Terms of Use

Institute of Structural Reforms Ltd. (HTML) 514493915 (”society“) welcomes your choice to browse the website operated by it at: https://www.ref-inst.org (“Site”).

The website provides general information about the institute and its activities, including the promotion of structural reforms aimed at reducing economic-social disparities in Israel, the publication of position papers and studies in the field of socio-economic policy, in the field of political economy and institutional economics, as well as any other information, as provided from time to time on the website (”The publications“).

1. General

1.1. The Terms of Use govern the relationship between the Company and you (“User”) on the Site. We ask each user to read the terms of use carefully, as use of the site indicates the user's agreement to all the terms of use below, without any limitation or reservation.

“User” — any person and/or entity who accesses the Site and/or makes use of the Site and/or any of the publications offered on it, whether being a casual or regular user.

1.2. Any use of the Site content and/or the publications offered thereon, which is not in accordance with the Terms of Use, is strictly prohibited and the Company reserves the right to terminate or suspend your use of the Site if you do not comply with one or more of the provisions of the Terms of Use.

1.3. What is stated in the terms of use refers equally to members of both sexes and the use of the male tongue is for convenience only.

1.4. The Company reserves the right to update the Terms of Use at any time it deems appropriate in its sole discretion, and without the need to provide any notice. The validity of any change to the Terms of Use will begin as soon as it is posted on the Website, so you are requested to review the Terms of Use from time to time to be updated.

2. How to use the site

2.1. The company recommends that you carefully read the information presented on the website, including the description of the publications, in order to ensure that they are suitable for your needs. Please note, however, that images displayed on the site are for illustrative purposes only and do not bind the company. ‍

2.2. Use of the Website as well as any decisions you make in relation to publications and content to be published on the Website are your sole responsibility.

2.3. The publications on the website are intended only to provide information that should be treated carefully and critically, and are not a professional opinion tailored to the individual needs of each user, and/or are not a substitute for consultation with an expert and/or professional.

2.4. Use of the Website is permitted for private and personal purposes only and should not be used for commercial purposes.

2.5. You agree not to use the Site in a manner that may harm and/or damage the Site and/or the Company and/or the Site Users, and that you will not:

  1. SELL, DISTRIBUTE OR MAKE ANY ECONOMIC AND/OR COMMERCIAL USE OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THE SITE AND/OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE; 
  2. take any action that may deceive and/or deceive, including the Company and/or the users of the Website;
  3. impersonate (or attempt to impersonate) another person and/or make a false statement in relation to your identity;
  4. impair the functioning, quality and security of the Site and the publications offered thereon, including by uploading and/or transmitting viruses, trojans or other applications that load the Site and/or restrict and/or prevent the use of the Site or any part thereof;
  5. Make use of the Site by computer applications or any other means, including Crawlers, Robots, Bots, etc., for searching, scanning, copying, sending comments or messages, automatically retrieving content from the Site, mining and extracting data. In general, such means should not be created or used for the purpose of creating a collection, collection or repository containing content and/or information from the Site;
  6. INFRINGE IN ANY WAY COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, OR ANY OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRODUCTS AND/OR THE SITE, FOR EXTENSION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PLEASE SEE SECTION 5 BELOW;
  7. display the Site or any part of it openly or covertly and/or link to Site elements such as articles, images, videos and other content, separately from the pages of the Site on which they originally appeared, including placing the Site, or any portion thereof, within the frame of another site or as part of another site (mirror);
  8. Use the Website in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of the law.

2.6. The site as a whole, including all information contained therein, is offered to the public in its entirety, “AS IS”. The Company does not undertake that information and/or publications that existed at a certain time will be added and appear in the future and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim and/or claim and/or claim in connection therewith.

2.7. The company will do its best to operate the site properly and without any glitches or interruptions. However, the availability and functioning of the site depend on various factors, such as software, hardware and communication networks, which are not free of glitches. The Company does not warrant that the Site will operate in an orderly manner and be available and accessible at any time, without interruptions and interruptions and/or will be immune from unauthorized access, errors, damages, malfunctions or other failures.

3. Protecting your privacy

3.1. The Company respects your privacy when using the Site and will not use the information you provide, in connection with your enquiry or registration for the mailing list, except in accordance with the Website's Privacy Policy. To move to the Privacy Policy, please click here. Since the privacy policy can change from time to time, it is recommended that you review it from time to time.

