whotracksme 2017.11

Learn about tracking technologies, market structure and data-sharing on the web

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alt="whotracks.me"
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Bringing Transparency to online tracking - built by Cliqz and Ghostery.

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This repository contains:

* data on trackers and websites as shown on [whotracks.me](https://whotracks.me) (`./data`)
* database mapping tracker domains to companies (`./db`)
* code to render the [whotracks.me](https://whotracks.me) site


# Installation

Python 3.x is needed to build the site. We recommend creating a
[virtualenv](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/) (or
`pipenv`) to install the dependencies.

## From Pypi

```sh
$ pip install whotracksme
```

## From source

```sh
$ pip install -e .
```

That's all you need to get started!

# Using the data

To get started with the data, everything you need can be found in
`whotracksme.data`:

```python
from whotracksme.data import (
load_apps,
load_companies,
load_overview,
load_sites,
load_tracker_db,
)

print(load_apps())
```

For more examples of scripts, have a look in the [contrib](./contrib) folder!

# Building the site

Building the site requires a few extra dependencies, not installed by default to
not make the installation heavier than it needs to be. You will need to install
`whotracksme` this way:

```sh
$ pip install 'whotracksme[website]'
```

Or if you do it from source:
```sh
$ pip install -e '.[website]'
```

*Furthermore* you also need to [install sass](http://sass-lang.com/install).


Once this is done, you will have access to a `whotracksme` entry point that can
be used this way:

```sh
$ whotracksme website [serve]
```

The `serve` part is optional and can be used while making changes on the
website.

All generated artifacts can be found in the `_site/` folder.

## Tests

To run tests, you will need `pytest`, or simply install `whotacksme` with the
`test` extra:

```sh
$ pip install -e '.[test,website]'
$ pytest
```

# Contributing

We are happy to take contributions on:
* guest articles for our blog in the topics of tracking, privacy and security. Feel free to use the data in this repository if you need inspiration.
* Curating our database of tracker profiles.


# License

The content of this project itself is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), and the underlying
source code used to generate and display that content is licensed under the [MIT license](https://github.com/cliqz-oss/whotracks.me/blob/master/LICENSE.md).