[R] Questions about R

[Bert Gunter]

This is a volunteer Help list for users of R, which is open source, so you
can see all its code. I can answer no to your questions, unless you are
using one of R's innumerable packages that interacts with the internet and
to which the user may give personal information to enable the desired
functionality (logins, etc.).  But of course how do you know that I am not
some malevolent agent or organization wishing to mislead you for my own
nefarious purposes?

Cheers,
Bert

On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 8:37 AM Shaun Parr <portvale_fc using hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi there,
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> My name is Shaun and I work in an organisation where one of our users
> wishes to install the R software and our process is to assess the safety of
> anyone software prior to authorisation. I can’t seem to locate all the
> information that we require on the webpage, so could someone kindly advise
> me of the following information please?
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> 1. Please can you confirm what user information the software collects
> (E.g. Name, password, e-mail address, any Personally Identifiable
> Information etc)?
> 2. If any is collected, please can you confirm if the information
> collected by the software stays locally on the device or if it is
> transferred anywhere. If it is transferred, could you please advise where
> it is transferred to (E.g. your own servers, or a third party data centre
> such as Amazon Web Services or Azure)?
> 3. Are there any third-party components installed within the software and,
> if so, are these also kept up-to-date?
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> If you could kindly advise this information, it would be really
> appreciated, thank you 😊
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> Shaun
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