# Respondent Answers Encryption

You can assign to each of your [text based answer](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/creating-new-type/widget/widget-samples/basic-field.md) a different [data classification](/data-encryption/data-classification.md) based on the importance of the data being collected. You may set the data classification on the answer of your choice using the [answer properties](/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-properties.md) page.

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Once answers have been collected and encrypted in the database its not possible to revert them back to clear text inside the database. These will only be accessible from the user interface or the API.
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# 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/respondent-answers-encryption.md?ask=<question>
```

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.