EU-28: importance of private data transfer between internet providers| Statista

This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the importance of the ability to transfer personal information between online service providers in the European Union (EU-28) as of March 2015. During the survey period, it was found that 28 percent of respondents reported that it was very important to them.

How important is it for you to be able to transfer you personal information between the old online service provider and the new one?*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Very important	28%
Fairly important	39%
Not very important	18%
Not at all important	9%
Don't know	6%

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Release date

June 2015

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Survey time period

February 28, 2015 to March 9, 2015

Number of respondents

27,980 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

residents of the EU 28 member states.

Supplementary notes

* Original survey question was phrased as follows:
"QB20 When you decide to change online service providers (e.g. an online social network or a cloud service provider), how important or not is it for you to be able to transfer personal information that was stored and collected by the old provider to the new one?"

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