One year after the implementation of the EU data protection regulation General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many online users are more conscious of their personal digital data. According to an April 2019 survey, over 44 percent of EU respondents were likely to ask companies to delete their data. Interestingly, nearly 63 percent of consumers in the United States were likely to do the same.
Internet users in the United States and the EU who are likely to ask companies to delete their stated data and opt out of companies collecting their information about them as of April 2019
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Will ask companies to delete their data
Will opt out of companies collecting their information
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eMarketer. (September 3, 2020). Internet users in the United States and the EU who are likely to ask companies to delete their stated data and opt out of companies collecting their information about them as of April 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/440301/us-online-strategies-shield-information-government/
eMarketer. "Internet users in the United States and the EU who are likely to ask companies to delete their stated data and opt out of companies collecting their information about them as of April 2019." Chart. September 3, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/440301/us-online-strategies-shield-information-government/
eMarketer. (2020). Internet users in the United States and the EU who are likely to ask companies to delete their stated data and opt out of companies collecting their information about them as of April 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/440301/us-online-strategies-shield-information-government/
eMarketer. "Internet Users in The United States and The Eu Who Are Likely to Ask Companies to Delete Their Stated Data and Opt out of Companies Collecting Their Information about Them as of April 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/440301/us-online-strategies-shield-information-government/
eMarketer, Internet users in the United States and the EU who are likely to ask companies to delete their stated data and opt out of companies collecting their information about them as of April 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/440301/us-online-strategies-shield-information-government/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Internet users in the United States and the EU who are likely to ask companies to delete their stated data and opt out of companies collecting their information about them as of April 2019 [Graph], eMarketer, September 3, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/440301/us-online-strategies-shield-information-government/
