The Greek Store is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to The Greek Store website and governs data collection and usage. By using The Greek Store website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.  Please note that this policy is for the Greek Store website only and does not apply to other sites that you may link to from our site.

Collection of your Personal Information
The Greek Store collects personally identifiable information, such as your name,  Red ID,  e-mail address, home or work address, and telephone number.  The Greek Store also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by The Greek Store. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by The Greek Store for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of The Greek Store website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The Greek Store public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: The Greek Store does not read any of your private online communications.

The Greek Store encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from The Greek Store so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. The Greek Store is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of The Greek Store and The Greek Store family of websites.

Use of your Personal Information
The Greek Store collects and uses your personal information to operate The Greek Store website and deliver the services you have requested. The Greek Store also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The Greek Store and its affiliates. The Greek Store may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The Greek Store does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Greek Store may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, The Greek Store may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Greek Store, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Greek Store does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

The Greek Store keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within The Greek Store, in order to determine what The Greek Store services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Greek Store to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

The Greek Store websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The Greek Store or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Greek Store; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Greek Store, or the public.

Use of Cookies
The Greek Store website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize The Greek Store pages, or register with The Greek Store site or services, a cookie helps The Greek Store to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same The Greek Store website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use The Greek Store features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of The Greek Store services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information
The Greek Store secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Greek Store secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.   To be sure you are accessing The Greek Store secure server look at the lower left hand corner of your browser.  If you see an unbroken key or closed lock (depending on browser) then SSL is active.  To double-check for security look at the URL or location line in your browser.  If you have accessed a secure server the first characters of the address in that line should change from “http” to “https”.



Changes to this Statement
The Greek Store will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. The Greek Store encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how The Greek Store is protecting your information.

Contact Information
The Greek Store welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Greek Store has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Greek Store at martin.murphy@darth.sdsu.edu. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.