Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are and How to Contact Us

IsraelNonResident.com is operated by Adv. Eli Shimony, 28 HaArba'a Street, North Tower, Floor 13, Tel Aviv, Israel (the "Operator," "we," "us," or "our"). For all privacy-related enquiries, please contact us at office@eshimony-law.com.

This Policy applies to all websites, pages, features, tools, calculators, forms, communications, and services operated under the IsraelNonResident.com brand (collectively, the "Site"). By accessing or using the Site in any way, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy in its entirety.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information about you from a wide range of sources and through a wide range of means, including the following categories:

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

We collect any and all information you voluntarily submit to us, including but not limited to:

• Your full name, preferred name, and any aliases;
• Email addresses, telephone numbers, WhatsApp numbers, and other contact details;
• Postal and residential addresses, including country, city, and postal code;
• Nationality, country of residence, and country of citizenship;
• Details about your legal matter, situation, assets, family structure, or enquiry;
• Any other information you choose to include in a contact form submission, email, message, or enquiry of any kind;
• Professional or employment information where provided;
• Financial information to the extent you choose to share it in connection with a legal enquiry.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you access or use the Site, we and our third-party service providers automatically collect a broad range of technical and behavioural data, including but not limited to:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address and geolocation data derived from it;
• Browser type, version, and language settings;
• Operating system and device type, model, and manufacturer;
• Screen resolution and display settings;
• Referring URL and the URL that brought you to the Site;
• Pages visited on the Site, order in which they were visited, and time spent on each;
• Links clicked, buttons pressed, and other interactions with page elements;
• Search queries entered on the Site;
• Scroll depth and content engagement patterns;
• Session duration and frequency of visits;
• Date, time, and timezone of access;
• Whether you are a new or returning visitor;
• Any errors encountered during your session;
• Data collected through cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, local storage objects, and similar tracking technologies (see Section 7 below).

2.3 Information from Third-Party Sources

We may receive information about you from third-party sources and may combine it with information we hold, including:

• Analytics providers (such as Google Analytics and similar platforms) that provide enriched data about visitor behaviour and demographics;
• Search engines and advertising platforms that provide data about how users found the Site;
• Social media platforms, if you interact with our content on social media or follow links from social media to the Site;
• Third-party data enrichment and identity resolution services that may help us better understand our audience;
• Public databases, registries, and directories where relevant to services we provide;
• Partners, affiliates, referral sources, and other service providers who direct you to the Site.

2.4 Communications and Correspondence

We retain all communications you send us — including emails, WhatsApp messages, contact form submissions, and any other correspondence — together with our responses. This includes any information about your legal matter, personal circumstances, financial position, or family structure that you choose to share with us.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for a broad range of purposes, including all of the following:

• Responding to enquiries — to respond to contact form submissions, emails, and other communications from you;
• Providing services — to provide, manage, and administer legal services to clients following engagement;
• Operating and improving the Site — to operate, maintain, improve, personalise, and optimise the Site and all content and features on it;
• Analytics and research — to analyse how the Site is used, which content is most useful, how visitors navigate the Site, and how to improve user experience and content quality;
• Marketing and communications — to send you information about our services, publications, legal updates, articles, newsletters, and other content that we believe may be of interest to you, subject to applicable law and your preferences;
• Audience development — to develop and maintain an understanding of who uses the Site, what topics interest them, what legal situations they face, and how best to serve them;
• Personalisation — to personalise your experience of the Site by serving you content, suggestions, and information tailored to your apparent interests, location, and prior behaviour on the Site;
• Advertising — to serve you targeted advertising on this Site and on third-party platforms, including through retargeting and remarketing campaigns, based on your browsing behaviour and inferred interests;
• Search engine optimisation and content strategy — to understand what legal questions our audience is asking and to develop content that addresses those questions;
• Security and fraud prevention — to detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful activity on or through the Site;
• Legal compliance — to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, legal processes, and requests from governmental or regulatory authorities;
• Business operations — to maintain our records, manage our business, and exercise and defend our legal rights;
• Business transactions — in connection with any potential or actual merger, acquisition, financing, reorganisation, sale of assets, or similar transaction involving our business (see Section 6.4);
• Any other purpose for which we provide notice at the time of collection or for which you give your consent.

Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing, we rely on one or more of the following: (a) the performance of a contract with you; (b) compliance with a legal obligation; (c) our legitimate interests in operating and growing our business, improving our services, and communicating with our audience, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights; (d) your consent, where specifically obtained; or (e) any other lawful basis available under applicable law.

4. Aggregated and De-Identified Data

We may aggregate, anonymise, or de-identify information we hold so that it no longer identifies any individual. We may use such aggregated or de-identified data for any purpose, including research, analysis, product development, publication, and commercial purposes, without restriction and without notice to you.

5. Retention of Information

We retain personal information for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including for the duration of any legal services engagement, and thereafter for the following minimum periods:

• Correspondence and enquiry records: a minimum of 7 years from the date of last contact;
• Client files and engagement records: a minimum of 7 years from the conclusion of the engagement, or such longer period as may be required by applicable law or professional rules;
• Analytics and behavioural data: as long as we maintain the relevant analytics accounts or systems;
• Marketing and communications records: as long as we have an active relationship with you and for a reasonable period thereafter;
• Server logs and security records: as long as operationally necessary.

We may retain information for longer periods where necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, or protect our legitimate interests. The specific retention period that applies in any case may depend on the nature of the information, the purpose for which it was collected, and applicable legal requirements.

6. Sharing and Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information with the following categories of recipients for the purposes described in this Policy:

6.1 Service Providers and Technology Partners

We share information with third-party service providers and technology partners who assist us in operating the Site and delivering our services, including but not limited to: web hosting and cloud infrastructure providers; analytics and audience measurement platforms; customer relationship management (CRM) systems; email delivery and marketing automation platforms; form processing and communication tools; content delivery networks; security and fraud prevention services; search engine and advertising platforms; and other software-as-a-service providers. These providers have access to information only to the extent necessary to perform their services for us and are required to protect it appropriately.

6.2 Advertising and Marketing Partners

We may share or make available certain information — including behavioural, demographic, and interest-based data derived from your use of the Site — with advertising networks, social media platforms, and marketing technology providers for the purpose of displaying targeted advertisements to you on this Site and on third-party websites and platforms. This includes the use of retargeting and remarketing technologies.

6.3 Professional Advisers and Regulatory Authorities

We may disclose information to our legal advisers, accountants, insurers, and other professional advisers, and to governmental or regulatory authorities, courts, or other bodies where we are required or permitted to do so by applicable law or where we consider disclosure to be necessary to protect our rights or those of third parties.

6.4 Business Transfers

In the event of any merger, acquisition, reorganisation, sale of assets, financing, or similar transaction affecting our business, whether in whole or in part, we may transfer or assign any and all information we hold — including personal information — to the relevant acquirer, successor, or counterparty as part of that transaction. You will be notified of any such transfer via a notice posted on the Site or by email, and the acquiring entity will be entitled to use and process your information in accordance with this Policy or a successor policy.

6.5 With Your Consent

We may share your information with any third party with your consent, obtained at the time of the disclosure.

6.6 Other Disclosures

We may also disclose your information where we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; (b) enforce this Policy or our Terms of Use; (c) detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our users, or the public.

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We and our third-party partners use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, local storage, session storage, fingerprinting technologies, and similar tracking mechanisms (collectively, "Cookies") to collect information about your use of the Site and to deliver a range of functionalities and services. By using the Site, you consent to our use of Cookies as described in this Policy.

The Cookies we use fall into the following broad categories:

• Essential Cookies — necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off;
• Analytics and Performance Cookies — allow us to count visits, measure traffic sources, understand user behaviour, and improve Site performance (for example, Google Analytics);
• Functional Cookies — enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, including remembering your preferences and settings;
• Targeting and Advertising Cookies — set by us and our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and display relevant advertisements on this Site and across other websites and platforms;
• Social Media Cookies — set by social media platforms to enable sharing functionality and to track your visits to the Site for advertising purposes on those platforms.

