Collecting responses anonymously
What is stored with a response, and how to collect one that cannot be traced back.
What is normally stored
A response records when it started and finished, which collector it came through, and the respondent's IP address and browser.
Anonymous responses
Turn on anonymous responses on a collector, and the IP address and browser are not stored at all. This is a decision to make before you send: a response collected without anonymity cannot be made anonymous afterwards, because the record of it already exists.
Email invitations
An email collector knows which address it sent to, so a response through it is never fully anonymous. Use a web link when respondents must not be identifiable.
Last updated 5 September 2026
