Privacy Policy

Updated May 13, 2022

Welcome to the Pomcor web site. By using this web site (the Site), you accept the terms of this policy. If you feel our privacy practices are inadequate to protect your privacy or if you are under 13 years of age, you should refrain from using our website.

This privacy policy may, in Pomcor’s sole discretion, be modified periodically, so you should review this privacy policy on a regular basis. Your continued use of the Site signifies that you continue to accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, as revised from time to time.

When you visit the Site, Pomcor collects the following information about you: your IP address and your browser’s “user agent string” are recorded in the server logs until deleted by the process of log rotation; first-party cookies are used to keep track of your session during your visit; when you leave a comment or send us a message through the contact form you are asked to provide your email address, and when leaving a comment you may also leave the address of your own web site. None of this information is shared with third parties or used for marketing purposes.

Besides the above information collected by Pomcor, additional information is collected by the Akismet WordPress plug-in when you leave a comment of send a message, for the purpose of anti-spam protection. The Akismet plug-in is provided by Automattic, the company that owns the WordPress.com blog-hosting site and contributes to the open source WordPress software available at WordPress.org and used by our Site. The information collected by Akismet is described in the Akismet Privacy page and the more general Automattic Privacy Notice. By leaving a comment or sending a message you consent to the collection information by Akismet.

The site uses Google fonts that are downloaded from fonts.googleapis.com as you visit Site pages. The privacy implications of using Google fonts are discussed by Google here.

The Site is hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the United States on an Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) virtual server. Access to the server is encrypted by Transport Layer Security (TLS). Usage of TLS is enforced by an HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) policy. The Site has an A+ security rating from Qualys SSL Labs concerning its use of TLS.