This 2013 survey presents whether people in the United Kingdom mind how their data are used if anonymized. While a fourth of the respondents disagreed with the statement above and said they did mind what happened to data collected about them regardless of whether it was anonymized or not, a majority of over 60 percent of the participants said they agreed with the statement above, not minding about the ways data collected about them took as long as it was anonymized and not retraceable.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "I don't mind how data collected about me is used, as long as it's anonymized and can't be linked back to me"?
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Ipsos. (March 3, 2014). To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "I don't mind how data collected about me is used, as long as it's anonymized and can't be linked back to me"? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318273/united-kingdom-uk-survey-collected-data-anonymized-opinion/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Ipsos. "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "I don't mind how data collected about me is used, as long as it's anonymized and can't be linked back to me"? ." Chart. March 3, 2014. Statista. Accessed January 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318273/united-kingdom-uk-survey-collected-data-anonymized-opinion/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Ipsos. (2014). To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "I don't mind how data collected about me is used, as long as it's anonymized and can't be linked back to me"? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318273/united-kingdom-uk-survey-collected-data-anonymized-opinion/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Ipsos. "To What Extent Do You Agree or Disagree with The following Statement: "I Don't Mind How Data Collected about Me Is Used, as Long as It's Anonymized and Can't Be Linked Back to Me"? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Mar 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318273/united-kingdom-uk-survey-collected-data-anonymized-opinion/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Ipsos, To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "I don't mind how data collected about me is used, as long as it's anonymized and can't be linked back to me"? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318273/united-kingdom-uk-survey-collected-data-anonymized-opinion/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 21, 2025)
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "I don't mind how data collected about me is used, as long as it's anonymized and can't be linked back to me"? [Graph], Ipsos, March 3, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/318273/united-kingdom-uk-survey-collected-data-anonymized-opinion/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
