Privacy Statement and Terms of Use

Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to engage.kesslerscholars.org and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion. 

1. Collection of Information by Engage.kesslerscholars.org

By using engage.kesslerscholars.org, you may provide us your personal information, including but not limited to your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, and work information when you create an account, register for an event, or otherwise correspond with us.

Our servers and third party service providers may automatically collect information about you and your computer hardware and software. This information can include without limitation your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. We also get information from your use of our services including how you use them. We collect this information in server logs and by using cookies and similar tracking technologies.

Moreover, engage.kesslerscholars.org employs Google Analytics to collect and provide information to assess activity on the website. Information that may be collected includes number of users, session statistics, approximate geolocation, and browser and device information. Data collected is not linked to your personal information.

2. Our Use of Your Information

We use the information we gather on engage.kesslerscholars.org, such as personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating and improving engage.kesslerscholars.org, fostering a positive user experience, and delivering the services that we offer. We may use your contact information in order to send you email or other communication.. The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about you. We also use the information that we gather for internal system administration, to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website. 

3. Disclosure of Personal Information to Others

We do not disclose your personal information to third parties, or your combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of engage.kesslerscholars.org, except as follows: We disclose information on a strictly as needed basis to companies and individuals we engage to perform functions on our behalf, including hosting our Web servers, analyzing data, and providing customer service to us. These companies and individuals may have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party. We will share personal information with organizations or individuals outside of engage.kesslerscholars.org if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to (1) meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request; (2) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations (3) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues (4) Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of engage.kesslerscholars.org, our users or the public as required or permitted by law.

4. Use of Cookies and Local Storage

Engage.kesslerscholars.org may contain electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) that allow us to count users who have visited those pages. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our Web site usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. You may not decline web beacons, however, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or modifying your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. 

5. Access to, Opt-Out and/or Modification of Your Information

Engage.kesslerscholars.org may provide account holders limited access to or the ability to modify your personal information. Whenever you use our services, we aim to provide you with access to your personal information. If that information is wrong, we strive to give you ways to update it quickly or to delete it – unless we have to keep that information for legitimate operational or legal purposes. When updating your personal information, we may ask you to verify your identity before we can act on your request. 

If you are receiving newsletters or other communications based on your use of engage.kesslerscholars.org, but subsequently change your mind, you may opt-out by selecting an appropriate link in those email communications. We retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use of the engage.kesslerscholars.org more efficient, practical, and relevant. To the extent that we utilize the Google Analytics tools available, you have options with respect to some of those tracking tools or features available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/

6. Security of the Personal Information

We have implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. We restrict access to personal information to engage.kesslerscholars.org employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.

7. Children

Engage.kesslerscholars.org is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

8. Changes to Privacy Statement

If we decide to materially change our Privacy Policy for engage.kesslerscholars.org, we will post those changes through a prominent notice on the web site so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it. If at any time, you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please feel free to email us at info@kesslerscholars.org.

9. Contact Information

Engage.kesslerscholars.org operates under the control of Kessler Scholars Collaborative with its principal place of business at 2723 S. State Street, Suite 150, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Kessler Scholars Collaborative is an initiative of The Judy and Fred Wilpon Family Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Terms of Use

This page states the Terms of Use ("Terms") under which You may use  engage.kesslerscholars.org, an on-line member services management portal and guide. Please read these Terms carefully. If You do not accept the Terms stated here, do not use engage.kesslerscholars.org and its services. By using engage.kesslerscholars.org, You agree to be bound by these Terms, including the engage.kesslerscholars.org Privacy Statement.

1. Eligibility.

You must be 18 years of age or older, or the age of majority as that is defined in your jurisdiction, whichever is older, to visit or use engage.kesslerscholars.org in any manner. By visiting engage.kesslerscholars.org or accepting these Terms, You represent and warrant to engage.kesslerscholars.org that You have reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction, and that You have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by these Terms. You also represent and warrant to engage.kesslerscholars.org that You will use engage.kesslerscholars.org in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

2. Use of engage.kesslerscholars.org Content.

Engage.kesslerscholars.org authorizes You to view and access a single copy of the content available on or from engage.kesslerscholars.org solely for your personal use. The contents of engage.kesslerscholars.org, and of all other websites under engage.kesslerscholars.org's control, whether partial or otherwise such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other engage.kesslerscholars.org content (collectively, "engage.kesslerscholars.org Content"), are protected under copyright and trademark laws. All engage.kesslerscholars.org Content is the property of Kessler Scholars Collaborative or its affiliates. 

You further agree to in no other way misuse engage.kesslerscholars.org content that appears on this site, other than those specifically permitted herein or by written agreement with Kessler Scholars Collaborative. Unless specifically permitted herein or in writing by Kessler Scholars Collaborative, the use of the engage.kesslerscholars.org Content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. 

3. Engage.kesslerscholars.org's Ownership Rights.

 Engage.kesslerscholars.org and its licensors own all right, title and interest, including without limitation all worldwide intellectual property rights in the engage.kesslerscholars.org Products and Services, and all such rights to all derivative works or enhancements of, in and to, or relating to, the engage.kesslerscholars.org Products and Services. By entering into this Agreement or by using engage.kesslerscholars.org, You will not acquire any intellectual property or similar rights in the engage.kesslerscholars.org Products or Services other than a limited right to use the Products or Services for Your personal benefit. 

