This survey illustrates awareness among UK internet users that some mobile apps can access users' personal information, as of December 2013. Of respondents, 63 percent reported having been aware of this.
Are you aware that some apps on your mobile device can access your personal information?*
* The original survey question was: "Please read the following statement carefully: When some apps are downloaded on to a personal mobile device, they can access your personal information (e.g. locational data, web browsing history etc.). Before today, were you aware of this?"
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Information Commissioner's Office. (December 19, 2013). Are you aware that some apps on your mobile device can access your personal information?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/285428/awareness-that-mobile-apps-access-personal-information-in-the-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. "Are you aware that some apps on your mobile device can access your personal information?*." Chart. December 19, 2013. Statista. Accessed September 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285428/awareness-that-mobile-apps-access-personal-information-in-the-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. (2013). Are you aware that some apps on your mobile device can access your personal information?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285428/awareness-that-mobile-apps-access-personal-information-in-the-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. "Are You Aware That Some Apps on Your Mobile Device Can Access Your Personal Information?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Dec 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285428/awareness-that-mobile-apps-access-personal-information-in-the-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office, Are you aware that some apps on your mobile device can access your personal information?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285428/awareness-that-mobile-apps-access-personal-information-in-the-uk/ (last visited September 27, 2024)
Are you aware that some apps on your mobile device can access your personal information?* [Graph], Information Commissioner's Office, December 19, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/285428/awareness-that-mobile-apps-access-personal-information-in-the-uk/
