This statistic presents the largest concerns for mobile users sharing personal information to various online industries as of January 2016. According to the findings, 21 percent of respondents were concerned that their favorite retail brands were going to sell their personal information to third parties.
Largest concerns for mobile users sharing personal information to various industries worldwide as as of January 2016
Characteristic
Favorite retailers (e.g. online and high street stores) and brand
Banks and financial services companies
Mobile operator
Travel companies
They will sell my personal information to third parties
21%
17%
20%
17%
I'm worried about how that information might be used in the future
22%
22%
19%
19%
I have no concerns about sharing personal information with these entities
6%
9%
10%
11%
I don't want them to target me with offers
10%
12%
14%
15%
I don't trust them to know that much about me
14%
14%
14%
15%
I don't trust them to keep my personal information secure
1,000 consumers surveyed in each country via mobile: U.K., U.S., Brazil, India, China, South Korea, Germany, and France
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Question: What is your biggest concern about sharing personal information with [your favorite brands, mobile operators, financial institutions, travel companies]? Please select one answer only.
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Syniverse. (February 22, 2016). Largest concerns for mobile users sharing personal information to various industries worldwide as as of January 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/755000/largest-concerns-for-users-sharing-personal-information-to-various-online-industries/
Syniverse. "Largest concerns for mobile users sharing personal information to various industries worldwide as as of January 2016." Chart. February 22, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/755000/largest-concerns-for-users-sharing-personal-information-to-various-online-industries/
Syniverse. (2016). Largest concerns for mobile users sharing personal information to various industries worldwide as as of January 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/755000/largest-concerns-for-users-sharing-personal-information-to-various-online-industries/
Syniverse. "Largest Concerns for Mobile Users Sharing Personal Information to Various Industries Worldwide as as of January 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/755000/largest-concerns-for-users-sharing-personal-information-to-various-online-industries/
Syniverse, Largest concerns for mobile users sharing personal information to various industries worldwide as as of January 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/755000/largest-concerns-for-users-sharing-personal-information-to-various-online-industries/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Largest concerns for mobile users sharing personal information to various industries worldwide as as of January 2016 [Graph], Syniverse, February 22, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/755000/largest-concerns-for-users-sharing-personal-information-to-various-online-industries/
