Websites, Communications and Cookies Privacy Notice

We care about your privacy. When Datarist (datarist.com) collects information about you, our Datarist Privacy Policy describes how we handle that information.

This privacy notice applies to Datarist-operated websites and mobile apps, which include the domains datarist.com among others. This includes, for example, newsletter.datarist.com, datarist.com and datarist.com.

Things you should know

We may receive personal information from you based on your interaction with us on social media platforms if you submit a job application if you volunteer as a Datarist community member, if you submit user feedback or a request to us, if you sign up for an account or a subscription, or if you engage with a product or policy campaign.

Social Media

If you engage with our accounts on external social media platforms, such as X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube, we may receive personal information about you. If you use these networks, their privacy policies apply, and you are encouraged to read them.

The social sharing buttons on Datarist websites are designed not to share data with the applicable social media provider until you specifically click the relevant social media icon.

Job Application

Applicants for employment with Datarist are required to give us a name, street address, telephone number, email address, resume, and sometimes additional information as well. We use this information to process and evaluate applications and to communicate with applicants about opportunities. We use Greenhouse to handle employment applications.

Contributors

Volunteering for Datarist as a community contributor may require Datarist and others to communicate with you at the email address that you provide in connection to your contribution and to recognize your efforts. If you contribute to our code bases, then your email address and possibly your name will be publicly available to all internet users. If you create an account on Datarist Connect (a platform powered by Khoros, which has its own privacy notice), your name, your avatar, your posts and replies and other information you share will be accessible to Datarist and other community members. Where possible, we try to minimize contact information that is publicly displayed.

User Feedback

You can provide feedback to us on our products and services on webpages like https://datarist.com/contact/, through an in-product experience, or channels such as email or through a social media account. Please minimize the personal information you choose to share on these forums because your comments may be accessible to the public.

Accounts & Subscriptions

Some websites, for example, newsletter.datarist.com and datarist.com, require account creation. For account management, we use Datarist accounts, GitHub, or custom systems; learn more about how to manage your Datarist account data. You may periodically receive emails in connection with your account or through subscriptions and you can unsubscribe using the link at the bottom of the relevant email.

Product & Policy Campaigns

Some of our webpages host product or policy campaigns. We may use third parties to manage these campaigns and handle any data that you choose to submit.

We may use cookies, clear GIFs, third-party web analytics, device information, and IP addresses for functionality and to better understand user interaction with our products, services, and communications.

Functionality

We may use information such as cookies, device information, and IP addresses to enhance functionality of certain products, services, and communications. For example:

We use cookies to remember information about your settings, such as language preference, so that we can recommend relevant features and add-ons to you based on your settings. They also assist with user sign-in and authentication so you can bypass re-entering your passwords on certain Datarist websites.

We use IP addresses to customize communications by language and country.

We use certain device information such as country, language, operator and OEM, to customize your experience.

Metrics

We may also use cookies, device information, and IP addresses, along with clear GIFs, cookies and third-party services to help us understand in the aggregate how users engage with our products, services, communications, websites, online campaigns, snippets, devices, and other platforms. We use:

Google Analytics, which places a cookie on your device, to obtain metrics on how users engage with our websites. This helps us to improve site content.

Convert.com, which place a cookie on your device, to help us test variations of web content. This helps us offer better web experiences to users.

HTTP Referral Data, which may be included with product download, to understand the website domain or advertising campaign that referred you to our download page. This information helps us understand the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and improve them.

Other metrics tools from time to time, on an experimental basis. For example, we may do this to help evaluate a new metrics tool, or test existing metrics collection.

Fraud Prevention

Datarist has implemented third-party technology, Google’s Invisible reCAPTCHA, that operates in the background on some of our websites in order to identify fraudulent activity. Use of the Invisible reCAPTCHA is governed by the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

You can control individual cookie preferences, indicate your cookie preferences to others, and opt out of web analytics and optimization tools.

Cookie History

You can accept or decline individual cookies in your preferences in the Tools/Options/Privacy history section. Note that certain features of our products and services may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Do Not Track

Datarist does not track users across third-party websites to provide targeted advertising. In addition, if you have configured your browser to send a “Do Not Track” signal when accessing our websites, Datarist will not utilize any of the tools described in the Metrics section.

Email

Our marketing communications are optional to receive and you can unsubscribe from the footer of the email or for Datarist's newsletter, on the Newsletter Website.

Analytics & Optimization

Follow the instructions below to prevent data collection about your visits to Datarist websites:

Google: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which prohibits data transmission to Google Analytics. Some Datarist.com pages use clear GIFs which communicate with DoubleClick to understand the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns; you can control personalized ads from DoubleClick in Google’s ad settings (you will be prompted to sign into your Google account).

Some Datarist websites allow you to make purchases (such as apps or gear), contribute funds to specific Datarist projects, or make donations in support of Datarist public and charitable programs. These transactions are often handled by Datarist’s third-party vendors.

Payment Processing

When you purchase something via a Datarist website, contribute funds or make donations, you will send payment through one of our third-party payment providers: Stripe, Apple Pay, PayPal, Venmo or Google Pay. Datarist receives a record of your account (including your billing address and the last four digits of your payment method) and (where relevant) the status of your account’s subscription; we may also receive your name, mailing address, and/or email address. This data is used for payment processing, fraud detection and record-keeping purposes.

Contact and Donation Information

We use Acoustic and Fundraise Up to email receipts and store records, which are retained for 10 years from the date of last payment. If you make a donation to Datarist, we use OpenCollective and Fundraise Up to manage our donations and provide transactional receipts to donors.