Data submitted in the Perspectives program, including personally identifiable information, is stored in three locations:
- CDI servers
- Thought Industries
- Alchemer servers
CDI servers
CDI uses Amazon DynamoDB for the storage of certain data submitted in the Perspectives program, and this date is encrypted at rest. We further protect the data by enabling multi-factor authentication on all accounts accessing DynamoDB.
CDI forwards data collected from our learning program to our database in DynamoDB, which is SOC 1, 2, 3 certified. We de-identify the data as we claim, by separating participant data across multiple tables and enforcing role-based access permissions. For instance, questionnaire and participant progress data are stored in separate tables that are stripped of participants’ PII, and members of our Research team who analyze the questionnaire and progress data do not have access to the PII table.
CDI’s AWS servers are located in Ohio.
Thought Industries servers
Thought Industries hosts its data on AWS. More information is here.
Alchemer servers
CDI uses the survey tool Alchemer to collect longitudinal impact data. Alchemer data is stored on servers hosted by AWS, and their data is encrypted in transit, at rest, and on all backups. Alchemer is SOC 2 certified (see pg. 20 of its Security Whitepaper for its list of certifications).
Alchemer’s AWS servers are located in Virginia.