You may control Cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain Cookies may impair the functionality of the Site. Our use of analytics and advertising Cookies means that third-party providers may also receive information about your use of the Site in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control.

8. International Transfers of Data

Your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country. By using the Site and providing us with information, you explicitly consent to such transfers. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy wherever it is processed, but we cannot guarantee that all jurisdictions to which your data may be transferred will provide equivalent protection to your home jurisdiction.

Our service providers and technology partners may process data in the United States, the European Economic Area, Israel, and other countries in which they operate. By using the Site, you acknowledge and consent to this international processing.

9. User-Submitted Content and Communications

Any information, content, questions, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other material you submit to us through the Site — including through contact forms, email, WhatsApp, or any other channel — is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary to the extent permitted by law, unless a formal attorney-client relationship has been established through a signed engagement agreement. We may use, reproduce, disclose, publish, translate, distribute, and otherwise exploit such submissions for any purpose, subject to applicable professional obligations and the limitations described in our Legal Disclaimer.

We may retain all such communications permanently and may use them for the purposes of improving our services, training our team, developing content, and understanding the legal needs of our audience.

10. Links to Third-Party Sites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and services. This Policy does not apply to those third-party sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party site and we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site you visit. The inclusion of a link on the Site does not imply our endorsement of the linked site or its privacy practices.

11. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from persons under 18. If you are under 18, please do not use the Site or provide any information through it. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected information from a person under 18, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

12. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect your information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no internet transmission and no data storage system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. Any transmission of personal information to us is at your own risk. We are not liable for any breach of security or unauthorised access to or disclosure of your information unless directly caused by our gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

13. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your country of residence and applicable law, you may have certain rights in relation to your personal information, which may include the right to: access a copy of the personal information we hold about you; request correction of inaccurate information; request deletion of information in certain circumstances; object to or restrict certain processing activities; and withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. These rights are not absolute and are subject to limitations and exceptions under applicable law.

To exercise any applicable rights, please submit a written request to office@eshimony-law.com. We will respond within a reasonable time and in accordance with our legal obligations. We may require you to verify your identity before processing your request. We reserve the right to refuse requests that are manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive, or that would require the disclosure of information relating to third parties.

If you have subscribed to receive communications from us and wish to opt out, you may do so by following the unsubscribe instructions in any such communication or by contacting us directly. Please note that opting out of marketing communications does not affect our right to contact you for non-marketing purposes related to any services we are providing or have provided to you.

14. Legal Basis for Processing (Where Required)

Where applicable privacy law requires us to identify a legal basis for our processing of personal data, we rely on one or more of the following as appropriate: (a) the necessity of processing for the performance of a contract with you or steps taken at your request prior to entering a contract; (b) compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject; (c) our legitimate interests in operating our business effectively, improving our services, and communicating with our audience — where such interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms; (d) your consent, where you have freely given it for a specific purpose; or (e) any other lawful basis available under applicable Israeli law or, where applicable, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or applicable equivalent legislation.

15. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Israel, including the Privacy Protection Law, 5741-1981, and regulations made thereunder, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising in connection with this Policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Tel Aviv, Israel.

Visitors from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or other jurisdictions with specific data protection requirements may have additional rights under applicable local law. Where those rights apply and cannot be contractually excluded, we will honour them. However, all other aspects of this Policy are governed by Israeli law.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify, update, or replace this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason, with or without notice. The updated Policy will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically. If we make material changes that significantly affect how we use your personal information, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you by email (where we hold your email address) or by a notice on the Site, but we are not obligated to do so.

17. Entire Agreement

This Privacy Policy, together with our Legal Disclaimer and any other notices posted on the Site, constitutes the entire agreement between you and us with respect to privacy and the collection, use, and disclosure of your information in connection with the Site. It supersedes all prior versions of any privacy policy published by us.

18. Contact Us

For any questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact:

Adv. Eli Shimony
IsraelNonResident.com
28 HaArba'a Street, North Tower, Floor 13
Tel Aviv, Israel
Email: office@eshimony-law.com
Phone: +972-3-5507155