Who We Are
Our website address is: https://birad.biz. We are BIRAD Research and Development Co. Ltd., the technology transfer office of Bar-Ilan University, located at Bar-Ilan University, Bldg. 102, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.
For any privacy-related enquiries, please contact us at: info@birad.biz
Cookies
We use cookies solely to improve your experience on this website. Specifically:
- Cookie consent: When you accept our cookie notice, a cookie named
birad_cookie_okis stored in your browser for one year. It contains no personal data — it simply records that you have acknowledged the notice. - Biz-Dev portal: If you access our password-protected researcher portal at
/bizdev, a session authentication cookie is set for seven days. It contains a hashed token — no personal data or credentials are stored in plain text.
We do not use cookies for advertising or tracking purposes.
AI-Powered Expert Search
Our website includes an AI-powered researcher search tool. When you perform a search, your query text is sent to our secure API server and processed using OpenAI's language models and Pinecone's vector database to find matching researchers. We do not associate search queries with any personally identifiable information. Queries may be logged for service monitoring and quality improvement purposes.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics (via Google Site Kit) to understand how visitors use our website. This collects anonymised data including pages visited, time on site, and general geographic region. No personally identifiable information is collected. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Accessibility Widget
We use the UserWay accessibility widget to help make this website usable for people with disabilities. UserWay may collect anonymised usage data related to accessibility feature interactions. Their privacy policy is available at userway.org/privacy.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, maps, or social media posts. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited those websites directly. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with their content.
What Data We Collect and Why
We do not collect personal data through forms, registrations, or subscriptions on the public website. The only personal information we may receive is when you contact us directly by email or phone — in which case your contact details are used solely to respond to your enquiry.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or share personal data with third parties for commercial purposes. Data may be shared with the following service providers solely to operate this website:
- OpenAI — AI query processing (anonymised)
- Pinecone — vector search infrastructure (anonymised)
- Google Analytics — anonymised website analytics
- UserWay — accessibility widget
- GoDaddy — website hosting
Your Rights
Under applicable privacy laws (including the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Israeli Privacy Protection Law), you have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal data we hold about you. To exercise these rights, please contact us at: info@birad.biz
Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. Server logs are retained for up to 90 days.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. Continued use of the website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
This privacy policy was last updated April 2026.