Last Updated: 15.10.25
This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use available at this link. Terms not defined in the Privacy Policy shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Terms of Use. The jurisdiction and governing law applicable to this Privacy Policy are as set forth in the Terms of Use.
"Globes" may update the Privacy Policy from time to time, and therefore we recommend checking periodically to see if any changes have been made.
This Privacy Policy is written in the masculine form but applies to all genders.
A. General
1. "Globes" is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of its users and customers.
2. The purpose of this policy is to make clear how "Globes" will store, process, and share with others the personal data of its users when they visit the websites operated by "Globes" or use the services provided by us. "Globes" will use these data in compliance with every relevant law.
3. The use of "Globes'" website, services, and applications constitutes your consent to this policy. If you have any question or comment about this policy, please contact our customer service desk at the following e-mail address: sherut@globes.co.il.
4. "Globes" reserves the right to change and update this privacy protection policy at any time.
B. Why do we collect personal data?
We collect personal data in order to measure use of our websites, improve the services we provide, display more relevant content in general and personalized content in particular, generate a connection with users, send sales promotion bargains, and display relevant advertising to users on the "Globes" websites and other websites.
C. What personal data are collected?
1. Usage information - In order to be able to improve the user experience on the website and offer basic services, we collect usage information on all the surfers on the website. We save the identity of the device, the type of browser used by the surfers, the Internet site from which they reached "Globes," which pages they visited, how much time they spent on the website on average, and how many times they returned to visit the website on average. In addition, when surfers use services offered on the "Globes" website, they may transfer, or "Globes" may gather, various data relating to the surfer's personal preferences, including consumption habits or behavior. "Globes" may connect these data to a registered user and to personal information provided by him in order to offer to that registered user content adapted to him personally, special benefits, and so forth.
2. Voluntarily disclosed information - When you register for using certain of our services that require registration or contact us in a way that identifies you, we collect the personal details disclosed by you that are necessary in order to offer you those services. These data may include your full name, your e-mail address, the stocks in the personal portfolio you maintain at "Globes," etc. This information is stored in a database owned by "Globes" that is registered in the databases registry as required by law. We may ask you to provide us with additional personal information during your use of our services.
In addition, the user may be enabled to connect to the "Globes" website via other platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, or Google ("connection platforms")' without opening a special account on the "Globes" website and without inputting personal details. Connecting via connection platforms is intended to make things easier for the user and save him having to open a dedicated account on the "Globes" website. The user is aware that by connecting to "Globes" via connection platforms he confirms that personal information stored through his account on the connection platform, including full name, e-mail address, and date of birth, will be gathered on him automatically and without him having to input it.
3. Your customer data - If you are a customer of "Globes," we will store all of the necessary data in the framework of the transaction. These data include the address for provision of the service, your contact details, details of your payment, etc.
All the personal information that is collected, is stored in a special database owned by "Globes" (for which contact details are provided above) and registered in the databases registry as required by law. The user is under no legal obligation to provide personal information. However, without providing such information, the user may be unable to register on the "Globes" website, access various services offered through the "Globes" website, or view content published on the "Globes" website. By registering on the "Globes" website and using its services, the user declares that he is aware of the absence of any legal requirement to provide the details submitted, and that the information is provided voluntarily and with his full consent.
If a user provides "Globes" with personal data regarding third parties, he undertakes that he has obtained all the necessary permissions and authorizations as required by law and has received the consent of those third parties for the disclosure of their personal data and processing of that data by "Globes" in accordance with this privacy policy. He also undertakes to inform those third parties about the provisions of this privacy policy and how information about them will be used. It is hereby made clear that "Globes" will not bear any responsibility for any disclosure of personal data made by you without authorization, without consent, or without proper notice to third parties as required by law.
D. With whom do we share this information?
1. Service providers - Your personal information is shared with service providers working with us to the extent necessary to operate the website and in order to provide the services it offers, for example in order to operate the responses platform on the website or send on our behalf mailings and updates about news articles, or to run "Globes" conferences and events in which you participate.
