According to the results of a global November to December 2021 survey, it was found that 70 percent of respondents in Australia found it impossible to protect their digital privacy and 58 percent of Australian respondents would accept online privacy risks for convenience's sake. In Germany, 57 percent of respondents stated it was impossible to protect their privacy, and another share of 58 percent were willing to take certain risks out of convenience.
Share of internet users who find it impossible to protect their online privacy vs. are willing to accept risks for convenience from November to December 2021, by country
Characteristic
It's impossible to protect my privacy
I accept certain risks to my online privacy to make my life more convinient
The source adds the following information: "Australia (n=1,002), France (n=1,001), Germany (n=1,000), India (n=1,000), Italy (n=1,000), Japan (n=1,000), New Zealand (n=1,000), UK (n=1,000), and US (n=1,000), Brazil (n=1,000).
Data are weighted where necessary to bring them in line
with their actual proportions in the population; India was weighted to
the population of those who are online. Weighted variables varied by
country and included one or more of the following: age, gender,
race/ethnicity, region, education, marital status, internet usage,
household size, household income, urbanicity, and propensity to be
online. A global post-weight was applied to ensure the equal weight of
each country in the global total."
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NortonLifeLock. (February 9, 2022). Share of internet users who find it impossible to protect their online privacy vs. are willing to accept risks for convenience from November to December 2021, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 02, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023952/global-opinion-concern-internet-privacy-risk-convenience/
NortonLifeLock. "Share of internet users who find it impossible to protect their online privacy vs. are willing to accept risks for convenience from November to December 2021, by country." Chart. February 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023952/global-opinion-concern-internet-privacy-risk-convenience/
NortonLifeLock. (2022). Share of internet users who find it impossible to protect their online privacy vs. are willing to accept risks for convenience from November to December 2021, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023952/global-opinion-concern-internet-privacy-risk-convenience/
NortonLifeLock. "Share of Internet Users Who Find It Impossible to Protect Their Online Privacy Vs. Are Willing to Accept Risks for Convenience from November to December 2021, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023952/global-opinion-concern-internet-privacy-risk-convenience/
NortonLifeLock, Share of internet users who find it impossible to protect their online privacy vs. are willing to accept risks for convenience from November to December 2021, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023952/global-opinion-concern-internet-privacy-risk-convenience/ (last visited July 02, 2022)