Michigan Dining Data

Student Life’s Michigan Dining emphasizes more than just healthy and nutritious foods, international cuisines, and sustainability. Michigan Dining is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and enriching space at our table that nourishes the campus community’s well-being, promotes a sense of belonging, and encourages personal growth through global cuisine and education. When you interact with Michigan Dining, information about you is collected and stored in university systems such as Cloud Point of Sale (Transact), CS Gold (CBORD), EventMaster (CBORD), and WordPress.

What Michigan Dining Data We Collect

  • Student Contact Information
    such as UMID, name, date of birth, uniqname, class enrollment status, financial account hold status
  • Faculty/Staff Contact Information
    such as UMID, name, uniqname, department ID, employment appointment
  • Logging Information
    such as browser and operating system used, device IP address, time of submissions
  • Billing Information
    such as meal plan and Blue Bucks charges for the billing statement submitted to your student account

How We Use Michigan Dining Data

The University of Michigan uses Michigan Dining Data to enable:

  • Communications
    promotional communication with enrolled students, targeted communication to meal plan holders
  • Institutional Planning and Reporting
    analyze aggregated (non-identifiable) data sets to identify, evaluate, and respond to trends
  • Student Meal Plan Administration Processes
    support processes associated with meal plan contracting and enrollment
  • Service Support
    ensure system stability and positive user experience by monitoring service performance, maintaining a reliable record of transactions, and providing end-user support

How We Collect Michigan Dining Data

  • Directly
    when you provide it to us, such as when you submit order requests, feedback surveys, etc.
  • Automatically
    when Dining systems generate and store data based on visits, interactions, and system-automated rules
  • From U-M Staff
    • when Dining staff captures information in Dining systems on your behalf, such as change requests
    • when HR, Payroll, and Shared Services Center (SSC) staff enter appointment information into the Human Capital Management system
    • when Housing staff provides information related to Dining captured in their Housing systems, such as Residential Meal Plan selection

How We Share Michigan Dining Data

The University of Michigan does not sell or rent your information. We may share your information with service providers who support Michigan Dining systems and services offered by the university, such as Cloud Point of Sale (Transact), CS Gold (CBORD), EventMaster (CBORD), and WordPress. We require our service providers to keep your personal information secure and use it only for providing services on the university’s behalf.

Personal information may also be shared when required by law, or to protect the safety, property, or rights of the university, its community members and guests.