Student Affairs Website Privacy Policy
Policy Statement
The following discloses the information gathering and use practices of the University at Buffalo Student Affairs Web site (www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu).
Information Gathering
Our policy is to collect no personally identifiable information about you when you visit our web site unless you affirmatively choose to make such information available to us. However, our web servers do automatically recognize some non-personal information. Specifically, when you visit the Student Affairs web site, we collect information regarding:
- your Internet location (IP address)
- the web page from which you came to our site
- the software (and its configuration) you use to visit our site
- the dates and times you visit our site
- the pages you visit on our site
- search words or terms
Use of Information
We collect information to improve the functionality and content of the University at Buffalo Student Affairs Web site and to monitor its performance. We use the information gathered to adapt site content to user needs and to generate aggregate statistical reports that help answer questions about the usage and performance of the site or individual web pages. Web server logs are retained only on a temporary basis and then deleted completely from our systems. We do not associate or disclose site usage by individual IP addresses - unless required by legally enforceable queries or for investigation of security breaches.
If you choose to share personal information with us, we will not sell that information to commercial entities. Some information must be retained for a designated period of time to comply with Federal or State records retention policies and may be released if required by freedom of information or public record laws. Most student information is confidential pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Contacting Us
If you have questions or suggestions about this privacy statement, the practices of this web site, or your interactions with this site, please contact:
Webmaster
Student Affairs
(716)645-3048
sawebadm@vpsa.buffalo.edu
Disclaimer
The Student Affairs web site contains links to other independently administered sites within the University at Buffalo network and to some sites outside the "buffalo.edu" domain. We cannot be held responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
