Privacy Policy

This privacy policy was last updated on May 24, 2025.

Who I am

My name is Ron Morrison aka Computer-Ron and my website address is https://computer-ron.com. My website is self-managed and hosted within the USA.

What personal data Is collected and why

Contact via email

If you ask for support, send a question or comment, or report a problem, your name, email address, message, and email header information will be collected. This data is used solely in connection with answering queries received. If you submit a question or comment, or report a problem by any form provided on this website know your IP address will also be collected for SPAM mitigation purposes.

Cookies

Cookies (small data files transferred onto computers or devices by sites) are used to collect, store, and track information for security and personalization, and for statistical purposes. They are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. They cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

You always have the ability to accept or decline cookies. You may deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings of your web browser. (e.g. Brave (recommended), Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome (not recommended), Microsoft Edge (not recommended), Internet Explorer (should avoid at all costs), iOS Safari, MacOS Safari).

NOTE: Most web browsers automatically accept cookies by default but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies instead, if prefered. Also know that cookies already stored by a browser may be deleted at any time. Most probably should be deleted frequently if not everytime you close the browser, with few exceptions.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site, if any, may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behave in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. For this reason only reputable sources, those who repeatedly demonstrate sound security and transparent privacy practices, are considered for inclusion.

Other websites may and likely do collect data about you, employ cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to their website. In other words, this website has zero control over policies, procedures or management of other websites or any of the underlying infrastructure or technologies.

Analytics

Computer-Ron utilizes Matomo On-Premise open-source analytics/metrics software. This software is self-hosted and normally IP-addresses are not stored in full meaning no personally identifiable information is stored.

When you visit the following information is stored: the website from which you visited from, the parts of the site you visit, the date, time and duration of your visit, your anonymised IP address, information from the device (device type, model, brand, screen resolution, operating system version, and browser), and country and city used during your visit. See this link for more information. This usage data in Matomo Analytics is processed for statistical purposes, to improve the site and to recognize and prevent any misuse. Visits from countries other than the United States are excluded and removed from the database, if not previously configured to be ignored.

NOTICE: Due to a significant increase in brute force login attempts and efforts to exploit recent CVEs all IP octets are being collected. This will continue until mitigation efforts identify, block and report offending addresses. Nefarious actors originating from locations other than the United States result in entire IP ranges blocked while visits remain ignored by Matomo. This website is interested in visits from Upper Peninsula of Michigan or neighboring Northern Wisconsin communities only.

IMPORTANT: Nefarious actors utilizing hosting from unifiedlayer.com, namecheap.com, hostgator.com, digitalocean.com, tencent.com, google.com, dreamhost.com, microsoft.com, and netstart.com you have been warned!

Who is your data shared with

Server log data is accessible to and may be shared with website operators and administrators for security and maintenance purposes. Analytics data for this website is accessible to Computer-Ron exclusively and is not shared with anyone else.

How long is your data retained

For users that register on this website (if enabled), the personal information provided in their user profile is stored. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change the username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information but will not make any user account changes without explicit authorization from the user except under emergency circumstances (any user change that somehow negatively impacts server or website stability and/or availability).

Server log and analytics data is retained until administrative value has been served, generally for as short a period as possible. Information created and stored to facilitate the creation of an issue may be retained until all administrative value has been served.

What rights you have over your data

You may request any personal data held about you, including your analytics data, be erased. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. If a registered account exists on the system it will be permenantly deleted.

Opt-Out of website tracking

If you are determined not to have your machine visits recorded you may opt out of being tracked by this instance of Matomo Analytics by either blocking or disabling cookies and/or by disabling java.

No image or other fingerprinting methods are utilized on this website nor are critical functions dependant upon java in order for basic website operation (though some functions may not work, such as menus and forms).

Where your data is sent

Computer-Ron Internet Services are hosted by InterServer, Inc. (their privacy policy)

Use this affiliate link for a first month cost of $.01 and earning me a modest one-time commission if you like me for any reason. It’s a monetary way to demonstrate appreciation, and know in gratitude all commissions are 100% spent on maintaining & improving infrastructure investments. If you are family, a close friend or giving consideration to joining my exclusive client list please DO NOT use the affiliate link above and contact me directly here instead.

How your data is protected

Websites are secured with key-based credentials, and all traffic into and out is encrypted with TLS. Website software is continually monitored and updated with security updates and upgrades as needed, required, and otherwise warranted. All passwords are auto-generated and managed utilizing redundant password vault databases. Websites, lists and surveys are backed up weekly. Analytics and email are backed up daily.

What third parties is data received from

Location data is provided by a GeoIP 2 database and MaxMind‘s PHP API to accurately determine the location of website visitors. IP address SPAM blocking is provided by AbuseIPDB to assist with blocking form and content spammers.

Contact

Please contact Computer-Ron with questions about this privacy policy.