Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 14 August 2025
Last Updated: 14 August 2025

Plain-Language Privacy Summary

We care about your privacy.
When you visit our website, we collect only the information we need to provide our services, improve our content, and keep in touch with you if you choose.
We use cookies to help the site work better and understand how it’s used.
We do not sell your personal details to anyone.
You can ask us at any time to see, update, or delete the information we have about you.If you have questions regarding privacy or the processing of your personal information, please contact our Privacy Contact at zeev@zsl.co.il.

Full Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

The Israeli Cultivated Meat Consortium (“we,” “our,” or “us”) operates the website https://www.cultivated-meat.art (the “Website”).
We are committed to protecting your privacy and processing your personal data in compliance with the Israeli Privacy Protection Law, 1981 (as amended, including Amendment 13) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how we store it, and the rights you have in relation to your personal data.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal information:

• Information you provide directly:

  • Name, email address, phone number, and any other information you submit through contact forms, event registration forms, or email communication.

  • Information submitted when applying to participate in consortium events, collaborations, or research activities.

• Information collected automatically:

  • IP address, browser type, operating system, device type, and pages visited on the Website.

  • Cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, measure site usage, and personalize content.

• Event participation data:

  • Registration details, attendance logs, and related communications for events organized by the Consortium.

3. Purposes of Processing

We process your personal information for the following purposes:

1. To operate, maintain, and improve the Website and its services.

2. To respond to inquiries and communicate with you regarding our activities.

3. To manage event registrations, participation, and follow-up communications.

4. To comply with legal obligations and regulatory requirements.

5. To analyze and monitor Website usage and improve user experience.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data on the following legal bases:

• Consent – where you have given explicit consent (e.g., for receiving newsletters).

• Performance of a contract – to provide services or fulfill requests you make.

• Legitimate interests – to operate and improve our Website, promote our activities, and ensure security.

• Legal obligations – where required by law.

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5. Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies

5.1 What Are Cookies?

The Website uses cookies and similar technologies, including local storage, tags, pixels, and comparable browser-based technologies. These technologies enable the Website to operate securely, provide requested functionality, remember visitor preferences, measure Website performance, and understand how visitors use the Website.

Some cookies may collect or generate technical information that can constitute personal information, including an IP address, online identifiers, browser type, device type, operating system, session information, pages visited, interactions with Website components, and the date and time of access.

5.2 Categories of Cookies

The Website may use the following categories of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the secure and proper operation of the Website. They support functions such as request routing, security, fraud prevention, session management, load balancing, accessibility, form submission, event registration, and access to Website features requested by the visitor.

Strictly Necessary Cookies cannot be disabled through the Website’s consent mechanism because the Website may not function properly without them.

Technical cookies identified during our latest review include:

ssr-caching, used by Wix for short-term website delivery and caching. Its observed duration is approximately 20 seconds.
sec-fetch-unsupported, used to support secure and compatible delivery of the Website. It is stored as a session cookie.

Additional Strictly Necessary Cookies may be placed when a visitor uses specific features, such as forms, event registration, member access, chat, or other interactive services.

Functional Cookies

Functional Cookies enable enhanced Website features and preferences, including member functions, chat services, event functionality, embedded components, and other interactive features. If these cookies are disabled, some Website functions may not operate as intended.

Functional Cookies that are not strictly necessary will be placed only after the visitor provides the relevant consent.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics and Performance Cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website, which pages are visited, how Website components perform, and whether technical errors occur. We use this information to improve Website content, functionality, accessibility, stability, and user experience.

The Website may use Wix Analytics and technical performance-monitoring technologies operated by or on behalf of Wix. Analytics Cookies that are not strictly necessary will not be placed before the visitor provides consent.

Marketing Cookies

At the date of the latest review, we do not intentionally use third-party advertising pixels or cookies for targeted advertising. If Marketing Cookies or advertising technologies are introduced in the future, they will remain disabled unless and until the visitor provides specific consent. The relevant provider, purpose, and retention period will be displayed in the Cookie Settings interface.

5.3 Cookie Providers and Other Recipients

The principal technology providers currently associated with the Website are:

Wix, which provides the Website infrastructure, hosting, security, content delivery, forms, event registration, blog functionality, member services, chat services, consent-related functionality, and Website analytics.
Usercentrics, which provides the Website’s cookie consent management mechanism and records visitors’ consent preferences.
Technical monitoring services used by Wix, including Sentry-based technology, which may process technical error and performance information for Website security, stability, and troubleshooting.

These providers may process technical identifiers, IP addresses, device and browser information, consent preferences, and information generated through the use of the relevant Website services. They process such information in accordance with their respective roles, contractual obligations, privacy notices, and applicable law.

We do not sell personal information collected through cookies or tracking technologies.

Information may be processed or stored outside Israel. Where an international transfer occurs, we take reasonable steps to ensure that it is carried out in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements. Additional information about data sharing and international transfers is provided in Section 6 of this Privacy Policy.

5.4 Cookie Retention

Cookie retention periods depend on the purpose and category of each cookie:

Session cookies are normally deleted when the browser is closed.
Short-term technical cookies may expire within seconds or minutes.
Persistent cookies remain on the visitor’s device for the period specified in the Cookie Settings interface, unless deleted earlier by the visitor.
Consent records may be retained for the period reasonably required to demonstrate and manage the visitor’s consent choices and comply with applicable legal obligations.

