Anonymous by design

This notice is based on the Australian Privacy Principles. The research is run by AKEGO. Questions: research@yourrideyoursay.com.au.

What we collect in the survey

• Your answers to the questions you choose to answer.
• Which survey and question version you answered, the date you submitted (no exact time is shown to researchers — we round it to the hour), whether someone helped you complete it, and a broad recruitment source if you used a tagged link.

What we don't collect

• No name, email, phone number, address, employer, vehicle registration or licence details.
• No account or login.
• We don't store your IP address, device details or any tracking ID with your answers.

Please don't type identifying details into free-text boxes. If you do, we remove them before any comment is quoted.

Unavoidable technical logging

Like almost every website, our hosting and database providers keep short-lived technical logs (such as IP addresses and request times) for security and to keep the service running. These logs are kept separately by those providers, are not combined with survey answers, and are not used for this research.

Saving your progress on your device

While you complete a survey, your answers are saved in your browser's local storage so you can come back later. This stays on your device and is not sent to us until you submit. It is deleted automatically when you submit, and you can delete it at any time using "Delete my saved answers" at the bottom of each survey page. If you share a device, consider deleting it when you finish.

Email for the results

If you choose to give us your email address to receive the results, it is stored in a separate list with your consent and the date. It is never linked to survey answers — there is no shared ID, token or timestamp connecting them. We use it only to send you research results, never for marketing. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Who can see responses

Only approved members of the research team, who must sign in. Raw responses and the email list are never made public.

Publication

Only combined, reviewed findings are published. Small groups are suppressed so individuals can't be identified.

Keeping and deleting data

Survey responses are kept for 2 years after the final report is published and then deleted. Because responses are anonymous, we generally can't find or delete a single person's answers after they're submitted. Email addresses are deleted when you unsubscribe or when the research ends.

Consent

Taking part is voluntary. By starting and submitting a survey you agree to your anonymous answers being used in this research and its published findings. You can skip any question and stop at any time before submitting.

Concerns

Contact us at research@yourrideyoursay.com.au. You can also contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au.