Likelihood of sharing personal data if organizations are more transparent U.S. 2021

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Ani Petrosyan,
Feb 7, 2023
In a survey carried out in the U.S. in 2021, two-thirds of respondents said they would be likely to share more personal data if they felt organizations were being more transparent about how they use it. Just 8.2 percent said they probably or definitely would not.

How likely are you to share more data if you felt an organization was being more transparent about how it was using your data?

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Release date

March 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

February 2021

Number of respondents

1,939 respondents

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The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "How likely are you to share more data if you felt an organization was being more transparent about how it was using your data?"

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