Privacy Policy

Athens Services wants you to feel very comfortable and secure while doing business with us and to that end we are committed to protecting your privacy.  This privacy policy statement discloses our practices for the gathering and use of information for our website as well as our other support services. 

By using this site, you signify your agreement to the privacy polices described herein.  If you do not agree with our privacy policies, please do not use our site. If we make any significant changes in the way we use your personal information we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our home page. Please see the end of this statement for the last date our policy was revised.


If you request information about our services we will require direct contact information such as your name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, social security number, business license number, and/or account number, if applicable. We also ask for information related to your need for our services such as the type(s) of material of which you intend to dispose, how long you expect to use the container(s), etc., in order to better serve you.  Any and all uses of your personal information will comply with applicable law.

Your personal information may be used in several ways:

  • To enable us to respond to you or to process and verify sales and service requests and to perform the sales and services requested by you.
  • To allow us to invoice you and to contact you regarding changes to your service request.
  • If you order services requiring payment of a fee, and you pay those fees with a credit card, we will transmit your credit card data for processing. If we encounter a problem with payment, we may review the order information with you and our bank to resolve it. We do not otherwise disclose your credit card information.

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third party marketing companies. 

We will not share your personal information with anyone without your consent except under a limited number of conditions, including: 

  • When legally ordered to do so by a lawful subpoena or court order
  • If you violate or breach an agreement with us
  • If we believe conduct by you will harm the property or rights of Athens Services or to protect the physical safety of Athens Services, its employees, customers, or the general public
  • In connection with the sale of some or all of our company's assets.

We may collect information about your visit to our website, including the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions taken in connection with the your visit. We may also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and language, access times, and referring website addresses.

Please understand that the collection and use of your personal information is to operate and improve our site and deliver the services or carry out the transactions you have requested. These uses may include providing you with more effective customer service; making the site or services easier to use; or performing research and analysis aimed at improving our service.

We also use your personal information to communicate with you. We may send certain mandatory service communications such as welcome letters, billing reminders, information regarding rate or service changes, and security announcements.  This information may reach you via US Mail, email, or fax, depending on the situation.  Some of this information may be sent to you by us at the request of a city, state, or Federal government, or other entities with which we have contracts.

An important part of Athens Services commitment to protecting the security of your personal information is our use of a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.  However, due to the inherent insecurity of the Internet, no security measures should be considered 100% effective in all situations.  In the unlikely event that a security breach occurs, we will notify the affected parties by email, fax, or via US Mail in a timely manner as prescribed by applicable law or as directed by law enforcement.

Our website is not intended for use by children under 13 nor do we collect information from children under 13 years of age.  Children under 13 may only use this site under the direct supervision of their parents or legal guardian.

Athens’ website may use "cookies" to enable you to sign in to our services and to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a small data file that is placed on your hard disk when you visit a website. Cookies contain information that can later be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.  A cookie cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.

We may send email to your email address occasionally, but we will stop if you ask us to do so.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this privacy statement or any of our online practices, you can contact us at:  

Athens Services, P.O. Box 60009, City of Industry, CA 91716

Sales@AthensServices.com

 Last Update:                 October 2007