Send automatic confirmation emails

Send automatic confirmation emails in Google Forms — with three ready prompts, from the immediate task to the lasting pattern.

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Execute — do the immediate task

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Turn on automatic confirmation emails for the research intake form so every respondent gets a…
Turn on automatic confirmation emails for the research intake form so every respondent gets a receipt with their answers and the project code. Send to the email they enter in the form, include the submission timestamp, and start this for all submissions after 9:00 today. Verify by sending a test submission from my address.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I enable confirmation emails for the operations request form, make them useful: include the…
Before I enable confirmation emails for the operations request form, make them useful: include the respondent’s answers, the expected response window (three business days), and a clear contact for urgent edits. Flag any question whose answer might expose personal data so we don’t email it back accidentally.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I just turned on confirmation emails for campus requests and two people reported their student ID…

I enabled confirmation emails but got complaints that private data was included.

I just turned on confirmation emails for campus requests and two people reported their student ID was emailed back to them, which violates our privacy rule. I don’t know which question maps to 'student ID' inside the form, and I’m afraid more sensitive fields are leaking. What’s the fastest way to identify and remove any personal identifiers from the email template and stop further emails while I fix the form?

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