According to a May 2023 survey of internet users in the United States, 56 percent of respondents reported that they always or almost always accepted online privacy policies without reading them. Overall, only two in ten respondents rarely or never accepted policies without reading them.
Frequency of accepting online privacy policies without reading them among adult internet users in the United States as of May 2023
U.S. adults; internet users; nationally representative
Method of interview
Online panel
Supplementary notes
The source adds the following information specifying the data: "Percentage of U.S. adults who say that when they think about managing their privacy online, they..."
Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding. “No
answer” includes those who did not give an answer or who do not
use the internet.
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Pew Research Center. (October 18, 2023). Frequency of accepting online privacy policies without reading them among adult internet users in the United States as of May 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422713/privacy-policies-accept-without-reading-us-frequency/
Pew Research Center. "Frequency of accepting online privacy policies without reading them among adult internet users in the United States as of May 2023." Chart. October 18, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422713/privacy-policies-accept-without-reading-us-frequency/
Pew Research Center. (2023). Frequency of accepting online privacy policies without reading them among adult internet users in the United States as of May 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422713/privacy-policies-accept-without-reading-us-frequency/
Pew Research Center. "Frequency of Accepting Online Privacy Policies without Reading Them among Adult Internet Users in The United States as of May 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422713/privacy-policies-accept-without-reading-us-frequency/
Pew Research Center, Frequency of accepting online privacy policies without reading them among adult internet users in the United States as of May 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422713/privacy-policies-accept-without-reading-us-frequency/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Frequency of accepting online privacy policies without reading them among adult internet users in the United States as of May 2023 [Graph], Pew Research Center, October 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422713/privacy-policies-accept-without-reading-us-frequency/