2. Advertisers and transfer of details to third parties - For the purposes of the aims and uses detailed in this privacy policy, and in order to support and operate the website (including through cloud services), we may transfer information about you to advertisers and other entities and various service providers in Israel and outside the borders of Israel, in order to personalize for you advertisements and various kinds of content of third parties, or if we receive a judicial order or regulatory instruction we reserve the right to provide the information.
We use web beacons in order to share with advertisers statistical information as defined in the Terms of Use, for example about the average number of entries by a user into a particular section, articles read, areas of interest, etc., so that they will be able to display to you more relevant advertising on both the "Globes" website and on other websites.
The third parties to which we may transfer information are: our commercial and content partners, among them the company's service providers and various consultants (including outside of Israel, and subsequent further transfer, including to countries that guarantee a level of privacy protection different from the practice in Israel) which require the information in order to fulfil the above aims.
In any instance in which we transfer information about you outside the borders of Israel, the transfer of information will be made in accordance with the provisions of the law and this policy.
3. Business customers - In cases in which the user’s subscription was purchased by their employer or any other third party, "Globes" may provide that employer or third party with aggregated and anonymous information about your use of the "Globes" website and services, as well as about other users. This information is provided in order to supply "Globes’" business customers with data relating to user access habits, including according to the industry sector to which they belong, and similar criteria. The information transferred is, as stated, aggregated and anonymous, and will not personally identify the user nor allow any details to be learned about a specific individual.
E. What use may we make of your data?
1. For sending updates - At your request, we will inform you of articles published on the website in your fields of interest, or will provide you information on changes in trading on the capital market that you have asked to receive.
2. For advertising/marketing mailing - Subject to your consent, we may send you advertising and sales promotion mailings, including advertisements that we send on behalf of advertisers or third parties working with us. If you wish not to receive approaches via marketing mailings, you may at any time notify "Globes" by means of the contact details that appear below on this Privacy Policy, or by means of the details on the mailing itself, at your choice. it is hereby made clear that "Globes" will be entitled to send you marketing mailings on the basis of the outcome of the processing and characterization of your personal information as provided by you and/or information on your activity on the website and/or information stored in the "Globes" databases, in order to offer you various products or services that are likely to interest you.
3. To provide the services offered on the website - We shall make use of your information in order to enable you to enjoy the services offered on the website, including the purchase and management of subscriptions, registration for and participation in conferences, workshops, and events, management of registrations, sending updates relating to events or to your subscription, and responding to your inquiries.
4. For improving the website and widgets - Through the use of summary information about the behavior of many users, we can judge how changes should be made in the structure of the website or widgets, the content appearing on them, etc. in order to generate a better, more interesting, and richer user experience.
5. For presenting relevant content - Monitoring clicks enables us to discern which topics are generating the most interest and how surfers reached the content that interested them. In this way, we will be able to offer users more relevant and interesting content on a personal level, and avoid displaying articles to them that they have already read.
6. For displaying relevant advertisements - We shall share information about you with advertisers and advertising platforms in order to display more relevant advertising to you. As noted above, this information does not personally identify you and does not include personal data that you have disclosed to us.
7. To carry out anonymous statistical processing - For the purposes of improving the services that "Globes" provides to its subscribers and customers.
F. Information about the use of cookies
When users are surfing on the "Globes" website, we store information in cookie files installed on their devices.
1. What are cookies?
A cookie is a text file designed to collect information about your use of the website. The file is managed by your Internet browser.
Some of our cookies are produced directly by us and some by service providers with which we work. In any case, the use of cookies is subject to the restrictions on the use of personal data set out in this Privacy Policy.
