BengalLink Privacy Policy
The Career and Professional Education Center (CAPE) at Buffalo State University is committed to maintaining privacy practices regarding electronic personal information for all of our users. BengalLink is the CAPE's online system for services such as job and internship postings, resume referral, workshop sign-up, and CareerShift. The CAPE contracts with Symplicity to provide these services to Buffalo State University students, alumni, and employers; and all user data in BengalLink is stored on Symplicity secure servers.
ORGANIZATIONS/EMPLOYERS
It is the policy of Buffalo State University to provide an employment and educational environment free from invidious discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, or criminal conviction, nor does it as a matter of policy do business with employers who do so discriminate. Buffalo State University reserves the right to edit job and internship postings without notice to comply with legal guidelines.
By participating in any of our services or events, you agree that your organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will comply with Buffalo State University policies. Failure to comply could lead to removal of services.
STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
BengalLink is an online service provided for currently enrolled students and alumni of Buffalo State University. Current contact information (i.e., name, address, phone number, e-mail address) and educational information (i.e., major(s), degree, graduation month and year) are uploaded from Banner each semester for currently enrolled students.
As a user of BengalLink, you agree to:
- Maintain current, accurate, and truthful information in your user profile and all documents stored in BengalLink.
- Protect and maintain your username (your Buffalo State University Banner ID) and password.
- Use BengalLink within the standards of the policies regarding computer use at Buffalo State University.
Failure to comply with the above terms of use may result in the suspension or termination of your BengalLink account.
Through BengalLink, students and alumni can view internships and jobs, create search agents to have opportunities e-mailed, search for employers, upload resumes and cover letters to apply online, participate in resume referral, sign up for CAPE workshops, and access CareerShift. The information in a candidate's profile is used by the CAPE for advising, promoting programs and services, and notifying candidates of opportunities. Personally identifiable information is not released to third parties.
Candidates should contact the CAPE if they have any concerns about the use of their information, if they want to view, correct or change their information, or if they wish to have their account deleted.
Jobs posted directly on the Symplicity system are not screened by Symplicity. The CAPE staff makes every attempt to ensure that only bona fide employers are granted access to BengalLink. The CAPE staff also reviews all job/internship postings; however, website users are urged to research thoroughly any job/internship postings and to use caution and common sense when applying. If a candidate encounters any employer issues, they should be reported immediately to the CAPE staff at careers@buffalostate.edu or 716-878-5811.
ADDITIONAL PRIVACY, SECURITY, AND CONFIDENTIALITY TERMS:
Updating and Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses: Symplicity allows participants to change or correct personal information at any time. To do so, participants simply login to their account, go to their profile and locate options for editing the information. Symplicity collects IP addresses from all participants of the site, and collects and monitors other data and information about the activities of participants on the site collectively. This data is used anonymously and in the aggregate.
Cookies: Cookies, which are small text files recorded in a user's hard drive, are employed by thousands of sites to enhance users' web viewing experience. Cookies cannot damage user files, nor can they read information from a user's hard drive. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's computer. Cookies allow sites to remember users across pages of a site and across multiple visits to a site. When users access Symplicity, it will set a cookie while they are on the site. Once users log out of the site or close their browser window, the cookies are deleted.
Security: Symplicity takes precautions to protect the user's information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, the information is protected both online and off-line. In addition, the job seeker and employer data is password protected, so only the user can access this information. All personally identifiable information collected by Symplicity is stored in limited-access servers. Symplicity uses firewalls and has technical, administrative, and physical security measures and safeguards in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under Symplicity's control.
Confidentiality: Both the Buffalo State University Career and Professional Education Center and Symplicity are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of all information stored within BengalLink and will not sell, transmit, or disclose in any capacity this information to any other organization or entity.