The current provider, purpose, category, and retention period of each cookie are displayed in the Website’s Cookie Settings interface. Because Website components and service providers may change, the Cookie Settings interface provides the most current cookie inventory.

5.5 Consent and Default Settings

When a visitor first accesses the Website, only Strictly Necessary Cookies should be activated by default.

Functional, Analytics, Performance, and Marketing Cookies that are not strictly necessary will be activated only after the visitor provides the relevant consent through the cookie banner.

The visitor may:

Accept all non-essential cookies.
Reject all non-essential cookies.
Select specific cookie categories.
Continue using the Website with Strictly Necessary Cookies only.

Rejecting non-essential cookies will not prevent access to the general content of the Website. However, certain optional or interactive features may not operate fully.

5.6 Changing or Withdrawing Consent

Visitors may change or withdraw their cookie consent at any time by selecting the Cookie Settings or privacy-preferences control displayed on the Website.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that occurred lawfully before the consent was withdrawn. The updated preference will apply to future processing. Visitors may also use their browser settings to block or delete cookies already stored on their device.

5.7 Third-Party Components and External Websites

The Website may include links to external websites and may use components provided by third parties. When a visitor activates or follows such a component or link, the relevant third party may collect information and place its own cookies in accordance with its privacy and cookie policies.

The Consortium does not control cookies placed directly by independent third-party websites. Visitors should review the privacy and cookie policies of those third parties before using their services.

Where a third-party component is integrated directly into the Website and is capable of placing non-essential cookies, we will take reasonable steps to classify the component and prevent its activation before the required consent is obtained.

5.8 Updates to Cookie Use

We may update the cookies and technologies used on the Website when Website functions, service providers, or legal requirements change. Where a material change affects the purposes of processing or the visitor’s consent choices, we may request renewed consent through the cookie banner.

5.9 Contact

Questions regarding the Website’s use of cookies, consent preferences, or the processing of information collected through these technologies may be sent to:

Israeli Cultivated Meat Consortium
Privacy Contact: Zeev Savion
Email: zeev@zsl.co.il

6. Data Sharing and Transfers

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information only in the following circumstances:

• Service providers and contractors who process data on our behalf under strict confidentiality and data protection obligations.

• Event partners and co-organizers when necessary for event participation.

• Legal compliance – where required by applicable law, court order, or regulatory authority.

• International transfers – If data is transferred outside Israel or the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards in compliance with applicable laws.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy or as required by law.

8. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

​ 9. Your Privacy Rights

Your rights depend on the law applicable to the processing of your personal information. Certain rights described below apply under Israeli law, while additional rights may apply when the EU General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, governs the relevant processing activity.

 9.1 Rights Under Israeli Law

Subject to the Israeli Privacy Protection Law, 1981, and its regulations, you may have the following rights:

**Right of Access**

You may request access to personal information about you that is held in a database under our control, subject to the conditions, procedures, and exceptions established by applicable law.

**Right to Request Correction or Deletion of Inaccurate Information**

If personal information about you is incorrect, incomplete, unclear, or not up to date, you may request that it be corrected or deleted, subject to the conditions and procedures established by applicable law.

Israeli law does not provide a general and unconditional right to deletion in every circumstance. A deletion request will therefore be assessed according to the nature of the information, the purpose for which it is retained, applicable legal obligations, and the specific rights granted under Israeli law.

**Rights Concerning Direct Mailing**

If your personal information is held in a database used for direct mailing, you may request that your information be deleted from that database or that it not be used or transferred for direct-mailing purposes, subject to applicable law.

**Withdrawal of Consent**

Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent and request that future processing based on it cease. Withdrawal does not affect processing that was lawfully carried out before the consent was withdrawn and does not require us to delete information that we are legally permitted or required to retain.

9.2 Additional Rights Where GDPR Applies

Where the GDPR applies to the relevant processing of your personal data, you may also have the following rights, subject to the conditions and exceptions established by the GDPR:

* The right to obtain confirmation as to whether your personal data is being processed and to receive access to that data.
* The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
* The right to request erasure of personal data in circumstances in which the GDPR provides a right to erasure.
* The right to request restriction of processing.
* The right to object to processing based on legitimate interests and to object at any time to processing for direct-marketing purposes.
* The right to receive certain personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and, where technically feasible, to have it transferred to another controller.
* The right to withdraw consent at any time where consent is the legal basis for processing.
* The right to lodge a complaint with the competent data-protection supervisory authority.

These rights are not absolute and may be limited where processing is required to comply with a legal obligation, establish or defend legal claims, protect the rights of other persons, maintain security, or pursue another lawful purpose recognized by the GDPR.

 9.3 How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise a privacy right or ask a question concerning your personal information, please contact:

**Israeli Cultivated Meat Consortium**
**Privacy Contact:** Zeev Savion
**Email:** [zeev@zsl.co.il](mailto:zeev@zsl.co.il)

Please describe the nature of your request and provide sufficient information to enable us to identify the relevant records.

We may request additional information where reasonably necessary to verify your identity, prevent unauthorized disclosure, and confirm that the request relates to your personal information. We will use information provided for identity verification only for handling and documenting the request.

We will respond within the period required by the applicable law. If we cannot comply with all or part of a request, we will explain the reason, unless applicable law permits or requires us not to provide that explanation.

10. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact:

Israeli Cultivated Meat Consortium
Email: Zeev@zsl.co.il

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on the Website with the “Last Updated” date changed accordingly.

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