In a survey of U.S. adults carried out in 2021, just over 40 percent of respondents said they had been negatively impacted by a privacy breach at some point. Of these, seven percent had been impacted in the past month. Another 40 percent of respondents to the survey said they had never been impacted by a privacy breach, and 17 percent were not sure.
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Measure Protocol. (March 25, 2021). Have you ever been negatively impacted by a privacy breach? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228388/adults-impacted-by-a-privacy-breach-us/
Measure Protocol. "Have you ever been negatively impacted by a privacy breach?." Chart. March 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228388/adults-impacted-by-a-privacy-breach-us/
Measure Protocol. (2021). Have you ever been negatively impacted by a privacy breach?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228388/adults-impacted-by-a-privacy-breach-us/
Measure Protocol. "Have You Ever Been Negatively Impacted by a Privacy Breach?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228388/adults-impacted-by-a-privacy-breach-us/
Measure Protocol, Have you ever been negatively impacted by a privacy breach? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228388/adults-impacted-by-a-privacy-breach-us/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Have you ever been negatively impacted by a privacy breach? [Graph], Measure Protocol, March 25, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228388/adults-impacted-by-a-privacy-breach-us/