Policy Statement
The following discloses the information gathering and use practices of the Faculty
Student Association of the State University of New York at Buffalo (a.k.a. Campus
Dining & Shops) web sites, including myubcard.com and ubcampustees.com. In general
it is the policy of Campus Dining & Shops to secure any information collected and use
it only to provide information and services directly related to our role at the University
at Buffalo.
Information Gathering
Our policy is not to collect information that can personally identify you when you visit
our web sites unless you choose to provide the information to us or make a purchase from
the web site. However, our web servers do automatically recognize some non-personal information.
Specifically, when you visit any of the Campus Dining & Shops web sites, we may 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 Cookies
A cookie is a simple text file stored by a web site on your computer by your web browser.
The use of cookies is a standard practice of websites. They are used to distinguish you
from other users of a web site. Cookies that we set are known as "session cookies" and their
purpose is to allow our web site to recognize you on each page you visit to provide a consistent
experience. Cookies are required to be active for the e-commerce portion of the web site to function
correctly. The session cookies our site sets do not store or contain any personal information or
credit card information and cannot be used by any other web site or company to identify you or your
computer. The session cookies are erased upon closing your browser.
Use of Information
We collect information to improve the functionality and content of our web sites. We use the
information gathered to adapt site content to user needs and to generate 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).
If you choose to provide your e-mail address or other personal information to us, it will be
used only by us and only to contact you for the reasons noted on the original request. You
have the opportunity to remove yourself from the mailings at any time by following the instructions
provided at the time of sign-up. You may also send an e-mail to
webadmin@myubcard.com. There are
exceptions to this opt-out policy that pertain only to UB Card Holders and Campus Dining & Shops
customers outlined in the UB Card and Campus Dining & Shops agreements.
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:
Web Administrator
Campus Dining & Shops
520 Lee Entrance #101
Amherst, NY 14228
(716) 645-6180 webadmin@myubcard.com
Disclaimer
On occasion we may include links on our site to other web pages that we have no control over.
We are not responsible for the policies of those web sites.
All prices are in USD.
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