Terms And Conditions
Welcome to the website https://shavei.co/ (“this website“) which is operated by Shavei Israel Association, Registered Association 580433399 (the “Association“) whose registered address is Am Ve Olamo 3 Jerusalem 9546303 Our operational focus is for the benefit of individual soldiers from around the world who are serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
General
1. “The user” – any person and/or entity that contacts the website and/or the user of this website, that is competent to perform binding legal actions, including the user declares that he is 18 years old or older.
2. These terms & conditions are written in the male gender, only for the sake of convenience, and should be viewed as applying also to the female gender.
3. The provisions of these terms & conditions will apply to any Action carried out by the user on the website and will constitute the legal basis for any issue between the user and the Association. Pursuant to which, the user is requested to read these terms & conditions in full and with care. Browsing and/or accessing and/or using and/or any Action on the website constitutes the user consent and agreement to be legally bound by the terms & conditions, and accordingly, if the user do not agree to any of these terms & conditions, the user are requested not to use the website.
4. It is emphasized that any person performing an Action on the website, is declaring that he is aware of the website’s terms & conditions and their acceptance, and that neither he, nor anyone on his behalf, will have any claim and/or suit against the website owners and/or its operators and/or anyone on their behalf other than claims relating to a breach of the website owners’ and/or operators’ undertakings according to these terms & conditions and rules of participation.
5. The website usage conditions apply to the use of the website and its services including through any computer or other communications device (such as a cellular phone, palm-top computers of different kinds, etc.). They also apply to use of the website either by internet connection or by any other network or system of communications.
6. The data and/or information published on this website (hereinafter – “the information“) were partially received from third parties, including from other websites (hereinafter – “information providers“); The information or/and information providers may change from time to time and are provided “AS IS”. It is clarified that after the publication of the information, there may be changes in the information, which will not be reflected immediately on the website.
7. If, at any time, the user does not wish to accept the Terms & Conditions, the user may not use the Association Services. Any terms & conditions proposed by the user which are in addition to, or which conflict with these Terms & Conditions are expressly rejected by the Association and will have no force or effect.
8. The user understands and agrees that the Association may discontinue or change the Services at any time, without notice. The user also understands and agree that the Association may discontinue or restrict the user use of the Services for any reason without notice.
9. The Association reserves the right to change the Terms & Conditions from time to time and without the need to give notice and/or advance notice. Please be sure to review and update these Terms & Conditions, since the use of each user of the website constitutes consent to the Terms & Conditions, including the terms of the privacy policy, which is an integral part of these Terms & Conditions. The user’s continued use of the website indicates his acceptance of these changes. To the extent that the user is not interested in this, he must refrain from continuing to use the website.
10. The use of the website and its contents is as it is (“AS IS”), that is, without any possibility of intervention or change by any user and for private needs only. It is strictly forbidden to use the website and/or its contents, partially or fully, for commercial purposes. The content may not be used in whole or in part to copy, modify, modify, reproduce, broadcast, display, publish, transfer, sell, or distribute in any way by any user, without the prior written consent of the Association.
The donation
11. The website is a website where the user can donate money online for soldiers from around the world who are serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
12. In order to make the donation, the user must first select the donation amount. After selecting the donation amount, The user must provide the current correct and accurate personal details, including first name, last name, e-mail address and zip code. This data will be transferred and saved in the Association ‘s database.
13. To the extent that information and personal details are required to be provided when donating on the website, the Association will only ask the user for the information directly necessary for make the donation.
14. It is clarified that the delivery of the aforementioned data by the user is not required by law, but without the delivery of the data defined on the website as mandatory, use of the website will not be possible.
15. Providing incorrect information on purpose or without authorization may constitute an offense against the law. Criminal and civil legal proceedings may be taken against a user who submits incorrect details.
16. In addition to the information mentioned in section 13 above, the user will provide the method of payment with which he will make the donation.
17. The donation can be made in a secure, easy and fast way via Credit card, bank transfer and standing order to the Association’s Bank Account, check, ACH, Cash App and G Pay are the options available on the Causematch donate page. Bank transfer, check or ACH info would need to be included on the site itself.
18. If the user chooses a credit card as the method of payment, for reasons of information security and protection of the user’s privacy, the credit card data will not be saved in full (only the last four digits of the credit card) in the Association’s database and will only be used for the purpose of the specific donation.
19. After entering the details as stated in Section 13 above, the user will confirm the donation by clicking the “Donate Now” button (“Making the donation“). If the user chose a credit card as the method of payment, the system will verify the credit card details through an external clearing company. In cases where the donation was not approved by the credit company, the user will receive an appropriate notification, and the donation will not be transferred.
