According to a 2023 survey of small business leaders and IT professionals in the United States, more than eight in 10 respondents said they notified their customers when impacted by a data breach, while only 17 percent of respondents reported not alerting their impacted customers of the data breach.
Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of September 2023
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Identity Theft Resource Center. (October 24, 2023). Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of September 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/
Identity Theft Resource Center. "Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of September 2023." Chart. October 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/
Identity Theft Resource Center. (2023). Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of September 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/
Identity Theft Resource Center. "Share of Small Companies in The United States Notifying Customers Impacted by Data Breach as of September 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/
Identity Theft Resource Center, Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of September 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of September 2023 [Graph], Identity Theft Resource Center, October 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/
