An April 2019 survey among employees in the United States found that 85 percent of respondents stated that cybercriminals stealing client information should be treated as a reportable privacy incident. During the survey period, respondents were unsure about whether IT staff installing monitoring software on a work computer was a privacy threat, with 35 percent saying that this was a reportable incident, and 35 percent stating that it wasn't.
Which of the following scenarios should be reported as a potential privacy incident?
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Statistics on Online privacy in the United States
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Cyber crime: all-time biggest online data breaches 2022
- Basic Statistic Global opinion on concern about online privacy 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global opinion on concern about online privacy 2019, by region
- Premium Statistic U.S. online users who feel their data is vulnerable to hackers 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. online users who feel their data is vulnerable to hackers 2019, by gender
- Basic Statistic Global data protection and privacy rule awareness 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global data protection and privacy rule awareness 2019, by region
Personal data and user consent
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- Basic Statistic U.S. opinion about digital privacy 2019
- Premium Statistic Personal information U.S. internet users are willing to share 2018
- Basic Statistic Degree of control regarding personal information according to U.S. adults 2019
- Basic Statistic Data online users are willing to share to avoid paying for content worldwide 2019
- Basic Statistic Acceptable uses of data or personal information according to U.S. adults 2019
- Basic Statistic Frequency of U.S. adults being asked to approve privacy policies 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults who are not confident in companies' behavior during data misuse 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. mobile user awareness on select location data use by companies and brands 2019
User concern
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- Basic Statistic Online protection strategies of global internet users 2019
- Premium Statistic Global users accepting risks for convenience 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic U.S. online consumer concerns about brands and data privacy 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. mobile user top online privacy usage concerns 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. consumer concerns on data privacy 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. consumer trust in social media ads 2019, by generation
- Premium Statistic Distrust in influencers and bloggers among U.S. internet users 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. consumer distrust in shopping recommendations 2019, by platform
Government surveillance and data requests
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- Basic Statistic Freedom House Index: internet freedom in selected countries 2022
- Basic Statistic Global concern about foreign governments and online privacy 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global concern about foreign governments and online privacy 2019, by region
- Basic Statistic Global concern about national government and online privacy 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global concern about national government and online privacy 2019, by region
- Basic Statistic Google user data requests from federal agencies and governments H1 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Facebook user data requests from federal agencies & governments H1 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Snapchat: user data requests by U.S. federal authorities 2014-2021
Online privacy regulations
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- Basic Statistic Estimated costs from stringent federal data privacy law in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Estimated costs due to reduced data access to U.S. businesses 2019
- Premium Statistic Estimated costs from targeted data regulation in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. familiarity with digital privacy regulations and guidelines 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. opinion on importance of corporate data privacy practices 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. opinion on reportable privacy incidents 2019
- Basic Statistic Expected CCPA compliance timeline of U.S. companies 2019
- Basic Statistic Type breakdown of CCPA requests in Q1 2020
Spotlight: coronavirus contact-tracing apps
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- Premium Statistic Concern of U.S. adults on privacy implications of coronavirus exposure tool 2020
- Premium Statistic Tech company location sharing with U.S. gov't due to COVID-19 2020
- Basic Statistic Opinion on tech company location sharing with gov't U.S. 2020, by gender
- Premium Statistic Trust in U.S. entities to create location tracking tool to combat COVID-19 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. trust in select entities to keep coronavirus tracking data secure 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. opinion on gov't tracking location to limit COVID-19 spread 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults who say gov't tracking is acceptable to trace coronavirus spread 2020
Further related statistics
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- U.S. online user worry about personal data security with government agencies 2017
- U.S. online user confidence in data security of American companies 2017
- Willingness to be tracked by companies online in Italy 2018
- U.S. online user worry about personal data security with online retailers 2017
- Concern about surveillance in private spaces in Luxembourg 2015
- U.S. online user attitude towards website cookie usage 2017
- Willingness to share personal data with companies in Italy 2018, by generation
- U.S. online user worry about personal data security with social media companies 2017
- U.S. user attention regarding smartphone app permissions 2017
- Leading U.S. online user privacy measures 2017
- U.S. online user privacy measure usage 2017
- Concern about mobile phones surveillance in Luxembourg 2015
- Impact of attitudes to privacy on customer acquisition in the UK 2015
- Germany: opinions on the government increasingly requesting personal information 2015
- French who consider personal data collection by firms as a threat for privacy 2018
- Level of concern about surveillance in private spaces in Germany 2015
- Opinion on privacy invasion by online platforms among young Indians 2019 by city type
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- U.S. online user worry about personal data security with government agencies 2017
- U.S. online user confidence in data security of American companies 2017
- Willingness to be tracked by companies online in Italy 2018
- U.S. online user worry about personal data security with online retailers 2017
- Concern about surveillance in private spaces in Luxembourg 2015
- U.S. online user attitude towards website cookie usage 2017
- Willingness to share personal data with companies in Italy 2018, by generation
- U.S. online user worry about personal data security with social media companies 2017
- U.S. user attention regarding smartphone app permissions 2017
- Leading U.S. online user privacy measures 2017
- U.S. online user privacy measure usage 2017
- Concern about mobile phones surveillance in Luxembourg 2015
- Impact of attitudes to privacy on customer acquisition in the UK 2015
- Germany: opinions on the government increasingly requesting personal information 2015
- French who consider personal data collection by firms as a threat for privacy 2018
- Level of concern about surveillance in private spaces in Germany 2015
- Opinion on privacy invasion by online platforms among young Indians 2019 by city type
MediaPro. (April 30, 2019). Which of the following scenarios should be reported as a potential privacy incident? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050319/us-opinion-on-reportable-privacy-incidents/
MediaPro. "Which of the following scenarios should be reported as a potential privacy incident?." Chart. April 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050319/us-opinion-on-reportable-privacy-incidents/
MediaPro. (2019). Which of the following scenarios should be reported as a potential privacy incident?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050319/us-opinion-on-reportable-privacy-incidents/
MediaPro. "Which of The following Scenarios Should Be Reported as a Potential Privacy Incident?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050319/us-opinion-on-reportable-privacy-incidents/
MediaPro, Which of the following scenarios should be reported as a potential privacy incident? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050319/us-opinion-on-reportable-privacy-incidents/ (last visited April 01, 2023)
Which of the following scenarios should be reported as a potential privacy incident? [Graph], MediaPro, April 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050319/us-opinion-on-reportable-privacy-incidents/