Impact of recent breaches on willingness to share personal data in the U.S. 2021

Published by Ani Petrosyan, Feb 7, 2023
A survey carried out in the United States in 2021 looked at attitudes to online privacy and personal data. The majority of respondents said that recent privacy breaches in the news had impacted their willingness to share personal information to some extent. Just 6.3 percent said their willingness to share their data hadn't been affected at all. A further 7.6 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

Region

United States

Survey time period

February 2021

Number of respondents

1,939 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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