Main concerns regarding personal data usage among the French 2019, by area of concern

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Stacy Jo Dixon,
May 3, 2022
This chart presents the main areas of concern when it comes to personal data usage among French people in a survey from 2019. It appears that more than 80 percent of the respondents mentioned the commercial or marketing uses of their data as a topic of concern. Furthermore, that personal data could be used by insurance companies was rather worrisome for more than half of those surveyed.

Regarding the usage of your personal data, which topics concern you the most?

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Usage of personal data for commercial or marketing ends 80%
Usage of personal data by insurance 55%
Usage of personal data by the health industry (pharmaceutical companies...) 42%
Usage of personal data by administrations and local authorities (municipality, hospitals...) 29%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents80%80%55%55%42%42%29%29%Usage of personal data for commercial ormarketing endsUsage of personal data by insuranceUsage of personal data by the health industry(pharmaceutical companies...)Usage of personal data by administrations and localauthorities (municipality, hospitals...)
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Release date

June 2019

Region

France

Survey time period

June 12-13, 2019

Number of respondents

1,008 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

Two answers were possible.

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