4. Intellectual property

4.1. All intellectual property rights on the Website and/or in the Content, including rights in connection with publications, are the property of the Company and/or third parties. These rights apply, among other things, to the contents and data on the website, including the list of products, the description and design of the products, any information and/or display appearing on the website, and any other details related to the operation of the website, including design, graphics, images, audio, video, text, software, code and any other information, as well as logos, trademarks, domain name, etc. (“Intellectual Property Rights”). The information presented on the website should not be regarded as conferring any license or rights to the intellectual property rights of the Company and/or third parties and should not be used without the prior written consent of the Company and/or those third parties.

4.2. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, market, translate, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit to the public, modify, process, create derivative works, sell or rent any part of the information and/or content contained in the site, including the copyrights, trademarks (whether registered or not), images and texts, the design of the website and products, etc., either directly or through or With the cooperation of a third party, in any way or means whether electronic, mechanical, optical, photographic or recording means, or by any other means and means, without the prior written consent of the Company (or as the case may be of third parties) and subject to the terms of consent.

4.3. If and to the extent that consent is given as set out in section 5.2 above, no notice or mark relating to intellectual property rights, such as the Copyright © or Trademark® marking associated with the content or marks to be used, shall not be removed, deleted or disrupted. It is hereby clarified that forgery or deletion of any mention of author details, legal or other notices, or any exclusivity or markup indicating the provenance of any contents and/or articles and/or software and/or any other material contained in the file and/or text and/or image uploaded and/or otherwise uploaded to the Site shall constitute a violation of these Terms of Use. The Company reserves the right to take all measures at its disposal in order to prevent or cure the violation and/or damages that it and/or third parties may cause as a result of such violation.

4.4. Where you submit comments, recommendations, reviews or feedback to the Company, the Company shall be entitled to use them in its sole discretion without having to pay and/or compensate you in any way for such response, recommendation, review or achievement, and you shall have no claim and/or claim in connection therewith.

5. Links to third party websites

5.1. As part of your use of the Website, the Company may provide links and references to various websites and pages on the Internet operated by third parties (“Third Party Sites”). It is clarified that the Company has no knowledge, control or responsibility regarding what is done on third party websites. The provision of information and registration on third party websites is not subject to the privacy policy of the company but to the privacy policies of those third party sites and to the provisions of any law.

5.2. Your browsing of third party websites, as well as any action you take in connection with them, is your responsibility and the responsibility of the owners of third party websites only, and you shall have no claim and/or claim for direct and/or indirect loss, loss or damages against the Company and/or anyone on its behalf arising out of reliance and/or use and/or information provided on third party websites.

5.3. The Company does not warrant that all links found on the Site will be correct and will lead you to an active website.

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

6.1. In any event, and subject to the limitations of liability applicable in applicable law, the Company shall not be liable for consequential or indirect damage, including loss of income and/or loss of profit that may result for any reason.

6.2. The User must indemnify the Company, its employees, its managers, business partners or anyone on their behalf for any damage, loss, loss of profit, payment or expense incurred by them - including legal fees and legal proceedings, as they may be, for any claim and/or demand brought against the Company and/or any person on its behalf stated by a third party and/or due to a violation of a provision of the said provisions of the Terms and Conditions. These uses, and/or of infringement of any other right belonging to any third party. The above indemnification shall not detract from any other remedy to which the Company may be entitled under any law.

7. various

7.1. Failure to exercise or enforce one right or provision and/or more of the Terms of Use shall not be considered as a waiver by the Company of the exercise of the right or enforcement of the provision. The Company may assign to others all or part of its rights and/or obligations under these Terms of Use.

7.2. In the event that any provision of these Terms of Use is unenforceable or invalid for any reason, this shall not affect or prejudice the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use.

7.3. The computerized records of the company in connection with the performance of actions by the users of the site will be evidence of the correctness of the same actions.

7.4. These Terms of Use and the use of the Website shall be governed solely by the laws of the State of Israel, and the courts within the jurisdiction of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court shall have unique jurisdiction in any matter arising out of and/or relating to the Terms of Use and/or any legal disputes arising between you and the Company.

8. Contact

For any questions and/or requests in connection with the website and/or the publications offered on the website, you can contact us by the following means:

Address: Museum Tower, Berkovich 4, Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Phone: 03-6658431

Email: office@ref-inst.org