According to a survey on current attitudes towards online personal data use, carried out in the United Kingdom (UK), just 12.5 percent of respondents said they were not at all worried about their personal data being collected and used. The majority of respondents were at least a little worried.
How worried are you about the collection and use of your data?
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The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "There is increasing evidence that our personal data is collected when we are online. How worried are you about the collection and/or use of your data?"
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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Measure Protocol. (March 25, 2021). How worried are you about the collection and use of your data? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228198/personal-data-concerns-uk/
Measure Protocol. "How worried are you about the collection and use of your data?." Chart. March 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228198/personal-data-concerns-uk/
Measure Protocol. (2021). How worried are you about the collection and use of your data?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228198/personal-data-concerns-uk/
Measure Protocol. "How Worried Are You about The Collection and Use of Your Data?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228198/personal-data-concerns-uk/
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How worried are you about the collection and use of your data? [Graph], Measure Protocol, March 25, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228198/personal-data-concerns-uk/