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Can user know if his IP address was saved?

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7 years 9 months ago #139558 by follesi
Can user know if his IP address was saved? was created by follesi
When creating a new survey, it is possible to record the IP address. As a user, can I know whether the survey I'm going to take will save my IP address or not? Suppose the survey creator doesn't mention anything.
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7 years 9 months ago #139594 by DenisChenu
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You're right : some kind of information can be register without clearly inform the user.
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7 years 8 months ago #139901 by halliballi123
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But the Question still stays. Is it possible to get the information in the survey and display that information?
e.g. I'd like to insert some kind of question like a text question and use expressionmanager to show the information if the survey is anonymously taken and if the IP address is stored.

Thanks in advance
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7 years 8 months ago #139905 by tpartner
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There are no Expression Manager placeholders for anonymous or IP address.
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7 years 8 months ago #139908 by halliballi123
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Is there any other chance to get that information. For example using the variables in the Template or are these variables the same like in Expression Manager?
The reason why I am asking is. I need to show different privacy policies depending on the way the survey results are stored (anonymous or not anonymous)
thanks
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7 years 8 months ago #139915 by tpartner
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I don't know of any direct way of getting that information but you could do it indirectly with JavaScript detecting the presence of the privacy message and adding a corresponding class to the welcome message so you could display an appropriate privacy message with CSS.

1) Modify welcome.pstpl something like this. Note that I have changed the .surveywelcome element from a <p> to a <div> (which I think should be done in all templates) and added a script to assign a anonymity-dependent class to that element.
Code:
<div class="row" id="welcome-container">
    <div class="col-sm-12 ">
        <h1>{SURVEYNAME}</h1><br />
        <p class='surveydescription text-info'>{SURVEYDESCRIPTION}</p>
    </div>
</div>
 
<!-- Survey Welcome -->
<div class="row survey-welcome">
    <div class="col-sm-12 ">
        <div class='surveywelcome'>
            {WELCOME}
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
 
<!-- Question number -->
<div class="row questions-number">
    <div class="col-sm-12">
        <p class="x-questions">{THEREAREXQUESTIONS}</p>
    </div>
</div>
 
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">     
  $(document).ready(function() {
    if($('.row.privacy').length > 0) {
      $('.row.survey-welcome').addClass('anonymous');
    }
    else {
      $('.row.survey-welcome').addClass('non-anonymous');
    }
  });
</script>

2) Add something like this to the end of template.css. It will hide the core privacy statement and display the appropriate element in the welcome message.
Code:
.row.privacy,
.survey-welcome.non-anonymous .privacy-anonymous,
.survey-welcome.anonymous .privacy-non-anonymous {
  display: none;
}

3) Add something like this to the welcome message. Note the different classes on th <p> elements.
Code:
<p class="privacy-anonymous">
  Some privacy statement for the anonymous survey...
</p>
<p class="privacy-non-anonymous">
  Some privacy statement for the non-anonymous survey...
</p>
Cheers,
Tony Partner
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7 years 8 months ago #139962 by halliballi123
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Ok, that seems very helpful to me.
I did not know that limesurvey shows the privacy message only when the survey is not anonymous.

regards
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