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Secure Data Transfer |
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Formdesk offers a secure connection for all form data transfer. This effects the entire process from submitting the form to receiving the form by e-mail.
The ability to secure data sent along messages is offered as an additional feature.
This means that it can be purchased in addition to standard subscriptions, while it’s already included in all business subscriptions. |
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This document discusses the following:
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The user submits the form entries to Formdesk |
Data transmissions over the web can be intercepted for a non-secure connection. Formdesk uses a TLS encryption to secure the connection. TLS is the industrial standard security protocol for safely transmitting data over the web. This protocol offers data privacy, integrity verification and confidentiality. Your users will notice the lock icon at the bottom of their browser window, and also the URL starting with https indicating the secure connection.
More and more demands are being made on TLS connections and associated certificates. Qualys, a recognized authority in this area, provides an opportunity to test the quality of an TLS connection using https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/. Formdesk aims for its domains (for example, fd7.formdesk.com) an A rating. |
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Formdesk sends a e-mail messages to you and / or the visitor |
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E-mail messages can also be intercepted.
Therefore Formdesk offers the ability to send the automatic response as an e-mail attachment. The attachment is encrypted and requires a password to open. This applies to both the autoresponder sent to your respondents and for the e-mail notification sent to yourself.
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Automatic response by e-mail |
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For the automatic response the password will be generated automatically by Formdesk. You should display this password using the "Message after form submission" option on the Settings tab, section 'Post submission page'. To display the password use the [ _fd_EncryptPassword ] code. This password is necessary to open the response e-mail. This way the password is communicated using the secure connection. |
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E-mail notification |
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The e-mail notification will send the filled-out form as a encrypted ZIP-attachment. Here you can specify the password needed to open the file. |
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Combining this feature with the optional PDF Generator, you can password protect the PDF attachment as well.
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