2. Our cookies can be classified into several types:
a. Technical cookies - These cookies are necessary for navigating the website and also for accessing various services. In particular, technical cookies enable you to access the website, write comments, access services such as a reading list or a personal securities portfolio, and make your surfing easier. By saving the articles that you have recently read, we can recommend more relevant articles to you, while refraining from repeatedly recommending the same articles to you. Technical cookies can also be used for security purposes (for example, we will remember your user name when you are asked to identify yourself again on the website). If you disable these cookies, you will be unable to access various services on the website.
b. Measurement cookies - In order to offer our users relevant and interesting content, we save cookies that measure your use of the site: which pages you viewed, how you clicked in order to reach them, how long you spent reading, etc. These data enable us to improve the surfing experience on the website. For example, by saving your reading history, we are able to recommend articles to you on various topics and to avoid recommending to you articles that you have already read. In addition, by using summaries of these data, we can assess which parts of the website are more popular and which less, and improve the surfing experience accordingly.
c. Marketing and advertising cookies - These cookies are issued by our advertising partners. They enable us and them to collect non-identifying information about your usage habits on the "Globes" website and the websites of our partners in order to display relevant advertisements to you that are likely to interest you. We emphasize that these cookies are separate from the cookies relating to your personal account.
In addition, these cookies also enable us to count the total number of advertisements displayed to the user, to identify specific advertisements displayed to him, to monitor clicks on each advertisement, and, if relevant, whether the user took action following the advertisement (for example, left contact information or registered for the service being marketed).
These cookies enable us to improve the user experience of advertisements on the "Globes" website and on our partner websites, for example by limiting the number of times you are exposed to the same advertisement. We can also display to you advertisements on topics likely to interest you in accordance with your usage habits.
d. Social networks - These cookies enable you to share or recommend content from "Globes" on social networks without having to identify yourself each time.
G. How can the use of cookies on the "Globes" website be cancelled?
By using our website, you consent to the use of these cookie files. At the same time, you have the option at any time to block the reception of cookie files from "Globes" or from third parties on the "Globes" website by changing the cookie settings on your browser:
1. Blocking technical and measurement cookies - If you block these cookies, your entry into the website will continue to be counted in our systems, but will be measured each time as if you had entered the website for the first time.
- Google Analytics
- Hotjar
- ChartBeat
2. Blocking cookies issued by social networks: If you block these cookies, you will be unable to share articles or recommend content directly from within the "Globes" website.
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
3. Blocking cookies for marketing and advertising purposes: Termination of reception of advertising cookies will not cause fewer advertisements to appear on the website; you will continue to receive advertisements, which are likely to be less relevant and interesting to you.
- AppNexus
- ArtiMedia (information only)
- BidSwitch
- Digitrust
- firstimpression.io
- Google Ads
- Lotame
- Nielsen Marketing Cloud
- Pubmatic
- QuantCast
- ScorecardResearch
- Sekindo
- Together (information only)
- Taboola
- Zemanta (OutBrain)
D. Rejecting the reception of cookies via your browser - At any time, you can choose to disable all of the cookie files from the "Globes" website. You can also set the browser so that it notifies you when cookies are seeking to be saved on your device and asks you for approval to receive them. At the same time, we remind you that disabling all of the cookie files will prevent you from using the "Globes" website properly and will allow you basic usage only.
Changing Cookie Settings in the Browser:
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Internet Explorer
- Safari
H. Reviewing and deleting personal information
You are entitled to review the information about you stored in the "Globes" database. If you find that the information is incorrect, incomplete, unclear, or not up to date, you may contact us with a request to correct or delete the information. Such a request should be directed to our customer service at: sherut@globes.co.il
I . Keeping the data
"Globes" will keep your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the aims set out in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with the rules on data storage that apply in the company.
To remove access via a connection from Facebook:
a. Go to the Facebook app.
b. In the main menu, click on "Settings & Privacy".
c. Click on "Settings".
d. Under "Security" click on "Apps and websites".
e. Find "Globes" in the list of connected websites and click on it.
f. Click "Remove".