Rules of anonymity.


Whoosme's prime objective is to guarantee the anonymity of the Anonymous Evaluation Questionnaires (AEQ) and the evaluations expressed on them.


To this end, whoosme adopts the most advanced anti-intrusion measures to protect the platforms and databases from unauthorized accesses, while it is also ensured that the processing of the AEQs and the evaluations expressed therein takes place in a way such as to prevent users becoming aware of the content of the individual AEQs, including by deduction (for example by checking the changes to the score of the professional rating).


Whoosme therefore adopts the following rules:

  1. 1. the professional rating is only created for the first time once a user has received at least five evaluations by five AEQs being completed;

  2. 2. if a number of evaluators drops below the minimum threshold of five, the professional rating is suspended (not even visible to the user him/herself) until the minimum of five evaluators is achieved again (and the same number of AEQs);

  3. 3. updates to the professional rating only take place at preset periods of 3 and 4 days by implementing new AEQs and changes to previously compiled AEQs;

  4. 4. if a user removes an evaluator from his/her list of evaluators, his/her professional rating is updated only after at least 7 days and the removed evaluator is visible on the user's whoosme page for thirty days.


In order to prevent abusive practices, whoosme adopts other measures and rules of anonymity that automatically provide for the continuous data monitoring and check.