4. Engage.kesslerscholars.org Site Restrictions.

You may not use the engage.kesslerscholars.org Site in order to transmit, post, distribute, store or destroy material, including without limitation, engage.kesslerscholars.org Content, (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful or (d) for any purposes other than charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

You agree that you will not use the engage.kesslerscholars.org site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the engage.kesslerscholars.org site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the engage.kesslerscholars.org site. You may not obtain, use or access, or attempt to obtain, use or access, any materials or information through any means not intentionally made publicly available or provided for through the engage.kesslerscholars.org site.

5. Copyright Agent.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use the Site do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact the Kessler Scholars Collaborative at info@kesslerscholars.org.

6. Kessler Scholars Collaborative's Liability.

Engage.kesslerscholars.org acts as a venue for on-line membership services management portal and guide. Kessler Scholars Collaborative may take any action with respect to Content that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes that such Content could create liability for Kessler Scholars Collaborative, damage Kessler Scholars Collaborative’s brand or public image, or cause Kessler Scholars Collaborative to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers. While Kessler Scholars Collaborative reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove Content or other material from engage.kesslerscholars.org from time to time, Kessler Scholars Collaborative does not assume any obligation to do so and disclaims any liability for failing to take any such action.

Engage.kesslerscholars.org may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Kessler Scholars Collaborative makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any engage.kesslerscholars.org Content. The use of all engage.kesslerscholars.org Content is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to engage.kesslerscholars.org Sites and may be made at any time. Kessler Scholars Collaborative cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of engage.kesslerscholars.org or any Kessler Scholars Collaborative Site. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by You from engage.kesslerscholars.org or through or from engage.kesslerscholars.org or any other Kessler Scholars Collaborative Site shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.

7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.

THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS AND MATERIALS, IS PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW OR OTHERWISE, FOR INFORMATION, DATA, DATA PROCESSING SERVICES, UPTIME OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, USEFULNESS, OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED. WE DO NOT WARRANT, REPRESENT OR COVENANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET USERS' REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. KESSLER SCHOLARS COLLABORATIVE ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE SITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, AUDIO OR SOFTWARE FROM THE SITE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

IN NO EVENT SHALL KESSLER SCHOLARS COLLABORATIVE, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROTECTED ENTITIES") BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN AN ACTION BASED ON A CONTRACT INDEMNIFICATION, OBLIGATION, TORT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NEGLIGENCE), COLLATERALLY OR ARISING FROM ANY STATUTORY DUTY, PRE-CONTRACT OR OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, OR OTHERWISE, HOWEVER ARISING, FOR ANY ECONOMIC LOSSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, CONTRACTS, BUSINESS, GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS) OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO, YOUR PROVISION OF INFORMATION VIA THE WEBSITE, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 

9. Local Standards.

We do not represent that materials on the engage.kesslerscholars.org site are appropriate for use in all locations. Persons who choose to access the engage.kesslerscholars.org site do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

10. Links to Content and Other Sites.

Engage.kesslerscholars.org and certain other engage.kesslerscholars.org Sites contain links to third party websites and content. These links are provided solely as a convenience to You and not as an endorsement by engage.kesslerscholars.org of the contents on such third-party websites. engage.kesslerscholars.org is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party websites. If You decide to access linked third-party websites, You do so at your own risk. 

Engage.kesslerscholars.org and certain other engage.kesslerscholars.org Sites contain links to social media sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to You and not as an endorsement by engage.kesslerscholars.org of the content on such social media sites. engage.kesslerscholars.org is not responsible for the content, accuracy of such content, or manner in which such content is provided to these third party social media sites. You specifically agree that the use of these social media sites in conjunction with engage.kesslerscholars.org is at your own risk. 

11. Indemnity.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Kessler Scholars Collaborative, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from (i) any Content or other material You provide to any engage.kesslerscholars.org Site, or (ii) your breach of the terms of these Terms. engage.kesslerscholars.org shall provide notice to You promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding.

12. Miscellaneous. The Terms of Service and the relationship between you and us shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any cause of action that may arise under the Terms of Service shall be commenced and be heard in the appropriate court in the State of Michigan, Washtenaw County. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Washtenaw County in the State of Michigan. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Service by engage.kesslerscholars.org must be made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of engage.kesslerscholars.org specifically referencing these Terms of Service and the provision to be waived. Headings used in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and are not to be relied upon. If any provision of the Terms of Service is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Service remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Service will inure to the benefit of, and are intended to be enforceable by, engage.kesslerscholars.org's successors, assigns and licensees. 

13. Legal Disputes

If any dispute arises between You, another Site user and/or Kessler Scholars Collaborative or any combination thereof, as it relates to engage.kesslerscholars.org and this Agreement, such dispute shall be submitted and settled in Washtenaw County, Michigan  in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association. 

These Terms constitute a binding agreement between You and Kessler Scholars Collaborative, and is accepted by You upon your use of the engage.kesslerscholars.org Site.