Foundation Policies

Explore the California State Railroad Museum Foundation’s social media and donor privacy policies for guidelines, community standards, and data protection.


Social Media Policy

We request and encourage that users of social media platforms treat each other with courtesy and respect at all times.

We reserve the right to hide or delete any of the following types of content, and block users who share it:

  • messages that are misleading or false.

  • messages posted by anonymous or robot accounts.

  • deliberate provocation of other community members in the form of intentional trolling, troll baiting or flaming.

  • racist, hateful, sexist, homophobic, slanderous, insulting or life-threatening messages.

  • messages that contain name-calling, personal attacks or defamatory statements.

  • serious, unproven, or inaccurate accusations against individuals or organizations.

  • abusive, aggressive, coarse, explicit, vulgar, violent, obscene, or pornographic messages.

  • messages that infringe on copyrights.

  • messages for advertising purposes.

  • messages that suggest or encourage illegal activity.

  • messages that promote unsafe activity on or near railroad right of way.

All comments are monitored and moderated by the California State Railroad Museum Foundation from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday. Comments posted outside of these hours will be read and addressed as quickly as possible.

With your support our online social media forums can be places for discovery, learning and fun.


Donor Privacy Policy

The California State Railroad Museum Foundation does not sell, share, or trade our donors' names or personal information with any other entity. From time to time, the Foundation may employ third party companies to help process donor information as in the case of preparing mailings and processing donations.

Should you wish to have your donor information removed from our systems, please email us at [email protected].


Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.

  • Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.

  • We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.

  • We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

  • We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.

  • Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.

  • We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

  • We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.


Terms & Conditions of Use

Terms

By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

Use License

1. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on California State Railroad Museum Foundation’s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
a. modify or copy the materials;
b. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or noncommercial);
c. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on California State Railroad Museum Foundation’s web site;
d. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
e. transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.
2. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by California State Railroad Museum Foundation at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

Disclaimer

The materials on California State Railroad Museum Foundation’s web site are provided “as is”. California State Railroad Museum Foundation makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, California State Railroad Museum Foundation does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

Limitations

In no event shall California State Railroad Museum Foundation or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on California State Railroad Museum Foundation’s Internet site, even if California State Railroad Museum Foundation or a California State Railroad Museum Foundation authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

Revisions and Errata

The materials appearing on California State Railroad Museum Foundation’s web site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. California State Railroad Museum Foundation does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. California State Railroad Museum Foundation may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. California State Railroad Museum Foundation does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

Links

California State Railroad Museum Foundation has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by California State Railroad Museum Foundation of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user’s own risk.

Site Terms of Use Modifications

California State Railroad Museum Foundation may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this web site you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Governing Law

Any claim relating to California State Railroad Museum Foundation’s web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions.