CUNY Terms Scorecard

Grade A+ — Highly protective (score 99/100)

CUNY explicitly pledges not to sell or trade personal information, though it reserves the right to modify its privacy policy at any time without providing notice to users.

Strong no-sale pledge. Unilateral changes without notice is a notable drawback.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
Forced arbitration
UNCLEAR
Trains AI on your content
NO
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
YES
Easy to cancel
UNCLEAR
Tells you before changes
NO
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

Privacy Commitment

CUNY does not sell, rent, loan, trade or lease personal information collected on this site.

CUNY makes a clear, affirmative commitment that they will not sell or share your personal information with third parties for commercial purposes.

Changes to Policy

We may change this policy from time to time, and reserve the right to do so without notice.

The university can update its privacy practices at any time without informing you, meaning you must check back periodically to see if terms have changed.

Disclosure of Information

We may also disclose personal information to federal or state law enforcement authorities to enforce CUNY’s rights against unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access.

CUNY reserves the right to share your data with law enforcement to protect their IT systems, which may occur without your knowledge or a formal warrant.

Confidentiality and Integrity

In addition, we have implemented procedures to safeguard the integrity of CUNY’s information technology assets, including, but not limited to, authentication, authorization, monitoring, auditing, and encryption.

CUNY employs standard security measures, including encryption, to protect the data you provide.

Last reviewed 2026-08-03 under rubric v3.5.

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