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This policy describes how athenasgreek.net (“we”, “us”) handles information when you visit or use the site. .

Overview

athenasgreek.net is an educational website for Modern Greek vocabulary and related materials. We do not sell user accounts, and we do not run a checkout or membership system on the site.

Information we collect

When you browse the site

athenasgreek.net is hosted with DreamHost. When you request pages or media files, DreamHost’s web servers may create HTTP access logs and error logs. DreamHost’s documentation describes access log entries as including, for example, a timestamp, IP address, requested path, HTTP status code, referrer, and browser user agent. By default, DreamHost rotates these logs and keeps HTTP access logs for about seven days (longer only if the site owner backs them up separately). We use logs only to operate, secure, and troubleshoot the site.

Vocabulary search runs in your browser using a word list shipped with the site. Search queries are not sent to our server for lookup.

Our own scripts do not set first-party cookies. We store one optional preference in your browser’s local storage: whether you collapsed the small “hard refresh” tip in the site chrome. We do not use local storage for advertising profiles.

When you email us

If you contact us at athenas.greek@outlook.com, we receive the information you send (such as your email address, name if you include it, and message content). We use that information only to respond and to improve the site. See Contact.

What we do not currently use

As of the date above, we do not load Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, or similar browser-based analytics or remarketing scripts on athenasgreek.net pages. If that changes, we will update this policy.

Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. Similar technologies include local storage and advertising identifiers used by ad partners when advertising is enabled.

  • Site preferences (local storage) — Our scripts use local storage only for basic interface preferences (for example, collapsing the cache tip). We do not set first-party cookies in our own code.
  • Third-party fonts — We load Inter and Newsreader from Google Fonts (stylesheet requests to Google’s servers). Google may process technical data (such as IP address) when your browser fetches font files, and Google’s servers may use cookies or similar technologies under Google’s policies. See Google’s Privacy Policy and Google Fonts privacy information.
  • Advertising cookies (not active today) — As of the last updated date, we do not run Google AdSense or other ad scripts, so we do not place advertising cookies for athenasgreek.net. When we enable advertising (see below), Google and its partners may set cookies or use other identifiers on your device.

Google advertising and AdSense

Current status

As of the last updated date, Google AdSense is not installed on athenasgreek.net. Our pages do not load AdSense or similar ad tags, and we do not use advertising cookies for this site.

If we enable Google AdSense

We may apply to show ads through Google AdSense. If and when that code is active on the site, the following applies to ads served by Google and other third-party vendors:

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s prior visits to athenasgreek.net or other websites.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to visitors based on their visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Visitors may opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings and, for many third-party vendors, through aboutads.info.

Learn more: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services. When we turn on AdSense, we will update the “last updated” date above and align live site behavior with this section.

European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland: Serving personalized Google ads in those regions requires a Google-certified consent management platform (CMP) integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework—not a generic cookie banner alone. We must configure Google’s Privacy & messaging in AdSense (or another certified CMP) and obtain valid consent in the product before personalized ads run there. Publishing this Privacy Policy does not satisfy that requirement by itself.

Other third-party services

  • Self-hosted audio and video — Vocabulary songs and many list videos are served from athenasgreek.net using HTML5 audio and video. We do not embed YouTube or similar players on vocabulary list pages. Some pages link out to TikTok or other sites for optional clips; those open on the third-party site.
  • Outbound links — We link to TikTok, Pinterest, and other external sites for clips and references. Those sites have their own privacy policies when you leave athenasgreek.net.
  • Google Search Console — The site owner uses Google Search Console to see how athenasgreek.net performs in Google Search (for example, indexing status and aggregate search performance). It is a webmaster tool used outside the pages you load; it does not place analytics or tracking scripts on athenasgreek.net that follow individual visitors as they browse the site.

How we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share limited technical data with service providers who host athenasgreek.net (DreamHost), deliver fonts, or (when enabled) serve ads—only as needed to operate those services. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect the site and its users.

Children’s privacy

athenasgreek.net is a general-audience learning site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the site. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain processing of personal information, or to object to processing. To exercise these rights, email athenas.greek@outlook.com. We will respond within a reasonable time.

California residents (CCPA / CPRA): As of the last updated date, we do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising while Google advertising is disabled on the site.

If we enable advertising that qualifies as “sharing” under the CPRA, we will update this policy, describe the practice, and provide a way to opt out of that sharing. Where required by law, we will honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) and other legally recognized opt-out preference signals for that sharing. Until advertising is enabled, GPC does not change how we operate the site because we are not engaging in that sharing today.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy when the site or legal requirements change. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy: email Sean at athenas.greek@outlook.com or see Contact.