Privacy Statement

The Greek Orthodox Christian Society 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 Orthodox Christian Society website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Greek Orthodox Christian Society website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

The Greek Orthodox Christian Society collects personally identifiable information, such as, but not limited to, your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. The Greek Orthodox Christian Society website also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as, but not limited to, your name and email address if supplied on the newsletter registration.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by the  Greek Orthodox Christian Society by Google Analytics. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by the Greek Orthodox Christian Society for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of this site. For more information about Google Analytics and the data it collects, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics.

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

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

At the footer of any correspondence from the Greek Orthodox Christian Society will provide an option to ‘unsubscribe’ from all future correspondence. This process will remove you from the mailing list immediately, however if you are still receiving email, please contact us directly and we will look into it for you.

Use of your Personal Information

the Greek Orthodox Christian Society collects and uses your personal information to operate the Greek Orthodox Christian Society website and deliver the services you have requested. The Greek Orthodox Christian Society also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the Greek Orthodox Christian Society and its affiliates. The Greek Orthodox Christian Society 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 Orthodox Christian Society does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Greek Orthodox Christian Society 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 Orthodox Christian Society 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 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

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

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

The Greek Orthodox Christian Society website 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 Orthodox Christian Society or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Greek Orthodox Christian Society 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 register with the Greek Orthodox Christian Society site or services, a cookie helps the Greek Orthodox Christian Society 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  Greek Orthodox Christian Society website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Greek Orthodox Christian Society 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 Orthodox Christian Society services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

The Greek Orthodox Christian Society secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Greek Orthodox Christian Society 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.

Changes to this Statement

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

Contact Information

The Greek Orthodox Christian Society welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that the Greek Orthodox Christian Society has not adhered to this Statement, please contact the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.