# Sensitive Data that has been classified as sensitive will be encrypted using the symmetric encryption key and tied to the user account owning the survey. Sensitive data is available in clear through administration interface only to the to owner of the survey. Sensitive data will not be shown in clear to other users if the survey is shared with other users. {% hint style="danger" %} Sensitive data is linked to the survey owner account, if this account gets deleted or if its lost sensitive cannot be decrypted or used anymore. Changing ownership of the survey will also make the senstive data unrecoverable. {% endhint %} ## ⚠️ Limitations Following limitations apply to internal encrypted data. * No sorting. * No searching. * No tag cloud. * Only available to survey owner. * Not available for report filtering. * Not possible to query the clear values from the database. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.ngsurvey.com/data-encryption/data-classification/sensitive.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.