Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Israel Assistance Fund, a website and operating name used by CABFORCE LLC, collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information relating to donors, visitors, supporters, and individuals who contact us through the website.

1. Scope of This Policy

This Policy applies to information collected through the public website, contact forms, contribution forms, email communications, and related support interactions. It covers information that identifies, relates to, describes, or can reasonably be linked to an individual or household.

2. Categories of Information We May Collect

• Identity and contact information: name, email address, phone number if voluntarily submitted, mailing details if provided, and any identifying information included in messages sent to us.
• Contribution and transaction information: contribution amount, date, currency, payment status, processor reference information, billing country, and donation history needed for receipts, fraud control, accounting, and donor support.
• Communications: content of emails, support requests, compliance inquiries, chargeback correspondence, and other records created when you contact us.
• Technical and device information: IP address, browser type, approximate geolocation derived from IP, device identifiers, language preferences, referring URLs, pages viewed, and basic event data used for security and performance.
• Fraud and risk signals: indicators provided by payment processors, anti-abuse tools, and internal security controls used to detect unauthorized activity or suspicious transactions.

3. Information We Do Not Intentionally Collect

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information beyond what is reasonably necessary to process contributions, respond to inquiries, maintain security, and comply with law. Full payment card numbers are not stored by us on our servers when payments are handled through third-party payment processors such as Stripe.

4. How We Collect Information

• Directly from you when you fill in forms, make a contribution, subscribe to updates, or contact us.
• Automatically through cookies, server logs, analytics tools, and security technologies when you browse the site.
• From payment processors and service providers when needed to confirm payment status, investigate disputes, prevent fraud, or issue receipts.

5. Purposes for Which We Use Information

• To present and administer the website and improve functionality, stability, and usability.
• To process, record, acknowledge, and support lawful voluntary contributions.
• To send receipts, respond to donor questions, provide operational updates, and maintain donor records.
• To assess, detect, and prevent fraud, abuse, unauthorized transactions, spam, and security incidents.
• To comply with accounting, tax, anti-fraud, legal, and regulatory obligations.
• To maintain internal records regarding operational activities, support communications, and lawful use of funds.

6. Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable under data protection law, we process personal data based on one or more of the following grounds: consent, performance of requested services, compliance with legal obligations, prevention of fraud and misuse, and our legitimate interests in operating, securing, documenting, and improving the website and its support activities.

7. Payment Processing

Online payments may be processed by third-party payment providers such as Stripe. Those processors may collect payment card information, billing details, device signals, and anti-fraud data directly from you in accordance with their own privacy notices and contractual controls. We receive only the information reasonably necessary to confirm the transaction, maintain records, respond to support inquiries, and address disputes or chargebacks.

8. Sharing of Information

We do not sell personal information. We may disclose information only as reasonably necessary to the following categories of recipients:

• Payment processors and fraud-prevention service providers.
• Hosting, security, analytics, email, and technology vendors who support the operation of the site.
• Professional advisers, accountants, auditors, banks, and legal counsel where needed for lawful operations.
• Government authorities, courts, regulators, or law enforcement if required by law or reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, or property.
• Successors or counterparties in a lawful business transaction involving the operator, subject to appropriate confidentiality and legal obligations.

9. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including donor support, tax and accounting requirements, fraud prevention, legal compliance, audit readiness, dispute handling, and record preservation. Retention periods may vary based on the type of record and the legal or operational purpose involved.

10. International Transfers

Because the website is operated in the United States and may use service providers located in other jurisdictions, personal information may be processed or stored outside your country of residence. Where applicable, we take reasonable steps to use reputable providers and contractual safeguards appropriate to the nature of the transfer.

11. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to request access to personal data, correction of inaccurate information, deletion of certain records, restriction or objection to certain processing, and withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent. To exercise a request, contact urgent@israelassistancefund.com. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

12. Security

We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, and destruction. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

13. Children

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from children through the public website. If you believe a child has provided personal information without appropriate authorization, contact us so we can review and remove the data where appropriate.

14. Third-Party Links

The website may contain links to third-party services or resources. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of third-party sites and encourage visitors to review the applicable policies of those providers.

15. Updates to This Policy

We may revise this Policy from time to time to reflect operational, legal, or technical changes. When updates are made, the revised version will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the website after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy to the extent permitted by law.

16. Contact Information

Privacy, donor-support, and compliance questions may be sent to urgent@israelassistancefund.com.