According to a December 2020 survey of U.S. adults, 26 percent of respondents with post-graduate education felt very comfortable with tech companies sharing their location data, including where they had traveled, with the government so that the government could better track Americans' locations. However, only seven percent of respondents with a Bachelor's degree felt equally comfortable with this idea.
Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020, by education
Original question: "How comfortable would you feel if technology companies shared your location data, including where you have traveled, with the government so that the government could better track Americans’ locations?"
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Morning Consult. (December 5, 2020). Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020, by education [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116916/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-education/
Morning Consult. "Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020, by education." Chart. December 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116916/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-education/
Morning Consult. (2020). Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020, by education. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116916/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-education/
Morning Consult. "Share of U.S. Adults Who Feel Comfortable with Tech Companies Sharing Location Data with The Government so That The Government Can Better Track Their Location as of December 2020, by Education." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116916/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-education/
Morning Consult, Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020, by education Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116916/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-education/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020, by education [Graph], Morning Consult, December 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116916/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-education/
