SUNY Empire University's Privacy Policy

Introduction

SUNY Empire is committed to protecting your privacy while making it easier and more efficient to interact with our College. You can navigate through much of the College's website without giving us any information about yourself. Sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this commitment of privacy explains our online information practices.

Commitment of Privacy

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you provide that information voluntarily by sending an e-mail, completing an online form, or completing the online application.

This policy is consistent with the provisions of the Internet Security and Privacy Act, the Freedom of Information Law, and the Personal Privacy Protection Law.

• SUNY Empire personnel will not initiate a call, email or otherwise contact you to ask for your login or password. Therefore, you should not give your password to anyone requesting it, except if needed to assist you in using our services.
• If you call with difficulty using a portion of our web site, SUNY Empire personnel will try every possible method to assist you without asking for your password.
• In the rare case that an SUNY Empire employee does ask for your password in order to assist you in using our services, note the following:
   
  • the request will only take place over the phone and
  • the person assisting you will inform you how to change your password.
• We strongly recommend that you change your password at the very least every 6 months and anytime you suspect it is no longer private, for example after providing it to SUNY Empire personnel for troubleshooting purposes.
• We strongly discourage sending your password or other personally identifiable information in email over the public Internet. Make sure any SUNY Empire websites you provide this information to are securing the transaction (note the "padlock" icon at the bottom of your browser window).