The statistic presents U.S. parents' attitudes towards online marketing and data collection practises aimed at children. During the survey carried out in November 2012, 52 percent of parents strongly agreed that it was wrong for advertisers to collect and keep information about where a child went online and what that child did online. The survey was carried out in connection with the planned update of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
Parents' attitudes towards online marketing and data collection practices aimed at children in the U.S. in 2012
Characteristic
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree
Don't know / no answer
Before advertisers put tracking software on a child’s computer, advertisers should receive the parent’s permission.
89%
5%
2%
4%
1%
It is wrong for advertisers to collect and keep information about where a child goes online and what that child does online.
52%
11%
10%
24%
2%
It is okay for advertisers to collect information about a child’s location from that child’s mobile phone.*
6%
3%
7%
84%
1%
It is okay for advertisers to track and keep a record of a child’s behavior online if they give the child free content.*
5%
3%
15%
75%
3%
As long as advertisers don’t know a child’s name and address, it is okay for them to collect and use information about the child’s activities online.
3%
17%
10%
69%
1%
It is okay for a website to ask children for personal information about their friends.
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Center For Digital Democracy, & Common Sense Media. (December 6, 2012). Parents' attitudes towards online marketing and data collection practices aimed at children in the U.S. in 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/248620/us-parents-attitudes-to-online-marketing-and-data-collection-practices-aimed-at-children/
Center For Digital Democracy, und Common Sense Media. "Parents' attitudes towards online marketing and data collection practices aimed at children in the U.S. in 2012." Chart. December 6, 2012. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248620/us-parents-attitudes-to-online-marketing-and-data-collection-practices-aimed-at-children/
Center For Digital Democracy, Common Sense Media. (2012). Parents' attitudes towards online marketing and data collection practices aimed at children in the U.S. in 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248620/us-parents-attitudes-to-online-marketing-and-data-collection-practices-aimed-at-children/
Center For Digital Democracy, and Common Sense Media. "Parents' Attitudes towards Online Marketing and Data Collection Practices Aimed at Children in The U.S. in 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Dec 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248620/us-parents-attitudes-to-online-marketing-and-data-collection-practices-aimed-at-children/
Center For Digital Democracy & Common Sense Media, Parents' attitudes towards online marketing and data collection practices aimed at children in the U.S. in 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248620/us-parents-attitudes-to-online-marketing-and-data-collection-practices-aimed-at-children/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Parents' attitudes towards online marketing and data collection practices aimed at children in the U.S. in 2012 [Graph], Center For Digital Democracy, & Common Sense Media, December 6, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/248620/us-parents-attitudes-to-online-marketing-and-data-collection-practices-aimed-at-children/
