Privacy Policy
Our Commitment to Privacy
I, Ellen Bass, and my agents and employees (“we,” “us”, “our”) who work on EllenBass.com respect your privacy. We collect user information in an effort to improve your experience and communicate with you about news, workshops, and events. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to people whom we do not employ or manage. We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
This Privacy Policy describes the personal information we collect about you, why we collect it, and how we use it. Our Privacy Policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect and use your information. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you can always contact us in any of two ways:
Send me an e-mail : ellen@ellenbass.com
Or
Write to us at:
Ellen Bass
226 Younglove Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Attention: Customer Service Privacy Policy
If our Privacy Policy information practices change in the future, we will post an updated Privacy Policy on our website. You can tell if the Privacy Policy has changed by checking the revision date that appears at the end of this Privacy Policy. You may exercise your choices about how we collect and use your information at any time.
What kind of information do we collect?
We collect information, such as name, email and postal addresses, phone number(s), birth date or age, gender, occupation, and personal interests from you when you visit our website or register your information with us online for a workshop. We maintain a record of your interests and the services and features you use, and may also acquire information about you from our marketing partners, from unrelated third parties, and from our affiliates. We keep this information indefinitely.
How does Ellen Bass use my information?
We will use your email and postal address to send you information about events and workshops, and our affiliates’ products, services, contests, and promotions and to help us learn more about your user preferences. From time to time, we may use this information to contact you via email, postal mail, or telephone to learn more about your user preferences. You always have the choice to unsubscribe and not to receive marketing information or calls.
In addition, we may use information about you and your interests from us and our affiliates to help us improve our site design and your online experiences. We may contact you, subject to the choices you have made, via email, postal mail, or telephone, to conduct market research and learn more about how we can improve our service offerings.
Does Ellen share my information with third parties?
Ellen never shares your information with third parties.
Through my newsletter and website, when we offer products, services, contests, and promotions, with or without a marketing partner, you may be required to provide certain personal information in order to participate. In these cases, we will give you the choice not to receive email messages or other communications from us regarding our services, contests, and promotions.
If some or all of our business is sold, we will disclose your personal information to a purchaser that agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy.
We reserves the right to disclose information about you as required by law, in response to legal process and law enforcement requests, and as necessary to protect the property, interests, and rights of Ellen Bass, my affiliates, and others.
How do I access my information? How do I change or delete my information?
You may manage your email subscription preferences at any time by visiting the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email. Any information you have provided for a workshop may be changed by writing to my assistant, Jen Petras, at jpeachtree23@gmail.com.
How do we protect kids’ privacy?
Ellen is concerned about the safety of children when they use the Internet and will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13.
What are cookies? How do we use cookies on this site?
A cookie is a small data file that websites often store on your computer’s hard drive when you visit their sites. A cookie may contain information, such as a unique user ID that websites use to track the pages of the sites you’ve visited. We use cookies in order to recognize you as a registered user and to improve your experience. We also use cookies to identify whether you visited one of our affiliates’ websites immediately prior to visiting our website.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser.
Is my information secure?
We sell workshop services on our website and all credit card or financial information is processed through PayPal, which has secured their network. We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology or another encryption technology to protect your online order information as it is transmitted over the Internet.
What about links to other websites and services?
Ellen Bass website may contain links to other sites, including to our marketing partners. We do not control the privacy policies or practices of these websites. You should review those policies before providing any personal information. Ellen Bass is not responsible for the content or practices of any linked websites, and we provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors.