Privacy Policy

When using our website, users may be asked to provide personal information such as your name, email address, delivery address, phone number and payment information when purchasing items or creating an account. These details will be used to ship your purchase, or, with permission, be used to keep you updated with our newsletters.

When we offer competitions and promotions, participating customers may be asked to provide personal information to be eligible to participate. These details may be used by us to notify winners or to fulfil promotional obligations.

We monitor site usage and traffic patterns to assist us in developing the website. This data is only used in aggregate form, and thus no individual visitors can be identified.

As required by the Privacy Act 1993, we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information, which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access. You have the right, under the Privacy Act 1993, to ask to see personal information we hold about you. Our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we are able to disclose personal information to you.

Athena Books does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others. Athena Books may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

Athena Books complies fully with the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007. We will not share, sell, rent, swap or authorise any third party to use your email address without your permission. If you feel you have received an email from us in error, please contact us.

We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include delivering packages, sending postal mail and emails, processing credit card payments and providing customer services. Such companies and individuals will have access to personal information needed to perform these functions, but may not use it for any other purposes and are required to process the data in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993.

What about links to other websites and services?

The Athena Books website may contain links to other sites which are not administered or governed by us. These are provided solely for the convenience of our visitors. We are not responsible for the content of these websites. If you choose to click on the link to another website to use its services or resources, we are not liable in respect of your use of the linked website.

Your consent

By using our website you consent to the collection and use of this information by Athena Books. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.

In summary

We are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect on the site to enhance your overall experience. We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.