InDesign | Mystery/unwanted form function appearing in exported Interactive PDF

I am working on a project for a client that is a large interactive PDF with navigation, built in InDesign.
On a recent version, exported PDFs on opening say "This document has form data that must be filled out" even though we have built no form function into the IDD document. When I click to "highlight fields" in the PDF, and scan all the pages, nothing is highlighted.
Does anyone know what is happening and how I might be able to track down and correct the issue?
Many thanks
Scott

For anyone arriving here with a similar problem, the solution is to export the Interactive PDF from InDesign with password security to restrict all changes on the exported PDF. This will eliminate the 'forms' message from appearing when opening the PDF.

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