PRIVACY NOTICE
ELLENNIEMANN.COM
Version Date: July 20, 2022
- GENERAL
ellenniemann.com (“ellenniemann.com” or “we” or “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of everyone (“Sites’
visitor” “user” or “you”) that uses our website at https://ellenniemann.com/, as well as other device or
online applications related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Sites”).
The following ellenniemann.com Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) is designed to inform you, as a user of
the Sites, about the types of personal information that ellenniemann.com may gather about or collect from
you in connection with your use of the Sites. It also is intended to explain the conditions under which
ellenniemann.com uses and discloses that personal information, and your rights in relation to that
personal information.
The Sites are hosted in the United States and is subject to U.S. state and federal law. If you are
accessing our Sites from other jurisdictions, please be advised that you are transferring your personal
information to us in the United States, and by using our Sites, you are agreeing to that transfer and use of
your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice. You also agree to abide to the
applicable laws of the State of Michigan and U.S. federal law concerning your use of the Sites and your
agreements with us. If your use of the Sites would be unlawful in your jurisdiction, please do not use the
Sites.
Company Information
ellenniemann.com
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Email: murderkittycomics@gmail.com
Phone: _
- HOW WE COLLECT AND USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
ellenniemann.com gathers personal information from users of the Sites. When you browse our Sites,
subscribe to our services or contact us through various social or web forms you are voluntarily sharing
personal information with us. This personal information also includes various data that we collect
automatically. This may be the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system, browser type and
the locations of the Sites the user views right before arriving at, while navigating and immediately after
leaving the Sites. It may also include various technical aspects of user’s computer or browser and users
browsing habits that are collected through cookies. ellenniemann.com may analyze various mentioned
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personal information gathered from or about users to help ellenniemann.com better understand how the
Sites are used and how to make them better. By identifying patterns and trends in usage,
ellenniemann.com is able to better design the Sites to improve users’ experiences, both in terms of
content and ease of use. From time to time, ellenniemann.com may also release the anonymized
information gathered from the users in the aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the
usage of the Sites.
When we believe disclosure is appropriate, we may disclose your information to help investigate, prevent
or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; to protect and defend
the rights, property or safety of ellenniemann.com, our users, our employees or others; to comply with
applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements or
policies, in response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order or a request for
cooperation from a law enforcement or other government agency; to establish or exercise our legal rights;
to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may raise or waive any
legal objection or right available to us. We will notify you if permitted before undertaking such disclosures.
ellenniemann.com reserves the right to transfer all information in its possession to a successor
organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of
ellenniemann.com’s assets. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and
disclosure of all transferred information will be subject to this Privacy Notice, or to a new privacy notice if
you are given notice of that new privacy notice and are given an opportunity to affirmatively opt-out of it. - DO WE USE COOKIES?
A “Cookie” is a string of information which assigns you a unique identification that a website stores on a
user’s computer, and that the user’s browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query
to the website. We use cookies on the Sites to keep track of services you have used, to record
registration information regarding your login name and password, to record your user preferences, to
keep you logged into the Sites and to facilitate purchase procedures. ellenniemann.com also uses
Cookies to track the pages that users visit during each of the Sites’ sessions, both to help
ellenniemann.com improve users’ experiences and to help ellenniemann.com understand how the Sites is
being used. As with other personal information gathered from users of the Sites, ellenniemann.com
analyzes and discloses in aggregated form information gathered using Cookies, so as to help
ellenniemann.com, its partners and others better understand how the Sites is being used. SITES’ USERS
WHO DO NOT WISH TO HAVE COOKIES PLACED ON THEIR COMPUTERS SHOULD SET THEIR
BROWSERS TO REFUSE COOKIES BEFORE ACCESSING THE SITES, WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE SITES MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY
WITHOUT THE AID OF COOKIES. SITES’ USERS WHO REFUSE COOKIES ASSUME ALL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTING LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY.
ellenniemann.com currently uses the following cookies on the Sites: - DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
General Provisions
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ellenniemann.com contractually prohibits its contractors, affiliates, vendors and suppliers from disclosing
any personal information received from ellenniemann.com, other than in accordance with this Privacy
Notice. These third parties may include advertisers, providers of games, utilities, widgets and a variety of
other third-party applications accessible through the Sites. ellenniemann.com neither owns nor controls
the third-party websites and applications accessible through the Sites. Thus, this Privacy Notice does not
apply to personal information provided to or gathered by the third parties that operate them. Before
visiting a third party, or using a third-party application, whether by means of a link on the Sites, directly
through the Sites or otherwise, and before providing any personal information to any such third party,
users should inform themselves of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible
for those Sites or applications, and should take those steps necessary to, in those users’ discretion,
protect their privacy.
Third-Party Advertisers
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Sites. These companies
may use information about your visits to the Sites that are contained in Cookies in order to provide
advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. Using a tool created by the Network
Advertising Initiative, you can opt out of several third-party ad servers’ and networks’ Cookies
simultaneously. If you would like more personal information about this practice and to know your choices
about not having this personal information used by these companies, please follow the following links:
http://networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp, http://preferences-mgr.truste.com/, or
http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Analytics
We may use third-party vendors, including Google, who use first-party cookies (such as the Google
Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize
and serve ads based on your past activity on the Sites, including Google Analytics for Display Advertising.
The personal information collected may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data,
determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. If you do not want any
personal information to be collected and used by Google Analytics, you can install an opt-out in your web
browser (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/) and/or opt out from Google Analytics for Display
Advertising or the Google Display Network by using Google’s Ads Settings
(www.google.com/settings/ads).
