Last Updated April 3rd, 2026
The Mountain Empire Model Railroaders (MEMRR) does not sell personal data (such as names, email addresses, or phone numbers) submitted to its websites. Data collected may be shared with its 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.
Data entered into MEMRR website forms does not get passed through any third party form providers. (e.g., Google Forms)
This data is not shared with other third parties unless required by applicable law.MEMRR does not knowingly collect data from children under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian.
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: If you choose to join MEMRR using the web application form, info you enter will be kept in the club files - the same as filling out a paper form.
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.
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.Privacy Test: Snapshot of memrr.org test.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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