Privacy Policy

We are committed to maintaining your privacy and protecting your personal information. To that end, the Career Service Center:

  • Only allows access to information in databases when individuals have agreed to release such data by participating in Career Service Center programs, submitting application materials, placing a resume in a resume book, or asking that credentials be forwarded on their behalf

  • Only shares the resumes of individuals who have given us permission to do so

  • Does not provide employers access to view information or resumes directly from the Career Service Center database

  • Does not release your personal information unless you request this, by specifically making your information available to others

  • Does not sell personal contact information of students, alumni, employers or anyone else

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We adhere to the USG privacy statement pertaining to the collection of personal information on official university Web sites and collect information only for the following purposes:

Authentication: We require you to use a unique login and password to use our services. NOTE: Neither our staff nor the staff of our NACElink partners has the ability to access your password.

Identification: Some forms on our Web site ask for personal information such as your name and e-mail address. Such information is voluntary unless otherwise noted on the form. NOTE: If you do not provide contact information it may be impossible for us to respond personally to your requests.

Reports and analysis: We may seek your voluntary participation in surveys used to review and improve our services and/or provide reports to USG officials. This information is used in aggregate form, and does not personally identify you.

Statistical Usage: Some pages on our Web site may record your computer's IP address and information about your Web browser, in order to provide statistical data on the use of this Web site.

NACElink Network
We contract with the NACElink Network to provide specific services to University of Maryland, College Park students and alumni. The NACElink Network is an alliance among the National Association of Colleges and Employers, DirectEmployers Association, and Symplicity Corporation.

Together they comprise a national recruiting network and suite of Web-based recruiting and career services automation tools serving the needs of colleges, employers and job candidates.

Data we collect resides on NACElink Network servers.

The privacy policies of NACElink can be found at:http://www2.nacelink.com/nl_privacy_policy.php.

Those of DirectEmployers can be found at:http://www.directemployers.com/privacystatement.asp.

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Links from Our Web Site
Some links on the Career Service Center Web site go to external resources not under our control. Unless otherwise noted, responsibility for the contents of these sites resides with the owners of the site. Please be aware that external Web sites may have different privacy practices.

Disclaimer
Employment opportunities posted on the Career Service Center page come not only from local sources, but from across the country and even international sites. They are not screened by NACE, and may or may not be screened by Career Service Center staff.

We recommend that no one disclose social security numbers, credit card numbers, or bank account numbers to unknown employers and never spend any of their own money to obtain a position unless they are certain it is for a legitimate reason.

The Career Service Center staff cannot be held responsible and/or liable for any damages, real or imagined, past, present or future, from the information contained in postings on the USG Web site or from responding to requests from those posting to the USG Web site.

Questions
USG students should contact the Career Service Center if they have any concerns about the use of their information. If you have questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact the Career Service Center at 301.738.6023.

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