20. After the amount of the donation has been received by the Association (and in case the user paid with a credit card after receiving approval from the credit company for the donation), an e-mail message will be sent to the user to the address entered when filling in the personal as stated in section 13 above (“Confirmation of Donation“).
21. It is clarified that the website is connected to additional external systems that provide the clearing and/or credit services and/or the transfer of the donation to the Association and/or the issuance of receipts as part of the donation process (“the external providers“).
22. The external providers, each of which provides the services as detailed below. When using the website and/or making the donation to the Association, the user’s irrevocable consent is hereby given to the terms of use of all the external providers listed below as well as those not listed below:
22.1. P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds., Inc. with offices at 630 Third Avenue, 15TH Floor (NEW) New York NY 10017 USA, through which the donation is made and transferred to the Association as well as the production of digital accounting documents. The terms of use appear in the following link: https://pefisrael.org/terms-conditions/?doing_wp_cron=1715076575.0634191036224365234375
22.2. CauseMatch LLC. with offices at Denver, CO, United States, Colorado, which provides the clearing services on the website, including the secure clearing forms and the completion of the clearing process from the user to the Association. The terms of use appear in the following link: https://www.causematch.com/terms-of-service/
23. It is clarified that the clearing fees are in accordance with the rates set by the credit and clearing companies.
Liability and service
24. The use of the information on this website is the sole responsibility of the user. Although, to the best of the Association knowledge, the information on this website is based, reliable and correct, the Association does not guarantee the accuracy of the information, its completeness, its up-to-dateness, and its suitability for any specific need. The Association or someone on her behalf are not responsible and will not bear any responsibility of any kind for any loss or damage that may be caused, directly or indirectly, as a result of information appearing on the website, from the omission of information from the website, from the non-continuous appearance of the website on the Internet, including the cessation of the appearance of the website altogether as well as from acts or omissions of third parties involved in the uploading of the website and its preparation and/or the preparation of the information published on the website or the data on which it is based. Also, the parties mentioned will not be responsible in any way for legal claims arising from the information published on this website and will not be responsible to parties in connection with the use made of the information published on this website or for non-use of the information on the website. A user undertakes to indemnify the Association or someone on her behalf for any damage, loss, payment and/or expense (including attorneys’ fees and legal fees) incurred by them due to a violation of terms on the website or unauthorized use of the website or its information.
25. The Association make no warranties or representations about the website. The Association shall not be subject to liability for any delays or interruptions of the website from whatever cause. The user agree that the user use the website and the content at the user’s own risk.
26. In no event shall the Association or someone on her behalf, be liable to the user or to any third party or to anyone else for any kind of financial loss, lost profits, any special, incidental or consequential damage or any other similar damage or any other loss or injury, resulting directly or indirectly from use of the services, caused in whole or part by it’s negligence or contingencies beyond it’s control in procuring, compiling, interpreting, reporting or delivering the services and any content on thereon.
27. In no event shall the Association or someone on her behalf be liable to the user or any third party or any one else for any decision made or action taken by the user in reliance on such content on the services or the services themselves.
28. The Association is not responsible for any damages caused due to use of the plot website, changes in response times, unavailability of the website or any of its functions.
29. The website may contain links to other sites operated by third parties that the user will reach by using the website. The Association has no control over the links and does not guarantee that all the links found on the website will be correct and will lead to an active website. Links to third-party websites should not be interpreted as giving endorsement, validity, approval, recommendation, or preference by the Association to those linked websites, their contents, their operators or the products and services presented therein. The Association will not be held responsible, directly or indirectly, for the content that appears on the websites, for the use or reliance on information that appears on the online websites and for the services and products offered in them or in the advertisements published in them.
30. The Association shall not be liable, and the user agree not to hold or seek to hold the Association or someone on her behalf providers liable, for any technical problems, system failures and malfunctions, communication line failures, equipment or software failures or malfunctions, system access issues, system capacity issues, high Internet traffic demand, security breaches and unauthorized access, and other similar computer problems and defects.
31. The user agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Association or someone on her behalf immediately upon demand from and against all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including legal fees and other charges whatsoever, howsoever caused, that may arise as a result of: (i) any breach of these Terms & Conditions by the user or (ii) violation by the user of any law or the rights of any third party.
32. The Association does not and cannot guarantee or represent that any of the information and data made available via the Tools is real-time, accurate, complete, current or appropriate for the user needs. Certain information and data made available via the Tools is obtained from Third Party Providers (defined above) who are generally understood to be sources of reliable information and data. However, due to a variety of different factors, including mechanical and human error, the timeliness, completeness, accuracy and correct sequencing of such information and data and results obtained from use thereof are not guaranteed by The Association.
