EU-28: opinions to approval being required to handle private data

This statistic presents the results of a survey on the attitudes to explicit approval being required to collect and process any kind of personal information in the European Union (EU-28) as of March 2015. During the survey period, it was found that ten percent of respondents stated that such approval should be required in the case of sensitive information whether online or offline.

Attitudes to explicit approval being required to collect and process any kind of personal information in the European Union (EU-28) as of March 2015*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Yes, in all cases	69%
Yes, in the case of personal information required online	14%
Yes, in the case of sensitive information whether online or offline (e.g. health, religion, political beliefs, sexual preferences, etc.)	10%
No	5%
Don't know	4%

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Release date

June 2015

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Survey time period

February 28, 2015 to March 9, 2015

Number of respondents

27,980 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

residents of the EU 28 member states.

Supplementary notes

* Original survey question was phrased as follows:
"QB17 Should your explicit approval be required before any kind of personal information is collected and processed? (MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)"

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