Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy (“Policy”) applies to ellenkossek.com, governing data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, unless otherwise noted, all references to Ellen Kossek include ellenkossek.com (the “Ellen Kossek Website”). The Ellen Kossek Website is a service site.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By using the Ellen Kossek Website you consent to the data practices described in this statement. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Ellen Kossek Website. This Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Policy). Your continued use of this Ellen Kossek Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, Ellen Kossek may collect personally identifiable information, such as your

  • First and Last Name

  • Mailing Address

  • E-mail address

  • Phone Number

  • Any other personally identifiable information that you provide when contacting us

Most of the personal information Ellen Kossek collects you provide directly to us. You may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registration for an account; (b) sending us an email message; (c) submitting your credit card or other payment information when paying for a service.

Automatically Collected Information and Aggregate Data

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by ellenkossek.com. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referencing website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Ellen Kossek Website.

ellenkossek.com may also collect data that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as statistical information and analytic data relating to website usage.

Technologies Used for Automatic Data Collection

Cookies

We may use “cookies” to collect certain information to ensure that you get the most out of the Website. A cookie is a file stored on your computer or device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings on your computer or device. When you visit ellenkossek.com again, the cookie allows the website to recognize your browser. Cookies allow us to improve ellenkossek.com usability and to personalize the content for you.

If you do not wish to receive cookies for these purposes, you may change the settings on your internet browser to reject cookies. Please note that if you do set your browser to reject cookies, you may not be able to use all of the features of ellenkossek.com. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:

Some content or applications on ellenkossek.com may be served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. The information they collect may be associated with your information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

Tracking User Behavior

ellenkossek.com may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within ellenkossek.com, in order to determine what ellenkossek.com content is the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content within ellenkossek.com to the viewers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Use of Your Personal Information

ellenkossek.com collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.

ellenkossek.com may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other services available from ellenkossek.com and its affiliates or regarding updates or other informative communications.

Additionally, ellenkossek.com may use your information for the following purposes:

  • To grant you access to ellenkossek.com.

  • To provide and maintain ellenkossek.com.

  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.  

  • To manage your requests and to provide customer support.

  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.

  • To prevent and detect criminal and/or fraudulent activity that would be damaging to you and us.

  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve ellenkossek.com.

  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

  • For any other purpose with your consent.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

ellenkossek.com does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. ellenkossek.com may disclose aggregated information and information that does not identify any individual without restriction.

ellenkossek.com may share data with trusted partners to help provide the services, for business purposes, to perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, or provide customer support. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to ellenkossek.com, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

ellenkossek.com may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) confirm to the edicts of the law or comply with the law or legal process served on ellenkossek.com; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Ellen Kossek, including but not limited to enforcement of agreement between you and Ellen Kossek; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of ellenkossek.com, or the public.

ellenkossek.com may also disclose your personal information, without notice, to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Ellen Kossek’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information or other data held by ellenkossek.com s or others is among the assets transferred.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

  • Delete your personal information from our records; and

  • Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, and provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;

  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;

  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;

  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or expertise another right provided for by law;

  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;

  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render it impossible to seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;

  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;

  • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or

  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Geographic Restrictions

ellenkossek.com is based in the United States. We provide this Website only for use of individuals located in the United States. We make no claims that ellenkossek.com, its accessibility, or its content is appropriate or that your access to it is legal outside of the United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so at your own initiative and risk and consent to potential processing, collection, and transfer of your personal information to a country that may have different privacy laws and that may or may not be as comprehensive as your own.

Children Under Thirteen

ellenkossek.com does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. No one under age 13 may directly provide any personal information to or on ellenkossek.com. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website or through any of its features, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. If we learn We have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at ekossek@purdue.edu.

E-mail Communication

From time to time, Ellen Kossek may contact you via email for the purposes of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. If you do not wish to have your email address used by Ellen Kossek as outlined herein, you can opt-out by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of an email or by sending us an email stating your request to ekossek@purdue.edu.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the safety and security of your information also depends on you.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to ellenkossek.com. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on ellenkossek.com.

Changes to this Statement

Ellen Kossek reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a note to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a priming notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

Ellen Kossek welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. Contact us at:
Email: ekossek@purdue.edu

Effective as of February 1, 2025.