Privacy
Short version: we keep what you need to attend and nothing we'd sell. Last updated November 14, 2026.
Who we are
PocketCon 2027 is run by Ben Allfree and presented by PocketHost. Questions or requests: [email protected].
What we collect
- Your account: your email address and a password (stored hashed), or, if you sign in with Google or GitHub, your email address and the name and profile picture that service shares. We never see your Google or GitHub password.
- Talk proposals: what you put in the form: your name, contact email, talk details, bio and links. Only the PocketCon team sees them.
- Sponsorship inquiries: your company, website, name, contact email and message. Only the PocketCon team sees them.
- Basic server logs: IP address, browser and the pages requested, kept for a short time to run and protect the site.
We don't take payments here and don't store payment or shipping details.
How we use it
- To send you the stream link, schedule and PocketCon updates.
- To review talk proposals and sponsorship inquiries, and to contact speakers and sponsors.
- To show attendee offers to registered people.
We don't sell your data or share it with advertisers.
Other services
- The site runs on PocketHost behind Cloudflare.
- Fonts load from Google Fonts and a small script library from jsDelivr, so those services see your IP address.
- Sign-in with Google or GitHub goes through those companies under their own privacy policies.
- Attendee offers link to other sites (such as a merch store or PocketHost). What you do there is covered by their policies, not this one.
Where your data lives
PocketCon is run from the United States, and the site's data is stored on servers in the United States. If you register from elsewhere, your data is transferred to and processed in the US. Wherever you are, you have the choices below, and we'll honor requests under the privacy laws that apply to you (such as the GDPR in the EU and UK).
Cookies
No tracking or advertising cookies. When you sign in, your browser keeps a login token in local storage so you stay signed in. Signing out removes it.
Your choices
You can ask us to see, correct or delete your account and anything you submitted. Email [email protected] from the address you registered with. We keep PocketCon data until the event's follow-up is done, then delete accounts that aren't needed.