This statistic shows the results of a survey among social network members regarding their preferred privacy settings for social networks in Germany in 2013. During the survey period it was found that 82 percent of respondents said that they wanted a setting to block other users.
How important are the following aspects regarding the privacy settings of social networks to you?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Deleting my data without any problems
93%
Specify the visibility of my data for certain groups of people
91%
Make posts on my wall visible only to specific people
87%
Make my profile undetectable, e.g. for search engines
83%
Block people
82%
Prevent others from tagging me in posts and pictures of third parties
82%
Make my profile invisible inside the social network
internet users who actively used at least one social network
Method of interview
Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)
Supplementary notes
The statistic only refers to the top-two-boxes "very important" and "rather important". The source phrased the original German survey question as follows: "Wie wichtig sind Ihnen die folgenden Aspekte bezüglich der Privatsphäre-Einstellungen eines sozialen Netzwerks?"
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Bitkom. (October 31, 2013). How important are the following aspects regarding the privacy settings of social networks to you? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/437254/privacy-preferred-social-network-settings-germany/
Bitkom. "How important are the following aspects regarding the privacy settings of social networks to you?." Chart. October 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/437254/privacy-preferred-social-network-settings-germany/
Bitkom. (2013). How important are the following aspects regarding the privacy settings of social networks to you?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/437254/privacy-preferred-social-network-settings-germany/
Bitkom. "How Important Are The following Aspects regarding The Privacy Settings of Social Networks to You?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/437254/privacy-preferred-social-network-settings-germany/
Bitkom, How important are the following aspects regarding the privacy settings of social networks to you? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/437254/privacy-preferred-social-network-settings-germany/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
How important are the following aspects regarding the privacy settings of social networks to you? [Graph], Bitkom, October 31, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/437254/privacy-preferred-social-network-settings-germany/
