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Data protection of tech companies in the U.S. 2018
Which of these tech companies leads in terms of data protection?
by Alexander Kunst,
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The displayed data on the data protection of tech companies shows results of an exclusive Statista survey conducted in the United States in 2018. Some 10 percent of respondents answered the question ''Which of these tech companies leads in terms of data protection?'' with ''Alibaba''.
The Survey Data Table for the Statista survey Tech Giants and Digital Services in the United States 2019 contains the complete tables for the survey including various column headings.
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by Alexander Kunst,
last edited
Jun 18, 2019
The displayed data on the data protection of tech companies shows results of an exclusive Statista survey conducted in the United States in 2018. Some 10 percent of respondents answered the question ''Which of these tech companies leads in terms of data protection?'' with ''Alibaba''.
The Survey Data Table for the Statista survey Tech Giants and Digital Services in the United States 2019 contains the complete tables for the survey including various column headings.
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- 216 - 1,552 respondents
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- 18-69 years
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