Protect Your Field Research: 5 Best Practices for Data Security
Learn how to implement robust security measures in your fieldwork using tools to maximize data protection.
A data collection tool you can trust: We’re SOC 2 certified
We are excited to share that SurveyCTO has achieved SOC 2 Type 1 certification and the audit report is now available.
How to get informed consent for remote surveys using SMS
Learn how to use SurveyCTO and SMS messaging to request and record consent.
Why in-country data hosting doesn’t mean your data is safe
Data security and data storage location aren’t the same. Read to learn why and about the security solutions we offer.
Capital One, AWS, and data security: The world will come around to our approach
Breaches happen. Take advantage of our comprehensive security features and encrypt your sensitive data.
SurveyCTO and the GDPR
Here at Dobility, we’ve always taken an approach to data security grounded in the moral obligation to protect privacy and honor confidentiality pledges. For us, that moral obligation was always binding. But with the arrival of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), this obligation becomes legal as well – at least where the private or sensitive data of EU citizens is concerned...
5 Ways to Improve Your Data Security (Today!) for Digital Data Collection
Close your eyes and imagine you’re being interviewed about your sexual behaviors, your finances, and your health conditions – and then asked the same questions about each member of your family. The person speaking with you has taken photos of you, your children, and your home, and they captured your GPS coordinates within one meter of accuracy. You’ve trusted a stranger with incredibly personal and easily identifiable information. But what steps are they taking to keep your data secure and your family safe?
Lessons on data security from MIT
Last week, we joined "Managing confidential research data," a class on research design and methods at MIT taught by Dr. Micah Altman. We thought SurveyCTO users would appreciate the key take-aways.
Considerations for institutional review boards
If you sit on an institutional review board (IRB) or other research ethics committee, you need to know how to assess projects that use electronic forms of data collection. Rest assured that data confidentiality with electronic data collection can actually be substantially safer than paper... if handled properly. This post discusses a series of questions that a research ethics committee should ask of projects employing electronic data collection...