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October 2015

Updated Diffie-Hellman protocol

Posted: 22nd October 2015

We are in the process of updating the Diffie-Hellman protocol on our servers to ensure we provide the best security for all our users and survey respondents. The Diffie-Hellman protocol is part of the process that ensures information transmitted between the BOS servers and another computer (such as that being used by a survey author […]

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Introducing…Piping

Posted: 16th October 2015

Over the summer BOS’s development team has been working hard on a number of new features that our users have asked for. We’re pleased to announce the release of the first of these new features. Introducing…Piping What is Piping? Piping enables a survey’s author to insert answers previously given by a respondent into upcoming questions, […]

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The Safe Harbor decision and BOS

Posted: 14th October 2015

The US-EU Safe Harbor scheme – a framework of data protection standards that allows the transfer of personal data from the EU to certified US organisations – was ruled invalid by the European Court of Justice on October 6, 2015. Some online survey tools have relied on the Safe Harbor agreement to store customer or […]

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