Legitimate Campus Surveys

We've listed the legitimate, active campus surveys here to help you distinguish phishing from real surveys:

  • Mass Email Sender: Aflac
    • Sender Address: email@aflac-email.com
    • Send Date: 3/14/2022
    • Subject: Submitting Claims to Aflac Just Got Easier
    • Summary: Aflac, one of UC’s benefit vendors, will send a bulk email to faculty and staff enrolled in one or more of UC’s Supplemental Health Plans (Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance and Hospital Indemnity Insurance).  The purpose of the email is to advise of enhanced functionality available on the Aflac participant web portal.  The email addresses were voluntarily provided to Aflac by participants when they enrolled in the plans.  Some are UC work email addresses and some are personal email addresses. 
  • UCSB Alumni Directory Verification (not a survey, but information verification for the campus alumni directory)
  • Information Request for 1095 IRS Reporting 
    • From UC SHIP information request for Academic Health Plans (AHPs)
  • UC Health values your input! ¡UC Health valora su opinión!
    • The purpose of this survey is to collect represented and non-represented employees' opinions about UC health benefits and health care use. 
  • Discovery Benefits Information (not a survey, but enrollment confirmation)
  • SA Peer Education Network Divisional Training Interest Form
    • 5 question survey from Student Affairs Announcements emailed to SA ALL listserv
  • UCSB First Destination Survey
    • Two-to-four minute survey from UCSB Career Services via Handshake
  • "Share your opinion on the UC Flu Vaccine requirement"
    • A survey was sent out via email with this subject line from an outside market research firm, Consumer Evaluation & Insights. 
    • This survey is not UC affiliated and UC cannot make any assurances regarding the use, privacy, or security of any information provided.
  • SIS&T Annual Survey; 2020 User-Satisfaction Survey
    • This survey will be sent to users on the SAALL listserv during the first week of September.
  • Campus Active Directory Survey