Privacy Policy
KlalFlorida exists to make Jewish life easier — and that includes respecting your privacy. We collect only what we need to run the directory, keep accounts secure and send the emails you expect. We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for targeted advertising.
We never sell your data
Not to advertisers, not to anyone.
Your location stays on your device
“Near me” works in your browser and is never stored.
You choose your emails
Only security emails are required; everything else has an unsubscribe link.
Leave any time
Delete your account and we erase your personal data within 30 days.
1. What we collect
| Information | From whom | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Name, email, password (stored encrypted) | Everyone with an account | Create and protect your account, verify your email |
| Language preference | Everyone with an account | Show the site and send emails in English, Spanish or Hebrew |
| Saved places, reviews, photos | Users | Favorites and published reviews |
| Business details: phone, WhatsApp number, address, Google Business Profile link, photos, kosher certificate | Business owners | Publish the profile and run the Klal team review |
| Member application: name, email, phone (optional), area, short note | People applying to be verified members | Review the application and show who sent each invitation |
| Business name and email of invited businesses | Verified members | Send the invitation and a few reminders |
| Name, email, areas, interests, email language and frequency | People who sign up for local updates | Send the local information and offers you asked for |
| Your message and contact details | Anyone using Contact us | Answer you and improve the directory |
| Device, browser, IP address, pages viewed | All visitors | Security, preventing abuse, fixing problems, basic statistics |
2. Information from public sources
The Klal team may create “Unclaimed” listings from publicly available business information, such as kosher agencies’ published lists and businesses’ own websites. We collect only business details — name, category, address, business phone, website and published certification — and record the source and the date we checked it. Owners can claim, correct or remove these listings at any time.
3. How we use information
To run and show the directory; to review profiles, claims and member applications; to send the emails you expect; to answer your messages; to keep KlalFlorida secure and prevent fraud and abuse; to understand and improve how the site is used; and to meet legal obligations. We do not use personal information to build advertising profiles.
4. What is public
Business profiles are public. Reviews show the reviewer’s first name and last initial. Kosher certificate files are seen by the Klal team and are not shown publicly unless the owner chooses. Member applications, invitations and messages to the Klal team are never public.
5. Who we share with
Only service providers that help us run KlalFlorida — hosting and database, our email-sending service, maps, analytics and automatic translation — under contracts that limit their use of your information. We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect people’s safety or rights, or as part of a merger or sale, in which case this policy keeps applying. We never sell personal information or share it for targeted advertising.
6. Emails
Security emails (email verification, password reset, password changed) go to every account and cannot be turned off. Notification emails and any newsletter can be managed in Settings, and every non-security email has an unsubscribe link. Invitations sent on a member’s behalf name the member and include one-click opt-out; opted-out addresses are kept only on a do-not-contact list.
7. Cookies and Global Privacy Control
We use essential cookies to keep you signed in and remember your language. With your consent where required, we use analytics cookies to understand how the site is used. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a request to opt out of analytics cookies.
8. Your location (“Near me”)
If you tap “Near me”, your browser asks your permission. Your location is used only on your device, to sort and show nearby businesses during that visit. We do not store it or link it to your account. You can refuse or withdraw permission at any time.
9. Calls, texts, WhatsApp and maps
The Call, Text, WhatsApp and Directions buttons open apps on your own device. We do not place, carry, record or store those calls or messages, and the other app’s own privacy policy applies.
10. How long we keep information
While your account is open. If you delete it, we delete or anonymize your personal data within 30 days, except what we must keep for legal, security or dispute reasons; published reviews may remain in anonymized form. Invitation contacts that never respond are deleted after 90 days. Messages to the Klal team are kept only as long as needed to handle them.
11. Your choices and rights
You can see, correct, download or delete your information from Settings or by writing to us. Depending on where you live, local law may give you more rights; we will honor them.
12. Children
KlalFlorida accounts are for adults 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13; if we learn that we have, we delete it.
13. Security and breaches
We use encryption in transit, encrypted password storage and access controls. No system is completely secure. If a breach affects your personal information, we will notify you and the authorities as the law requires, including the Florida Information Protection Act.
14. Visitors outside the United States
KlalFlorida is run from the United States, and your information is stored and processed there. If you use it from another country, such as Israel or a Latin American country, your information is transferred to the United States, where privacy laws may differ.
15. Changes to this policy
We will post any update here with a new “last updated” date and, for important changes, email account holders before the change takes effect.
Questions or requests
Write to the Klal team through Contact us (choose “General request”). Customer Hub 360, 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA · privacy@klalflorida.com.