Last Updated June 7th, 2026
Mountain Empire Model Railroaders (MEMRR) processes personal data in the following instances:
IP Addresses: The MEMRR web server logs your visit in a log file. Your IP address is stored along with the date, time, and the page you visited. The sole purpose is to help prevent abuse and cyber attacks (for example, by blocking offending IP addresses). The owners of this hobby website would rather spend time on model railroading than analyzing logs. Since this website runs on its own private server, old log files are deleted whenever we get around to it. In practice, this happens a few times per year.
Cookies: When you first visit this website, we send a session cookie to your browser. This helps us understand which pages visitors view. Visits are only counted in aggregate (total numbers per page per day), never individually. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. No big loss — digital cookies don’t taste very good anyway.
Website Forms and Comments: Data entered into MEMRR website forms does not get passed through any third party form providers. (e.g., Google Forms) Depending on the particular form, data that is entered gets sent as an email to an MEMRR officer or website administrator. Any name and email address you provide are used only to reply to your message. These emails remain in the owners’ Inbox and Sent folders until they get around to cleaning them out — again, a few times per year. Please note that due to the security limitations of email as commonly used, it is not possible to completely protect the data from access by third parties.
When you post a comment on our forum or blog, we ask for a name. This can obviously be fake. We do this so it’s easier to reply to comments and for other people to follow any discussion.
If you choose to become a member of the MEMRR club using the web application form, info you enter will be kept in the club files - the same as filling out a paper form.
MEMRR does not knowingly collect data from children under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian.
Data Sharing: Data collected may be shared with MEMRR affiliate organizations which are the George L Carter Museum, (aka Johnson City Railroad Experience) and the George L Carter chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. This sharing is generally used to inform people about upcoming events that may be of interest to them. MEMRR does not share data with other third parties unless required by applicable law.
MEMRR does not sell personal data (such as names, email addresses, or phone numbers) submitted to its websites. Subscriptions: Subscribing to services such as the club newsletter or the following of forum topics requires an e-mail address to send the subscription to. Subscriptions require e-mail comfirmation to opt in or to opt out of the particular service unless an administrator does this for the person manually.
Links to other Websites: When we link to websites outside of MEMRR, the privacy policies and information there apply. Questions or Requests: If you have a question about this policy, notice a bug in the website (dead link, etc.) or have a suggestion for improvement, please contact an officer or fill out the form below.
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