According to a December 2020 survey of U.S. adults, only 13 percent of respondents with Bachelors degrees 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. Additionally, 38 percent of bachelors degree-holding respondents 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 education
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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 education [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116996/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-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 due to the coronavirus pandemic as of December 2020, by education." Chart. December 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116996/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-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 due to the coronavirus pandemic as of December 2020, by education. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116996/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-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 Due to The Coronavirus Pandemic as of December 2020, by Education." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116996/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-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 due to the coronavirus pandemic as of December 2020, by education Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116996/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-education/ (last visited December 22, 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 education [Graph], Morning Consult, December 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116996/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov-coronavirus-spread-education/
