According to a December 2020 survey of U.S. adults, only ten percent of respondents felt very comfortable with tech companies sharing their location data, including where they had traveled, with the government so that the government could better track Americans' locations. A total of 47 percent of respondents felt very uncomfortable with this idea.
Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020
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Morning Consult. (November 5, 2020). Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116285/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov/
Morning Consult. "Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020." Chart. November 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116285/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov/
Morning Consult. (2020). Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116285/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov/
Morning Consult. "Share of U.S. Adults Who Feel Comfortable with Tech Companies Sharing Location Data with The Government so That The Government Can Better Track Their Location as of December 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116285/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov/
Morning Consult, Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116285/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Share of U.S. adults who feel comfortable with tech companies sharing location data with the government so that the government can better track their location as of December 2020 [Graph], Morning Consult, November 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116285/data-location-sharing-tracking-tech-company-usa-gov/