A Forum fault, or mine?

[BarbaraW]

Earlier this morning I clicked on the link in the now closed thread "Improve the pilgrim experience." I went straght through to the survey form, and to my horror found that my personal gmail address had been inserted. I was using my android phone and had my email in-box open in another window.
Is this a forum tech issue? If it's me doing something wrong I'd be very grateful if someone more techy than me could pm me so I can put it right.

 

[Kirkie]

Earlier this morning I clicked on the link in the now closed thread "Improve the pilgrim experience." I went straght through to the survey form, and to my horror found that my personal gmail address had been inserted. I was using my android phone and had my email in-box open in another window.
Is this a forum tech issue? If it's me doing something wrong I'd be very grateful if someone more techy than me could pm me so I can put it right.

If it helps, I reported your post so it can get prompt attention

 

[Kathor1]

Earlier this morning I clicked on the link in the now closed thread "Improve the pilgrim experience." I went straght through to the survey form, and to my horror found that my personal gmail address had been inserted. I was using my android phone and had my email in-box open in another window. Is this a forum tech issue? If it's me doing something wrong I'd be very grateful if someone more techy than me could pm me so I can put it right.

It's how Google works. If you are logged into one of Google's services or forgot to log out you are logged into all of Google's services.

When you write "had my email inbox open" I guess it was your Gmail inbox that was open. Which means that you were logged into Google's Gmail service. Log out of it and you are logged out of the link to the Google form in question and of all other Google forms, too. Check it out yourself: Log out of your Gmail and click on the link and see what happens then. I just did it and I would advise everybody else to do the same before they come up with new speculation as happened in the closed thread.

 

[JustOneGuy]

I think it's because you filled out the form, and your browser has automatically logged in to Google Docs when you opened it. It has nothing to do with the forum, AFAIK.

 

[Kathor1]

I think it's because you filled out the form, and your browser has automatically logged in to Google Docs when you opened it. It has nothing to do with the forum, AFAIK.

Sorry but I really recommend that everybody who comes up with a theory tests it out first themselves. FYI: I did just that. I had filled out the form. My browser did not automatically log me into Google Docs. You do not know what's going on on the OP's device. She needs to test it herself. Is she logged into Gmail or not when this happens. That's how to check something out.

What the OP describes has nothing to do with this forum or with the setup of the questionnaire on Google's webpage .docs.google.com/forms.

 

[BarbaraW]

Thank you. I didn't appreciate that this was how it worked. It's not something I've experienced with any other surveys I've completed.

 

[Kathor1]

Thank you. I didn't appreciate that this was how it worked. It's not something I've experienced with any other surveys I've completed.

It depends on where the questionnaire for a survey has been create and is stored. There are various platforms. In the past we had similar questionnaires on SurveyMonkey - a platform that identifies participants differently than Google's platform does for questionnaire forms and other forms.

 

[ivar]

What @Kathar1na says here:

Post in thread 'A Forum fault, or mine?'

Oct 22, 2024

Earlier this morning I clicked on the link in the now closed thread "Improve the pilgrim experience." I went straght through to the survey form, and to my horror found that my personal gmail address had been inserted. I was using my android phone and had my email in-box open in another window. Is this a forum tech issue? If it's me doing something wrong I'd be very grateful if someone more techy than me could pm me so I can put it right.

It's how Google works. If you are logged into one of Google's services or forgot to log out you are logged into all of Google's services.

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[JustOneGuy]

Sorry but I really recommend that everybody who comes up with a theory tests it out first themselves. FYI: I did just that. I had filled out the form. My browser did not automatically log me into Google Docs. You do not know what's going on on the OP's device. She needs to test it herself. Is she logged into Gmail or not when this happens. That's how to check something out.

What the OP describes has nothing to do with this forum or with the setup of the questionnaire on Google's webpage .docs.google.com/forms.

I think you did not understand what I wrote, or you didn't read it carefully. This is exactly what I wrote: "It has nothing to do with the forum, AFAIK."

However, this point of view has been expressed several times, and what I think is the correct answer to the original question has been posted already.

On my side, I filled out the form to help that student.

I have a few Gmail accounts. I use one for this kind of "public" applications (forms, accounts on other websites, forums, blogs, etc.), and others for more private matters. I suggest anyone do the same, but remember that privacy is pretty limited over the internet, whatever policy you apply.

 

[t2andreo]

My guess is that your device sensed a field that could be auto-filled and did so, being convenient to you. It can only do this if you have the feature turned on. It is frequently useful, but sometimes can cause difficulties - like in this Google powered survey.

I recommend that you turn the AUTOFILL function OFF.

 

[WGroleau]

Earlier this morning I clicked on the link in the now closed thread "Improve the pilgrim experience." I went straght through to the survey form, and to my horror found that my personal gmail address had been inserted. I was using my android phone and had my email in-box open in another window.
Is this a forum tech issue? If it's me doing something wrong I'd be very grateful if someone more techy than me could pm me so I can put it right.

Android is created and maintained by NSA's biggest competitor. However, most if not all web browsers will "help you" in that fashion unless you turn that feature off.

 

[BarbaraW]

Thank you all. It's helpful to know all this.