# Restricted

Data that has been classified as restricted will be encrypted using the public [PGP  encryption key](/data-encryption/encryption-setup/pgp-encryption.md) that has been set on your survey.&#x20;

Restricted data is not available in clear through administration interface and is only available on-demand which requires you to provide your private PGP key with its optional pass phrase.

## ⚠️ Limitations

Following limitations apply to restricted encrypted data.

* No sorting.
* No searching.
* No tag cloud.
* No sentiment processing
* Not available for update when a respondent resume its survey or want to change the answers.
* Not available for piping when a respondent resume its survey or want to change the answers.
* Not available for conditions rules (skip, branching) when a respondent resume its survey or want to change the answers.
* Not available for report filtering.
* No reminders on restricted campaigns.
* Can't be used to evaluate condition task triggers on answers update.
* Not possible to query the clear values from the database.

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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

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```

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