33. The Association may integrate advertising and links to third party websites within the Tools but does not endorse such advertising or the content and services which are provided on third party websites accessible via the Tools. The user will not modify, remove, change, edit, amend, alter, cover, hide, block, obscure, bypass or reorder any aspect of the advertising and links which are referred to above.
34. The Association or someone on her behalf will not be liable to the user or any third party for any financial loss, lost profits, any special, incidental or consequential damage or any other similar damage or any other loss or injury, incurred as a result of delays, informational errors, inaccuracy or incompleteness of the information and data provided in the Tools or any actions taken in reliance thereon, or for the advertising or content and services which are provided on third party websites accessible via the Tools.
35. Without derogating from the generality of the “Links to Third Party Sites” above, the user agrees not to hold the Association liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of any engagement the user may have with third parties referred to from the Services.
36. Without prejudice to any other rights in these Terms & Conditions, if the user breach in whole or in part any provision contained herein, the Association or someone on her behalf which provide the Services to the user reserve the right to take such action as they sees fit, including (but not limited to) terminating any agreement in place with the user, terminating or blocking the Services to the user and/or taking legal action against the user.
37. The Association does everything in its power to provide the user with a high-quality and safe user experience on the website. However, the website is not immune to failures and/or problems and the user may not have access to the website from time to time.
38. The Association does its best to ensure that the information presented on the website is the most complete and accurate information, but it will be clarified that it may contain, in good faith, inaccuracies or errors for which the Association will not bear any responsibility arising from or related to them.
39. Subject to any law, the Association will not be held responsible for any damage of any kind, caused to the user or anyone on his behalf, if any information entered by the user during making the donation is lost or reaches any party other than the association and/or is used without permission.
40. The Association is not responsible, to the extent that there is any, for the contents published in the links on the website that lead to other websites that can be reached through the same link. The Association does not guarantee that the link will lead the user to an active website.
Intellectual Property
41. All intellectual property rights in the Association, including patents, production rights, patterns, organizational and commercial secrets, are the exclusive property of the Association. These rights apply, inter alia, to the Association’s website’s graphic designs, the data base which contain the website computer code, its internet address and every detail relating to its activities.
42. No information from the website whatsoever can be copied, duplicated, distributed, marketed or translated (including trademarks, photographs, texts and computer code (without obtaining the Association’s prior, specific permission in writing).
43. No commercial use can be made of the data which the Association publishes, of the Association’s data base or of other details issued by the Association, without obtaining the Association’s prior written consent.
44. The Association will be entitled to tell a user to remove any advert or information of which use is made in such a manner that the Association’s interests or property are harmed.
45. The Association ‘s name and the trade name, the website, the Association ‘s trademarks (whether registered or not), are all the exclusive property of the Association. No use may be made of them without obtaining the prior written approval therefor.
46. Icons of all information and/or display appearing on the website, including graphics, formatting, displayed text, trademarks, logo, and the editing and presentation of such, are the Association’s exclusive property. Any use of this property of the Association will be made solely in accordance with these terms & conditions.
47. No use shall be made of any trademark or product design or pattern appearing on the website or in pictures appearing on the website which are protected intellectual property, both by virtue of the Israel and foreign law.
Privacy
48. By accessing or using this website the user agree that the Association may use personal information that the user provide or make available to the Association in accordance with the Privacy Policy which is available at (Attach a link after the final version of the privacy policy( (“Privacy Policy“).
Further conditions
49. The Association reserve the right to amend, remove, or add to these Terms & Conditions at any time. Please check the “Last modified” heading at the top of this document to see when the Terms & Conditions were last updated. Any changes to the Terms & Conditions will become effective when the Association post the revised Terms & Conditions. The user use of the Services, or the user provision of personal information following any changes means that the user accepts the updated Terms & Conditions.
50. The Association reserves the right, at any time, to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Services or any part thereof with or without notice. The user agree that the Association will not be liable to the user or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services or any part thereof.
51. The Association reserves the right to suspend the operation of the Services or any part or sections thereof at any time and no claims may be entertained against the Association in connection thereto.
52. If any part of these Terms & Conditions is held unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
53. Failure to assert, at any time, any right, or require performance regarding these Terms & Conditions by or on behalf of the Association shall not constitute concession, yield, waiver or relinquishment of any sort, and shall not limit Association’s rights with respect to such breach or any subsequent or other breaches.
54. The Association reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to periodically amend or revise these Terms & Conditions. The user continued use of the Services, following such amendment, constitutes the user acknowledgement and consent of such amendments.
55. The laws of the State of Israel will apply to the use of the website and everything arising from such use, and the courts of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa district will have the sole and exclusive jurisdiction in all matters related to them.