This statistic gives information on the percentage of app-using cell phone users in the U.S. who have uninstalled or decided not to install a cell phone app based on concerns about the sharing or collecting of personal information, by ethnicity. During the survey period, 50 percent of Black, non-Hispanic respondents stated they had decided to do so.
U.S. app users who have uninstalled or decided not to install an app due to data privacy concerns in 2012, by ethnicity
* The original data is preceded by following information: "% within each group who have uninstalled or decided not to install a cell phone app based on concerns about sharing or collecting of personal information" Figures for Hispanics are not reported here due to low sample size of app users in this group (n=80).
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Pew Research Center. (September 5, 2012). U.S. app users who have uninstalled or decided not to install an app due to data privacy concerns in 2012, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241306/us-users-who-have-removed-apps-due-to-privacy-concerns-by-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center. "U.S. app users who have uninstalled or decided not to install an app due to data privacy concerns in 2012, by ethnicity." Chart. September 5, 2012. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241306/us-users-who-have-removed-apps-due-to-privacy-concerns-by-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center. (2012). U.S. app users who have uninstalled or decided not to install an app due to data privacy concerns in 2012, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241306/us-users-who-have-removed-apps-due-to-privacy-concerns-by-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center. "U.S. App Users Who Have Uninstalled or Decided Not to Install An App Due to Data Privacy Concerns in 2012, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Sep 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241306/us-users-who-have-removed-apps-due-to-privacy-concerns-by-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center, U.S. app users who have uninstalled or decided not to install an app due to data privacy concerns in 2012, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241306/us-users-who-have-removed-apps-due-to-privacy-concerns-by-ethnicity/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
U.S. app users who have uninstalled or decided not to install an app due to data privacy concerns in 2012, by ethnicity [Graph], Pew Research Center, September 5, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241306/us-users-who-have-removed-apps-due-to-privacy-concerns-by-ethnicity/
