According to a survey conducted online in the United Kingdom (UK) in June and July 2020, a majority (74 percent) of adults claimed that the COVID-19 lockdown had not changed their level of trust in the way companies handled their personal information. 18 percent however said that their trust in how organizations managed this data had since decreased.
Change in consumer trust since the COVID-19 lockdown regarding the storing and sharing personal information by companies in the United Kingdom (UK), in 2020
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The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "Since the COVID-19 lockdown has been in place (March 2020), has your level of trust and confidence in companies and organisations storing and using your personal information increased, decreased or stayed the same?"
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Information Commissioner's Office. (August 26, 2020). Change in consumer trust since the COVID-19 lockdown regarding the storing and sharing personal information by companies in the United Kingdom (UK), in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184868/covid19-change-in-trust-data-handling-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. "Change in consumer trust since the COVID-19 lockdown regarding the storing and sharing personal information by companies in the United Kingdom (UK), in 2020." Chart. August 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184868/covid19-change-in-trust-data-handling-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. (2020). Change in consumer trust since the COVID-19 lockdown regarding the storing and sharing personal information by companies in the United Kingdom (UK), in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184868/covid19-change-in-trust-data-handling-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. "Change in Consumer Trust since The Covid-19 Lockdown regarding The Storing and Sharing Personal Information by Companies in The United Kingdom (Uk), in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184868/covid19-change-in-trust-data-handling-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office, Change in consumer trust since the COVID-19 lockdown regarding the storing and sharing personal information by companies in the United Kingdom (UK), in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184868/covid19-change-in-trust-data-handling-uk/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Change in consumer trust since the COVID-19 lockdown regarding the storing and sharing personal information by companies in the United Kingdom (UK), in 2020 [Graph], Information Commissioner's Office, August 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184868/covid19-change-in-trust-data-handling-uk/