According to a December 2020 survey of U.S. adults, only 13 percent of respondents ages 18 to 34 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 the spread of the coronavirus. Overall, 39 percent of respondents in the same age group felt very uncomfortable 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 due to the coronavirus pandemic as of December 2020, by age group
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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 due to the coronavirus pandemic as of December 2020, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116990/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-age/
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 due to the coronavirus pandemic as of December 2020, by age group." Chart. December 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116990/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-age/
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 due to the coronavirus pandemic as of December 2020, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116990/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-age/
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 Due to The Coronavirus Pandemic as of December 2020, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116990/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-age/
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 due to the coronavirus pandemic as of December 2020, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116990/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-age/ (last visited December 26, 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 due to the coronavirus pandemic as of December 2020, by age group [Graph], Morning Consult, December 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116990/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-age/
