Privacy and security policy

Collecting and using personal information

The Hebrew University Magnes Press is the sole owner of information gathered in this website. We shall not sell, rent, transfer or allow any third party access to personal information in ways that are different then what is defined in this statement.

We collect the following information from visitors and users of this website, and use it as follows:

Sign up / in
There is no need to sign up or to sign in or to use user name and password to view general information such as catalogs, books' and authors' information in this website.

Purchasing products
We request personal information such as name, address, email address, telephone number and credit card information to allow us to process your purchases. This information is required to process transactions as well as for the accurate shipment of your order. If we encounter any difficulty with your order we will use this information to clear this difficulty so we can complete the transaction to your full satisfaction.
Your personal information is also transferred to our members club. This allows you to enjoy members' discounts as well as to receive new titles announcements and information about events and promotions.

E-Books
E-Books are powered by PublishersRow of Skokie Illinois under a special agreement with the Hebrew University Magnes Press. Using e-books requires signing up / in with PublishersRow. This information is also registered in this website. Under the agreement we have with PublishersRow it will never sell, rent, transfer or allow any third party access to your personal information without your prior consent.

Log files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, to locate users traffic and to collect general demographic information for general use. This information is not connected to any personal information.

Links to other website
With the exception of PublishersRow, we do not have any control over the ways other website use your personal information. As this website may contain links to external sites, we encourage you to take particular caution while using links from this website to external website. Our privacy policy does not bind linked website (with the exception of PublishersRow).

Security
This website take all required measures to protect private information both on and off line.
When you enter your credit card information it is encoded using advanced SSL protocols – the most advanced in the industry.
While in secured zone, such as our order screen, the lock icon in the footer appears locked. This indicates that you are in a safe secured and protected zone.

While we use SSL protocols to protect online information, we take all required measures to protect this information off-line. Only employees whose job requires access to private information (such as customer service and accounting) are allowed to this information. Employees' access is password protected. This allows us control and tracing back any activity in this website. We keep or employees current with our privacy policy and the measures to protect privacy and security. Finally, the servers where we store all sensitive private information are stored in a secured zone.