The statistic displays the result of a survey conducted in 2019 on respondents in Sweden who have or have not contacted organizations to check what personal data they have stored. The majority of the respondents (85 percent) have never done that. Two percent of respondents have contacted companies many times.
Have you contacted any organization to find out what personal information they have stored from you?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
No, never
85%
Yes, few times
11%
Yes, many times
2%
Do not know
1%
0%20%40%60%80%100%
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This question was phrased by the source as follows: "HAR DU KONTAKTAT NÅGOT FÖRETAG ELLER ORGANISATION FÖR ATT FÅ VETA VILKEN INFORMATION DE HAR SPARAT OM DIG?"
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Insight Intelligence. (January 31, 2019). Have you contacted any organization to find out what personal information they have stored from you? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/990650/share-of-respondents-who-have-researched-their-personal-data-storage-in-sweden/
Insight Intelligence. "Have you contacted any organization to find out what personal information they have stored from you?." Chart. January 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990650/share-of-respondents-who-have-researched-their-personal-data-storage-in-sweden/
Insight Intelligence. (2019). Have you contacted any organization to find out what personal information they have stored from you?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990650/share-of-respondents-who-have-researched-their-personal-data-storage-in-sweden/
Insight Intelligence. "Have You Contacted Any Organization to Find out What Personal Information They Have Stored from You?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990650/share-of-respondents-who-have-researched-their-personal-data-storage-in-sweden/
Insight Intelligence, Have you contacted any organization to find out what personal information they have stored from you? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990650/share-of-respondents-who-have-researched-their-personal-data-storage-in-sweden/ (last visited April 29, 2025)
Have you contacted any organization to find out what personal information they have stored from you? [Graph], Insight Intelligence, January 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/990650/share-of-respondents-who-have-researched-their-personal-data-storage-in-sweden/
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