This survey depicts the most pressing concerns of individuals in the United Kingdom (UK) with regard to organisations holding and using personal information in 2012. Of respondents, 37 percent reported being most concerned about organisations sharing their personal information with other bodies.
Please could you tell me what are you personally most concerned about?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Organisations sharing my personal information with other bodies
37%
Organisations not keeping my information secure
29%
Fraud / identity theft
13%
Lack of privacy
12%
Nuisance cold calling / junk mail
10%
Organisations holding too much information
9%
Not knowing what information organisations hold
8%
Ability to access bank details / medical records / criminal records
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Information Commissioner's Office. (June 1, 2013). Please could you tell me what are you personally most concerned about? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/285632/concerns-about-organisations-holding-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. "Please could you tell me what are you personally most concerned about?." Chart. June 1, 2013. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285632/concerns-about-organisations-holding-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. (2013). Please could you tell me what are you personally most concerned about?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285632/concerns-about-organisations-holding-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. "Please Could You Tell Me What Are You Personally Most Concerned About?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285632/concerns-about-organisations-holding-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office, Please could you tell me what are you personally most concerned about? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285632/concerns-about-organisations-holding-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Please could you tell me what are you personally most concerned about? [Graph], Information Commissioner's Office, June 1, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/285632/concerns-about-organisations-holding-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
