According to a 2021 survey on smartphone users in Malaysia, 77.6 percent of respondents said they used password protection on their mobile phones to protect personal data. By comparison, 8.7 percent of the respondents did not take any safety measures on their smartphones.
Measures taken to protect personal data among smartphone users in Malaysia as of February 2021, by type
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Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. (July 4, 2022). Measures taken to protect personal data among smartphone users in Malaysia as of February 2021, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/974489/malaysia-privacy-protection-on-mobile-phone/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. "Measures taken to protect personal data among smartphone users in Malaysia as of February 2021, by type." Chart. July 4, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/974489/malaysia-privacy-protection-on-mobile-phone/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. (2022). Measures taken to protect personal data among smartphone users in Malaysia as of February 2021, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/974489/malaysia-privacy-protection-on-mobile-phone/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. "Measures Taken to Protect Personal Data among Smartphone Users in Malaysia as of February 2021, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/974489/malaysia-privacy-protection-on-mobile-phone/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, Measures taken to protect personal data among smartphone users in Malaysia as of February 2021, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/974489/malaysia-privacy-protection-on-mobile-phone/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Measures taken to protect personal data among smartphone users in Malaysia as of February 2021, by type [Graph], Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, July 4, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/974489/malaysia-privacy-protection-on-mobile-phone/