Privacy & Terms
Last updated: January 2026
The Princeton Railroad Museum ("we," "us") runs this website to share the story of the Virginian Railway and welcome visitors to Mercer County, West Virginia. We keep data collection to the minimum needed to run the site, and we do not sell your information to anyone.
The short version
- We don't sell or rent your personal information.
- The Photo Booth keeps your photo on your device — nothing is uploaded to the museum.
- Children's "Junior Conductor" badges are never uploaded — they stay on the device.
- When you share to Facebook, you post your saved postcard yourself; we never receive it.
Information we collect
Information you provide
When you sign the visitor logbook, contact us, or submit a form, we store what you enter (such as a name, message, or email address) so we can respond and keep a record of visits. Staff and admin accounts store an email address and a securely hashed password.
Location (Photo Booth)
If you tap "Tag the museum location," your browser may ask permission to read your GPS position. We use it only, in your browser, to check whether you are on-site and add a badge to your postcard. Your coordinates are not sent to or stored by the museum.
Basic technical data
Like most websites, our hosting provider (Microsoft Azure Static Web Apps) processes standard request logs (such as IP address and browser type) to serve pages and protect the site.
Anonymous usage counts
To understand what parts of the site are helpful, we keep simple, anonymous counts of actions such as page views, audio-tour plays and tour bookings. These counts contain no cookies, no names, no IP addresses and nothing that identifies you — only the name of the action and which page it happened on. If your browser sends a “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control signal, we record nothing at all.
The Photo Booth
The Photo Booth creates your postcard or badge entirely in your browser. Your photo never leaves your device and is not uploaded to the museum. When you tap Save, Email, Share, or Facebook, your postcard is saved to your own device (or handed to your phone's share sheet) so you choose where it goes. We don't receive, store, or see it.
Sharing to Facebook and friends. On a phone, the Share button hands your saved postcard to Facebook, Instagram, Messages, and more — you post it yourself. On a computer, save the postcard and attach it to your Facebook post. Either way the museum is never in the middle: nothing is uploaded to us.
Children's privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. The "Junior Conductor" badge is generated and saved on the device only and is never uploaded to the museum. If you believe a child's image was somehow sent to us, contact us and we will delete it promptly.
How we use information
- To operate the site and respond to messages, bookings, and logbook entries.
- To display content you asked us to display (such as events or logbook entries).
- To keep the site secure and prevent abuse.
We do not use your information for advertising and we do not sell it.
Sharing with others
We share information only with service providers that help us run the site (for example, Microsoft Azure for hosting and storage), or when required by law. Links to Facebook, Instagram, or other sites are governed by their privacy policies.
Data retention
- Photo Booth images: never uploaded — nothing to retain.
- Logbook, contact, and event data: kept while relevant to museum operations; ask us to remove yours anytime.
- Backups: operational backups may retain data briefly before rotation.
Your choices
You can use the whole Photo Booth without ever uploading anything. You can decline the location prompt. To access, correct, or delete information you've given us, contact us using the details below.
Terms of use
By using this website you agree to the following:
- Use the site and Photo Booth for lawful, personal, non-commercial purposes.
- When you share a postcard to Facebook or elsewhere, only share images you have the right to share and that everyone recognizable in them consents to. Don't post content that is unlawful, harmful, hateful, or infringes someone's rights.
- The Photo Booth is provided "as is." Because postcards are created and shared from your own device, we are not responsible for how third parties (such as Facebook) handle content you post there.
- Museum content, images, and branding remain the property of the Princeton Railroad Museum and its contributors.
Changes
We may update this page as the site evolves. Material changes will be reflected in the "Last updated" date above.
Contact
Princeton Railroad Museum · 99 Mercer Street, Princeton, WV 24740 · (304) 487-5060. Reach us through the Visit & Contact page for any privacy request or question.