public information and may be subject to the terms of use of other Services or platforms.  Please exercise caution when disclosing personal information in these public areas. 

EXTERNAL LINKS

The Services contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites, apps or platforms. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by Hillel. The fact that We link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices. We do not exercise control over third party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit Personal Information from you. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Protecting children’s privacy is important to us. We do not direct the Services to, nor do we knowingly collect any personal information from, children under the age of thirteen. If you are a parent or guardian of someone under the age of 18 who has provided us information without your knowledge and consent, you may request that We remove this information by contacting us at the below address or phone number.

Hillel International
Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center
Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building
800 Eighth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3724

(202) 449-6500

DATA SECURITY

We have taken certain physical, administrative, and technical steps to safeguard the information we collect from and about our customers and Services visitors and users. While we make every effort to help ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee our security measures.

DATA STORAGE AND RETENTION

Your personal information is stored on servers in the United States or in other countries in accordance with the data storage locations of our third-party vendors.  You understand and agree that Hillel may collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process the information you provide as described in this Privacy Statement even if you are from an area outside the United States.  Your personal information may be disclosed in response to inquiries or requests from government authorities or to respond to judicial process in the United States. We will retain your personal information for as long as it is needed to provide you with the Services, or to fulfill any legal or contractual obligations we may have.

If you are a resident of the EEA: Your personal information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, which has data protection laws that are different than those in your country and may not be as protective. For more information on where and how long your personal data is stored, and for more information on your rights of erasure and portability, please contact Hillel’s Vice President, Technology Strategy and Operations at [email protected].

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you have an account on our Services, you may sign in to your account and update your personal information contained in the account. You may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if We believe doing so would violate any law or legal or audit requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS

If you have any questions, requests or concerns about this Privacy Statement or the practices described herein, you may contact our tech team at: [email protected]

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Statement at any time. When We do, We will post the changes on this Site. If We change the Privacy Statement in a material way, We will provide appropriate notice to you. Your continued use of the Services after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Statement shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Statement.

 How you can contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Statement, or if you believe that the Services are not following its stated policies, please contact us at:

Hillel International
Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center
Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building
800 Eighth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3724

[email protected]

(202) 449-6500

If you need to access this Privacy Statement in an alternative format due to having a disability, please contact us for assistance.

YOUR RIGHTS AS A VISITOR FROM THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (EEA)

If you are a European resident, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal data or information is to do so with your consent; where we need the personal data or information for performance of a contract, or where the collection and use is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect the personal information in question. 

If you are located in the EEA, we may also be a data processor of your personal data and a third party would be the controller. In these instances, we will only process and use your data in accordance with the documented instructions of the controller, subject to our agreement and data processing addendum entered into with your employer. The controller will be solely responsible for meeting any legal requirements applicable to data controllers (such as establishing a legal basis for processing and responding to data subject rights requests concerning the data your employer controls).

You have the right at any time to withdraw your consent to our collection and use of your personal data and to exercise the following rights. If we are the data controller, you can contact us to exercise these rights. If we are the data processor, you must contact the controller to exercise these rights: 

To withdraw consent or exercise these rights, please:

Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

If we ask you to provide personal data to us to comply with a legal requirement or enter into a contract, we will inform you of this and let you know whether providing us with your personal data is required and if not, the consequences of not sharing your personal data with us.  

Similarly, if we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our or a third party’s legitimate interests and those interests are not already listed above (see “Information Use” section), we will let you know what those legitimate interests are.

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