Anonymous Projects

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Anonymous projects prevent participant identifiable information (name, phone, and email address) from being sent from Inclivio's servers to your browser. All information that is sent from Inclivio's servers to your browser is encrypted in transit, so only you have access to this information. However, it can be advantageous from a participant privacy perspective to prevent researchers from having access to participant identifiable information. On this page, you will find information about:

How to Create an Anonymous Project

  1. Projects > Create New Project

    The Projects page with the Create New Project button

  2. Toggle on Make this project anonymous

    The Create New Project form with Make this project anonymous switched on

How to Track Anonymous Participants

Inclivio assigns a unique participant ID (participantid) to each participant and sends this as a survey parameter to your survey. It is common, however, to have your own participant identifiers. You can use your own custom identifiers to identify participants in an anonymous project. To do so:

  1. Invite participants by email: open your project's Invites tab and click Invite your first participant (or New Invite once you have sent invitations)

    The Invites tab of an anonymous project with the Invite your first participant link

  2. After inputting the participant's email address, input the Custom ID you would like linked to this participant. You can change this Custom ID at any time after the participant is enrolled.

    The Invite new participant form with an email address and a Custom ID of 1001

When the participant enrolls in your study, their Custom ID will identify them in your participant table.

The Participants table of an anonymous project showing the participant's Custom ID

To change a participant's Custom ID, click on Projects > Participants > {Participant} > Participant Info, update their Custom Study ID to the desired value, and click Save Changes.

The Participant Info tab with the Custom Study ID being changed and the Save Changes button
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