Privacy

Back Porch Hinge Field Guide collects no personal information from readers. That is a description of how the site is built rather than a policy commitment, and the sections below explain what it means in practice.

No Sign-In

There is no form, no comment box, no newsletter signup and no account. Without a form or an account there is no channel for personal data to arrive through.

Keeping This Accurate

If the site ever changes in a way that affects this description, the description changes with it. A privacy page that has drifted from the site it describes is worse than none, so this one is kept in step.

Leaving This Site

Following a link takes a reader somewhere this site does not run. Its own policies govern from the moment the link is followed.

The Hosting Layer

The site is delivered through a hosting provider whose infrastructure sees each request. Technical details such as the requesting network address are kept for a short period for abuse prevention. This is a function of the hosting layer rather than something the site controls or has access to.

No Cookies

No cookie is set by this site. There is no state kept between one visit and the next.

Nothing Is Measured

Nothing on these pages reports a visit to anybody. Readership is simply unknown here, which is unusual on the modern web and entirely deliberate.