According to a 2021 survey of smartphone users in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, around 18 percent of respondents reported to always refusing app permissions. By comparison, only nine percent of the surveyed smartphone users reported not denying or restricting app permission to access their data at all. Approximately two in 10 respondents reported refusing app permission requests more than half of the times they are prompted by one.
Share of smartphone users in the Nordics who restricts or denies mobile app permission requests in 2021, by frequency
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Deloitte. (September 15, 2021). Share of smartphone users in the Nordics who restricts or denies mobile app permission requests in 2021, by frequency [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281520/nordics-users-app-permissions-refusal/
Deloitte. "Share of smartphone users in the Nordics who restricts or denies mobile app permission requests in 2021, by frequency." Chart. September 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281520/nordics-users-app-permissions-refusal/
Deloitte. (2021). Share of smartphone users in the Nordics who restricts or denies mobile app permission requests in 2021, by frequency. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281520/nordics-users-app-permissions-refusal/
Deloitte. "Share of Smartphone Users in The Nordics Who Restricts or Denies Mobile App Permission Requests in 2021, by Frequency." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281520/nordics-users-app-permissions-refusal/
Deloitte, Share of smartphone users in the Nordics who restricts or denies mobile app permission requests in 2021, by frequency Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281520/nordics-users-app-permissions-refusal/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of smartphone users in the Nordics who restricts or denies mobile app permission requests in 2021, by frequency [Graph], Deloitte, September 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281520/nordics-users-app-permissions-refusal/