1. Start

This survey has questions about how you collect and explore personal information. Personal information is information about you and your behavior that is recorded over time, e.g., your spending habits, your energy usage, your weight, your health records, etc.

After completing the survey, you will be entered into the raffle for a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Please leave your correct email address at the end of this survey, so that we can contact you if your name is randomly picked.

If you have questions or comments about the survey, please contact me at [email protected].

1. Please select one or more of the following types of personal information that are automatically collected over time about you. (multiple choice, multiple answers)

Other (please specify) ______________________________

2. Which of the following types of automatically-collected personal information do you explore/look at/reflect on? (multiple choice, multiple answers)

Other (please specify) ______________________________

3. Please select one or more of the following types of personal information that you manually collect over time (e.g., on paper, computer, or web site). (multiple choice, multiple answers)

Other (please specify) ______________________________

4. Which of the following types of manually-collected personal information do you explore/look at/reflect on? (multiple choice, multiple answers)

Other (please specify) ______________________________

5. Enter one type of personal information from the above lists (automatically- or manually-collected over time and you explore/look at/reflect on) that is the most interesting and relevant to you.

(open-ended text area)

In the following pages, you will answer several questions about the personal information that is most interesting and relevant to you.

2. Collection

The following questions pertain to how you collect the personal information that is the most interesting and relevant to you (as you indicated on the first page).

1. Is this personal information automatically or manually recorded?

• Automatically
• Manually
• A combination of both

2. What tools do you use to collect this personal information (e.g., paper and pencil, sensor device, computer, web site)?

(open-ended text area)

3. When is this personal information collected (e.g., at a designated interval, when an event happens, when you change locations, etc.)?

(open-ended text area)

4. How often is this personal information collected? (multiple choice, one answer)

Other (please specify) ______________________________

5. How long have you been collecting this personal information? (multiple choice, one answer)

• about a week
• 2 to 4 weeks
• about a month
• several months
• about a year
• 2 to 5 years
• more than 5 years

6. Where is this collected personal information stored?

(open-ended text area)

7. Please enter more details about how this personal information is collected.

(open-ended text area)

8. What was your initial motivation to collect this personal information?

(open-ended text area)

9. What is your motivation now in collecting this personal information?

(open-ended text area)

10. How difficult is it to collect this personal information?

(open-ended text area)

11. What is the biggest problem that you encounter in collecting this personal information?

(open-ended text area)

12. Do you intend to continue collecting this personal information? (multiple choice, one answer)

• Yes
• No

Please describe why or why not. ______________________________

13. What are some ways of improving the experience of collecting this personal information?

(open-ended text area)

3. Feedback

The following questions pertain to how you explore/look at/reflect on the collected personal information that is the most interesting and relevant to you (as you indicated on the first page).

1. When do you explore/look at/reflect on this collected personal information?

2. How often do you explore/look at/reflect on this collected personal information?

Other (please specify) ______________________________

3. How long have you been exploring/looking at/reflecting on this collected personal information?

• about a week
• 2 to 4 weeks
• about a month
• several months
• about a year
• 2 to 5 years
• more than 5 years

4. How do you explore/look at/reflect on this collected personal information (e.g., sifting through paper, browsing through web pages, looking at visualizations)?

(open-ended text area)

5. How is this collected personal information organized when you are exploring/looking at/reflecting on it?

(open-ended text area)

6. How much collected personal information can you explore/look at/reflect on?

(open-ended text area)

7. Please enter more details about how you explore/look at/reflect on this collected personal information.

(open-ended text area)

8. What was your initial motivation to explore/look at/reflect on this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

9. What is your motivation now in exploring/looking at/reflecting on the collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

10. How difficult is it to explore/look at/reflect on this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

11. What is the biggest problem that you encounter in exploring/looking at/reflecting on this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

12. Do you intend to continue exploring/looking at/reflecting on this collected personal information?

• Yes
• No

Please describe why or why not. ______________________________

13. What are some ways that can improve the experience of exploring/looking at/reflecting on this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

4. Understanding Questions

The following questions pertain to how you understand the personal information that is the most interesting and relevant to you (as you indicated on the first page).

1. What patterns (repeating events) have you found when exploring/looking at/reflecting on this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

2. What trends (e.g., direction up or down) have you found when exploring/looking at/reflecting on this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

3. What were some of the changes over time that you have found with this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

4. What were some of the things you have learned with this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

5. What were some of the surprising information that you have found with this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

6. What are some ways of improving the understanding of this collected personal information?

(open-ended text area)

5. Demographics

1. Gender:

• male
• female

2. Age:

• 18-20
• 21-25
• 26-30
• 31-40
• 41-50
• 51-60
• over 60

3. Marital Status:

• Single
• Married or living with a domestic partner
• Divorced or separated or widowed

4. Employment Status (check all that apply):

• Full-time
• Part-time
• Full-time parent
• College/University Student
• Self-employed
• Retired
• Not Employed

Other (please specify) ______________________________

5. If employed, what is your occupation?

(free-form text field)

6. What is the highest level of education you have completed?

• Grade School
• Some High School
• High School
• Some college
• College
• Graduate School

7. Please select the technological devices you use on a regular basis (select all that apply)

• Cell Phone
• Personal Computer (PC)
• Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
• Digital Camera

Other (please specify) ______________________________

8. If you have access to the Internet, how often do you take part in the following online activities? If you don't have Internet access, please skip this question.

	Rarely/Never	Every few months	Every few weeks	Every few days	Daily
Communicate with people (e.g., email or IM)	•	•	•	•	•
Social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, MySpace)	•	•	•	•	•
Order products online (e.g., Amazon)	•	•	•	•	•
Manage services online (e.g., bills or bank account)	•	•	•	•	•
Read newspapers or blogs online (e.g., New York Times)	•	•	•	•	•
Play games (e.g., Yahoo! Games)	•	•	•	•	•

9. Where did you hear of this survey?

(free-form text field)

10. Email Address:

(free-form text field)