Online storage services: reasons for non-use 2014 Britain

This statistic shows the reasons for not using services providing storage on the internet in GB 2014 in Great Britain 2014. Of respondents, 39 percent concerns about reliability of service providers.

Reasons for not using services providing storage on the internet in Great Britain in 2014

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Save files on own devices, email account or rarely save files	31%
Share files in other ways or not at all	16%
Lack of knowledge about how to use storage space	32%
Concerns about security or privacy	39%
Concerns about reliability of service providers	12%
Other reasons	18%

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Release date

August 2014

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

1,800**

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

individuals who haven't used storage space on the Internet to share or save files

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* The source indicates: "The source of this information is the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OLS). The OLS is a multi-purpose survey developed by ONS for use by government departments, other public bodies, charities, academics and the media. It provides a fast, cost effective and reliable way of obtaining information on topics too brief to warrant their own survey."
** The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey is carried out by interviewing a nationally representative sample of households in Great Britain. About 1,800 households are sampled each month and estimates are subject to sampling variability, as are those from all sample surveys.

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