Privacy notice
This notice explains how this independent research survey, conducted under RESCON, handles your information.
What we collect
Your answers to the 15 questions, the language you chose, the time of submission, your location-sharing decision and — only if you agree — the municipality, region and country derived from your approximate location. If your browser cannot provide a reading, an approximate municipality, region and country may instead be derived from your network address. Exact coordinates and your network address itself are never stored.
What we do not collect
We do not ask for your name, email, phone number or personal identity number. We do not store IP addresses with your answers. A short-lived, one-way scrambled network value is used only to prevent spam and is not linked to your answers.
How anonymous is it?
Without location, responses are not linked to any direct identifier. Only the municipality, region and country derived from your location are kept, never exact coordinates; a timestamp could in rare cases indirectly point to a person, so location is optional, stored separately and only accessible to authorised researchers. Results are reported in aggregated form only.
One response per browser
To prevent duplicate answers, a random anonymous code is created and kept in your browser's local storage when you open the survey. Only a one-way scrambled version of this code is saved with your response, so it cannot be traced back to you. We do not use device fingerprinting and do not use IP addresses to identify participants. Location place names are stored in a separate table from your answers and the code. Limitations: clearing your browser data, using private browsing, or using another browser or device creates a new code, while people sharing one browser can submit only once. Completed responses cannot be changed or resubmitted.
Who can access the data
Only authorised research administrators, after secure sign-in. Data is never shown publicly.
Storage and deletion
The retention period for survey responses and any separately stored location timestamp, municipality, region and country is 12 months from submission. Exact coordinates and accuracy readings are never stored. Research administrators are responsible for arranging deletion at the end of this period; automatic deletion is not currently enabled. No formal GDPR review or approval has taken place for this study. This notice does not constitute GDPR approval or certification of compliance.
Your choices
Participation is voluntary. You can stop at any time before submitting. Declining to share location never prevents you from taking part.