• Global concern about internet privacy risk 2021

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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
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Release date

2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

November 15 to December 7, 2021

Number of respondents

10,003 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

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."