Friday, April 26, 2013

Security of Data When Using Online Surveys for Research

I was offering advise this morning to a colleague who is doing her research online.  When doing so, I questioned the validity of something I said regarding using Google Drive forms for research.  I investigated the topic and found a webpage, Keeping your account secure, by Google to be extremely useful.  The website is at http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=46526

If you followed all of the advise on the website, research data should be secure if you use Google Drive forms. The two-factor authentication is very important.  The information regarding security is applicable to everyone, whether they are doing research or not.

1 comment :

  1. Online security can be breached regardless of the password and authentications placed by the site developer. It seems that hackers can get into anything and everything.
    Katherine Ruiz, RN

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