Last Updated: April 21, 2025
In this article:
- Is this Survey Confidential?
- How Quantum Workplace Ensures Confidentiality
- Confidentiality for Comments and Open-Ended Questions
Is this Survey Confidential?
Confirm the survey's confidentiality setting by looking at the confidentiality status in the top-left of the survey itself. The following image is an example of a confidential survey.
For more information regarding the confidentiality settings, contact the survey administrator or your HR team.
Survey Confidentiality Options
The following is a list of possible survey confidential options:
- A Confidential Survey uses a unique link (or passcode) tied to your demographic information, while keeping your name private, to enable analysis of trends across groups in your organization
- A Not Confidential Survey means your demographic information, responses, and comments are tied directly to your name
- An Anonymous Survey only records your responses and comments; your name and demographic information are not collected
Minimum Response Threshold
To protect survey participant confidentiality, confidential surveys are created with a minimum response threshold that prevents survey analytics from being able to filter and slice results down to an individual.
When your organization reviews survey data, it must always look at aggregate data. Your organization cannot view data for teams or groups of people who have not met the survey's minimum response threshold. Learn more about the minimum response threshold and how it protects employee confidentiality.
How Quantum Workplace Ensures Confidentiality
To ensure confidentiality, Quantum Workplace handles the administration of the survey and reporting of the survey results, so your organization never sees your individual responses.
Quantum Workplace retains all survey data and therefore, can trace survey responses back to you- because of this, the survey is not technically anonymous.
However, Quantum Workplace does not divulge the identity of any survey participants to your organization. Your responses are confidential.
When your organization reviews survey data, it must always look at aggregate data. Your organization cannot view data for teams or groups of people who have not met the survey's minimum response threshold. Learn more about the minimum response threshold and how it protects employee confidentiality.
For more information, please refer to the Quantum Workplace Privacy Policy.
Confidentiality for Comments and Open-Ended Questions
Confidential surveys that include open-ended questions or the opportunity to add comments still ensure confidentiality and do not attach your name or identity to responses in any way.
Note: If you include identifying information in your responses, individuals within your organization may be able to guess your identity.