Privacy Information
The shinyTutorials site is an open source website dedicated to providing demonstrations and examples for building Shiny applications. This purpose of this page is to inform you of how shinyTutorials uses personal data collected from you when you visit this site.
Collected Data
shinyTutorials collects various data to improve the performance and usability of the site.
Personal identifying Information
shinyTutorials does not ask for or collect any personal identifying information.
Tracking
shinyTutorials uses the gastby-plugin-google-analytics plugin to enable Google Analytics on this site. This is important for understanding how the site is used. This includes user-level metrics (such as page views, referring sites, device type, geographical analysis, visit duration) and site performance metrics (e.g., page load times). Data is used to understand which tutorials are more popular and how users access the site. This is useful as it helps inform how to write to tutorials, useful for improving the site, and optimizing the site for devices. Data is stored and processed by Google.
You may opt out of Google Analytics by adding the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, enabling your browser's "Do Not Track" setting, and/or using another anti-tracking tool.
Local Storage
localStorage is a file placed on your computer created by a website that is used to store standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect and store information from you automatically through localStorage.
shinyTutorials uses localStorage to save preferences for selected theme (i.e., light or dark). This value is acccessed each time you visit the site. When the theme is changed, the value is updated in local storage. Data can be removed by clearing your browser's cache or removing data for this site. You can opt out of this feature by blocking this site from accessing localStorage in your browser's settings. However, doing so may cause the site to perform not as expected.
Use of Data
shinyTutorials does not—a has no intention to—share or sell any user data. Data is used to understand which tutorials are more popular and how users access the site. Specifically, data is used for:
- Maintaining popular tutorials by updating and revising content, as well as ensuring the examples work.
- Monitoring site performance to ensure delivery of content
- Redesigning and Optimizing the site for all device types
Privacy Policies of Other Websites
shinyTutorials website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to Privacy Policy
shinyTutorials keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 19 May 2020.
Questions
Feedback or questions about this site is welcome. Open a new issue on GitHub: shinyTutorials/issues.