A survey of UK young adults between 18 and 34 years in October 2023 found that ethnic minorities tend to exercise their data protection rights. Around 33 percent of respondents representing ethnic minorities said they had refused to provide their biometric data, compared to 22 percent of white respondents. Similarly, young people of color were more likely to ask an organization to stop using their personal information.
Most common ways of exercising data privacy rights among young adults in the United Kingdom (UK) as of October 2023, by ethnicity
Characteristic
Ethnic minority
White
Asked an organisation to stop using my personal information/data altogether
30%
20%
Refused to provide an organisation with biometric data
33%
22%
Asked to see the privacy policy of an organisation that holds information/data about me
25%
12%
Asked an organisation to provide me with a copy of all my personal information/data
The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "Have you done any of the following?"
Sample size: 124 ethnic minority respondents; 392 white respondents.
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Information Commissioner's Office. (February 16, 2024). Most common ways of exercising data privacy rights among young adults in the United Kingdom (UK) as of October 2023, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464743/uk-young-adults-exercising-data-privacy-laws-by-ethnicity/
Information Commissioner's Office. "Most common ways of exercising data privacy rights among young adults in the United Kingdom (UK) as of October 2023, by ethnicity." Chart. February 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464743/uk-young-adults-exercising-data-privacy-laws-by-ethnicity/
Information Commissioner's Office. (2024). Most common ways of exercising data privacy rights among young adults in the United Kingdom (UK) as of October 2023, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464743/uk-young-adults-exercising-data-privacy-laws-by-ethnicity/
Information Commissioner's Office. "Most Common Ways of Exercising Data Privacy Rights among Young Adults in The United Kingdom (Uk) as of October 2023, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464743/uk-young-adults-exercising-data-privacy-laws-by-ethnicity/
Information Commissioner's Office, Most common ways of exercising data privacy rights among young adults in the United Kingdom (UK) as of October 2023, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464743/uk-young-adults-exercising-data-privacy-laws-by-ethnicity/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Most common ways of exercising data privacy rights among young adults in the United Kingdom (UK) as of October 2023, by ethnicity [Graph], Information Commissioner's Office, February 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464743/uk-young-adults-exercising-data-privacy-laws-by-ethnicity/
