Privacy breaches and willingness to share personal data UK 2021

A survey carried out in the UK in 2021 aimed to shed light on attitudes to online privacy and personal data. Most respondents said that recent privacy breaches in the news had impacted their willingness to share personal information to some extent. Just under seven percent said their willingness to share their data hadn't been affected at all. Roughly ten percent were not aware of any recent data breaches.

What impact have recent privacy breaches in the news impacted your willingness to share personal information?

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

February 2021

Number of respondents

1,269 respondents

Supplementary notes

The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "What impact have recent privacy breaches in the news impacted your willingness to share personal information?"
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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