This statistic presents the types of personal information and data shared by internet users with others digitally. According to a January 2017 survey of global internet users, 87 percent of respondents shared travel photos and videos digitally.
Types of personal information and images shared digitally by global internet users as of January 2017
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Photos and videos of travel
87%
Other photos and videos (not sensitive)
82%
Photos and videos of my children
70%
Private and sensitive photos and videos of myself
54%
Private and sensitive photos and videos of other people (e.g. of my partner)
45%
Address book/contact information
43%
Personal messages (SMS/IM)
42%
Scans of passport, driving license, insurance and other personal docs
41%
Financial and payment details
37%
Personal emails
37%
Work-related documents
35%
Personal notes and documents
35%
Work-related emails
34%
Passwords (including auto-logging in websites and apps)
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Kaspersky Lab. (May 19, 2017). Types of personal information and images shared digitally by global internet users as of January 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/266835/sharing-content-among-us-internet-users/
Kaspersky Lab. "Types of personal information and images shared digitally by global internet users as of January 2017." Chart. May 19, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266835/sharing-content-among-us-internet-users/
Kaspersky Lab. (2017). Types of personal information and images shared digitally by global internet users as of January 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266835/sharing-content-among-us-internet-users/
Kaspersky Lab. "Types of Personal Information and Images Shared Digitally by Global Internet Users as of January 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/266835/sharing-content-among-us-internet-users/
Kaspersky Lab, Types of personal information and images shared digitally by global internet users as of January 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/266835/sharing-content-among-us-internet-users/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Types of personal information and images shared digitally by global internet users as of January 2017 [Graph], Kaspersky Lab, May 19, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/266835/sharing-content-among-us-internet-users/
