privacy policy

The Southwest Ohio Amusement Park Historical Society, Inc. (SOAPHS) web site respects and protects the privacy of its users. This privacy policy statement tells you how we collect information from you and how we use it. Using the Internet should be a fun experience and we want to help you make it so.

The information you provide to this site will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent. This site will not knowingly share aggregate information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, or any other third parties, except management of various parks.
There are cases where this site may request personal information such as your name or e-mail address. For example, we request this information when you request to be placed on our mailing list or participate on our public forum.

This site needs to collect this information for complying with your requests, fulfilling requests, tracking/verifying compliance with our policies as well as federal, state, and local laws, and/or for editorial and feedback solicitation purposes. We will not use any personal information for any purpose except for its intended use, which shall be disclosed at the time such information is requested. Some of the information we collect on the public forum page may be shared with various park management.

In case you change your mind or some personal information changes (such as your name or e-mail address); we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update, or remove the personal data you give us. You can do this by contacting our member information support at soaphs@lycos.com.

This site may disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) this site's rights or property, other site users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. This site may also disclose user information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

OPTING OUT
Information provided by visitors will not be knowingly used for marketing and promotional purposes by this site without prior permission. E-mail sent to the Letters section is subject to editing due to space limitations or other reasons subject to privacy concerns. To keep you in control of your personal information and the communications directed to you, you may opt out of receiving communications from this site about new features or services. If you object to such use for any reason, you may stop that use by e-mail request to soaphs@lycos.com.

POLICY FOR KIDS (INDIVIDUALS UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE)
This site strongly encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate in the activities offered on the sites. No information should be submitted to or posted by visitors under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian. Unless otherwise disclosed during collection and parental/guardian consent is obtained, this site does not provide any personally identifying information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever from our guests under 13 years of age. This site does not solicit the age of any of its visitors for any reason.

Unsolicited requests for information on a one-time basis will be honored without parental consent, and any personal information used for purposes of responding will not be retained or used for any other purpose. Registered visitors under 13 years of age may participate in activities on our site, unless their parent or guardian asks that their e-mail be removed.

POLICY FOR TEENS (INDIVIDUALS 13 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE)
Visitors who are 13 to 17 years of age should seek parental consent before providing any personal identifying information on our site.

SECURITY
The importance of security for all personally identifiable information associated with our visitors is of utmost concern to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, this site can't ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our services, and you do so at your own risk.

UNSOLICITED MATERIALS
Please note that it is our policy not to pay for or accept "in-kind" services for unsolicited creative, production-related or other materials of any kind.

DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
We make no representations or warranties of any kind as to: (a) the accuracy or completeness of the information or materials on the site and assume no responsibility for any errors or omissions in its content; (b) the availability for use of any copyrighted, trademarked or proprietary materials of third parties that may appear in this site; (c) computer viruses or other bugs that third parties may embed in or attach to this site without our knowledge or consent; (d) any software made available for downloading, copying or other use through this site; or (e) the merchantability, fitness for use, title and/or non-infringement of any or all of the contents of this site.
Neither we nor anyone involved in the creation or delivery of this site or whose materials or information appear on this site shall have any liability (whether based on contract, tort, statute or otherwise) for any costs, losses, damages (whether direct, indirect, compensatory, special, lost profits, liquidated, consequential or punitive), arising out of or in connection with the your access to, browsing of or use of this site or any of the contents of this site.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICE
This site is protected by U.S. copyright laws, and may be protected by the copyright laws of other countries and jurisdictions. Except as specifically permitted below, any copy, reproduction, display, performance or retransmission of the contents of this site is strictly prohibited.
Any use of SOAPHS trademarks, trade names and logos in which we, our subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions and licensees do business is strictly prohibited absent our prior written consent. In addition, the names, trade names and trademarks of third parties, including our promotional partners, that appear on this site are proprietary to their respective owners and may be used only with their express written permission.

USE OF MATERIALS
All of our proprietary documents, images, designs and information, including information about our businesses and other public information posted about our company on this site may be copied, reproduced, downloaded and used, provided that: (1) copyright notice in the form "© Southwest Ohio Amusement Park Historical Society ". Used With Permission. All rights reserved." appears on every copy or reproduction of such materials; (2) you only use these materials for noncommercial, personal purposes; (3) you do not alter, edit or condense these materials; and (4) you do not use these materials to ridicule, disparage, harass or annoy anyone.

If you would like to use, copy, upload or retransmit any of our proprietary materials, e-mail us your request. The contents of this site does contain documents, images, information and other materials not proprietary to us, such as photographs, clip art, film clips, musical passages, audio track or sound effects elements, or the names, trade names, trademarks, logos or designations of third parties. Any use whatsoever of any these materials is strictly prohibited, unless the prior written permission of the appropriate third parties has been secured.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using this site, you signify your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy statement, contact us at soaphs@lycos.com .

Photo credits: Top: soaphs file, T.Rhein, park archive.