Share of adults who want more control over their personal data UK 2021

Published by
Ani Petrosyan,
Feb 7, 2023
A survey carried out in 2021 revealed how important having more control over personal data is to UK adults. A third of respondents said this was extremely important to them, a further 37 percent said it was very important, and 22 percent said it was moderately important. Just 1.6 percent said having more control over personal data and how it is shared was not at all important to them.

How important is it to you to have more control over your data and how it is shared?

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Release date

March 2021

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

February 2021

Number of respondents

1,269 respondents

Supplementary notes

The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "How important is it to you to have more control over your data and how it is shared?"
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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