SurveyMonkey provides the tools for creators to configure their surveys how they want. This includes allowing them to collect strictly anonymous responses, or to choose to identify their respondents. ... Oh, and SurveyMonkey never peeks at your responses unless the survey creator gives us permission to.
Are surveys usually anonymous?
Survey creators can decide to collect responses anonymously or to track respondents. ... All collectors allow the survey creator to turn Anonymous Responses on or off, except Facebook Messenger collectors. All collectors allow the survey creator to track IP addresses or not, except Facebook Messenger collectors.
Are SurveyMonkey surveys really anonymous?
The first thing to know is that surveys are set up by a survey creator and not by SurveyMonkey. SurveyMonkey provides the tools for creators to configure their surveys how they want. This includes allowing them to collect strictly anonymous responses, or to choose to identify their respondents.
How does SurveyMonkey know who responded?
When you use the Facebook Messenger collector to send your survey, each SurveyMonkey response includes the respondent's first and last name from Facebook. By default, most collectors track the IP address of your respondents as response metadata.