Social Media
We may provide you the option to connect your account on the Sites to your account on some social
networking sites for the purpose of logging in, uploading personal information or enabling certain features
on the Sites. When logging in using your social network credentials, we may collect the personal
information you have made publicly available on the social networking site, such as your name, profile
picture, cover photo, username, gender, friends network, age range, locale, friend list and any other
personal information you have made public. Once connected, other users may also be able to see
information about your social network, such as the size of your network and your friends, including
common friends. By connecting your account on the Sites to your account on any social networking site.
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We will not send any of your account personal information to the connected social networking site without
first disclosing that to you. Each social network may further allow you to set privacy controls around your
personal information on their system, and our collection of personal information will always follow such
controls and permissions. This feature is subject to continuous change and improvement by us and each
social networking site involved, and therefore the available features and shared personal information are
subject to change. Please visit our Privacy Notice for any updates.
We may use hyperlinks on the Sites which will redirect you to a social network if you click on the
respective link. However, when you click on a social plug-in, such as Facebook’s “Like” button or Twitter’s
“tweet” button that particular social network’s plugin will be activated and your browser will directly
connect to that provider’s servers. If you do not use these buttons none of your data will be sent to the
respective social network’s plugin providers. To illustrate this further, imagine the scenario where you
click on the Facebook’s “Like” button on the Sites. Facebook will receive your IP address, the browser
version and screen resolution, and the operating system of the device you have used to access the Sites.
Settings regarding privacy protection can be found on the websites of these social networks and are not
within our control.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may share your personal information, which may include your name and contact information
(including email address) with our authorized service providers that perform certain services on our
behalf. These services may include fulfilling orders, providing customer service and marketing assistance,
performing business and sales analysis, supporting the Sites’ functionality and supporting contests,
sweepstakes, surveys and other features offered through the Sites. We may also share your name,
contact personal information and credit card personal information with our authorized service providers
who process credit card payments. These service providers may have access to personal information
needed to perform their functions but are not permitted to share or use such personal information for any
other purpose. You can contact us to receive our current list of providers.
If you have opted in to receiving marketing communication from us then ellenniemann.com may provide
your personal information to third parties, with your consent, so that those third parties may directly
contact you about additional products and services. To cease having your personal information used for
marketing communication purposes, you can:
• Opt out by clicking on the unsubscribe button found in the footer of our emails - PRIVACY RIGHTS – EU USERS
If you reside in the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, Norway, Lichtenstein, or
Iceland, you have certain data protection rights under your local laws.
These rights may include:
• The right to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information
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• The right to request edits or erasure of your personal information
• The right to limit the processing of your personal information
• Data portability right (if applicable)
• The right to object to the processing of your personal information
If ellenniemann.com relies on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to
withdraw your consent at any time. However, please note that this will not alter the validity of the
processing before its withdrawal.
If you wish to exercise any of the mentioned rights please contact us by email at
murderkittycomics@gmail.com, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this Privacy Notice.
ellenniemann.com has 30 days to respond to your request.
If you are not satisfied with ellenniemann.com’s handling of your privacy concerns please note that you
have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority.
List of EU supervisory authorities: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/dataprotection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
Switzerland supervisory authority: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
If you have any questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at
murderkittycomics@gmail.com. - PRIVACY RIGHTS – CALIFORNIA USERS
Do Not Sell My Personal Information Notice – California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
ellenniemann.com has not disclosed or sold any personal information to third parties for a business or
commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. ellenniemann.com will not sell personal
information in the future belonging to Sites’ visitors, users and other consumers.
If you are under 18 years of age
If you have registered account with ellenniemann.com, you have the right to request the removal of
unwanted personal information that you publicly post on our Sites. To request the removal of such
information, please contact us using the contact information provided below. Make sure to include your
account’s email address and a statement that you reside in California.
“Shine the Light Law”
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California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who
are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, personal
information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing
purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this personal information would include a list of the
categories of the personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties
with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a
California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to the
address listed below. - CHILDREN
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) protects the online privacy of children under 13
years of age. We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from anyone under the age of
13, unless or except as permitted by law. Any person who provides personal information through the
Sites represents to us that he or she is 13 years of age or older. If we learn that personal information has
been collected from a user under 13 years of age on or through the Sites, then we will take the
appropriate steps to cause this personal information to be deleted. If you are the parent or legal guardian
of a child under 13 who has become a member of the Sites or has otherwise transferred personal
information to the Sites, please contact ellenniemann.com using our contact personal information below
to have that child’s account terminated and personal information deleted. - DO-NOT-TRACK NOTICE
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or
setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing
activities monitored and collected. Because there is not yet a common understanding of how to interpret
the DNT signal, the Sites currently do not respond to DNT browser signals or mechanisms. - GOVERNING LAW
Disputes over privacy issues contained in this Privacy Notice will be governed by the law of the State of
Michigan. You also agree to abide by any limitation on damages contained in our Terms of Use, or other
agreement that we have with you. - PRIVACY NOTICE CHANGES
ellenniemann.com may, in its sole discretion, change this Privacy Notice from time to time. Any and all
changes to ellenniemann.com’s Privacy Notice will be reflected on this page and the date of the new
version will be stated at the top of this Privacy Notice. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice
applies to all personal information that we have about you and your account. Users should regularly
check this page for any changes to this Privacy Notice. ellenniemann.com will always post new versions
of the Privacy Notice on the Sites. However, ellenniemann.com may, as determined in its discretion,
decide to notify users of changes made to this Privacy Notice via email or otherwise. Accordingly, it is
important that users always maintain and update their contact personal information.
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If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Notice, please contact us at:
ellenniemann.com
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Email: murderkittycomics@gmail.com