This statistic presents the share of global internet users who are increasingly concerned about their online privacy due to their national governments as of February 2019, sorted by country. During the survey period it was found that 80 percent of internet users in the United States were more concerned about their government affecting their online privacy than a year ago.
Share of internet users who are increasingly concerned about their online privacy due to their own government as of February 2019, by country
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Statistics on Online privacy in the United States
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Cyber crime: all-time biggest online data breaches 2022
- Basic Statistic Global opinion on concern about online privacy 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global opinion on concern about online privacy 2019, by region
- Premium Statistic U.S. online users who feel their data is vulnerable to hackers 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. online users who feel their data is vulnerable to hackers 2019, by gender
- Basic Statistic Global data protection and privacy rule awareness 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global data protection and privacy rule awareness 2019, by region
Personal data and user consent
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- Basic Statistic U.S. opinion about digital privacy 2019
- Premium Statistic Personal information U.S. internet users are willing to share 2018
- Basic Statistic Degree of control regarding personal information according to U.S. adults 2019
- Basic Statistic Data online users are willing to share to avoid paying for content worldwide 2019
- Basic Statistic Acceptable uses of data or personal information according to U.S. adults 2019
- Basic Statistic Frequency of U.S. adults being asked to approve privacy policies 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults who are not confident in companies' behavior during data misuse 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. mobile user awareness on select location data use by companies and brands 2019
User concern
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- Basic Statistic Online protection strategies of global internet users 2019
- Premium Statistic Global concern about internet privacy risk vs. convenience 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic U.S. online consumer concerns about brands and data privacy 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. mobile user top online privacy usage concerns 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. consumer concerns on data privacy 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. consumer trust in social media ads 2019, by generation
- Premium Statistic Distrust in influencers and bloggers among U.S. internet users 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. consumer distrust in shopping recommendations 2019, by platform
Government surveillance and data requests
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- Basic Statistic Freedom House Index: internet freedom in selected countries 2022
- Basic Statistic Global concern about foreign governments and online privacy 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global concern about foreign governments and online privacy 2019, by region
- Basic Statistic Global concern about national government and online privacy 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global concern about national government and online privacy 2019, by region
- Basic Statistic Google user data requests from federal agencies and governments H1 2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Facebook user data requests from federal agencies & governments H1 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Snapchat: user data requests by U.S. federal authorities 2014-2021
Online privacy regulations
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- Basic Statistic Estimated costs from stringent federal data privacy law in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Estimated costs due to reduced data access to U.S. businesses 2019
- Premium Statistic Estimated costs from targeted data regulation in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. familiarity with digital privacy regulations and guidelines 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. opinion on importance of corporate data privacy practices 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. opinion on reportable privacy incidents 2019
- Basic Statistic Expected CCPA compliance timeline of U.S. companies 2019
- Basic Statistic Type breakdown of CCPA requests in Q1 2020
Spotlight: coronavirus contact-tracing apps
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- Premium Statistic Concern of U.S. adults on privacy implications of coronavirus exposure tool 2020
- Premium Statistic Tech company location sharing with U.S. gov't due to COVID-19 2020
- Basic Statistic Opinion on tech company location sharing with gov't U.S. 2020, by gender
- Premium Statistic Trust in U.S. entities to create location tracking tool to combat COVID-19 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. trust in select entities to keep coronavirus tracking data secure 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. opinion on gov't tracking location to limit COVID-19 spread 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults who say gov't tracking is acceptable to trace coronavirus spread 2020
Further related statistics
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- Level of concern about surveillance in private spaces in Belgium 2015
- Global concern about internet companies and online privacy 2019, by region
- Global concern about internet companies and online privacy 2019, by country
- Teenagers' online privacy practices in Poland 2020
- Personal information of internet users shared online Malaysia 2016
- Global consumer willingness to pay social media providers for data protection 2018
- Global consumer willingness to pay financial institutions for data protection 2018
- Actions taken by internet users to protect personal information online Malaysia 2016
- Global share of online users who have not done anything to protect their privacy 2018
- Global consumer willingness to pay online retailers for data protection 2018
- Canadians who trust Twitter with their personal information 2018
- Canadians who trust Microsoft with their personal information 2018
- Internet users who want to do more to protect privacy worldwide 2021, by country
- Level of concern about surveillance in public spaces in Belgium 2015
- Frequency of reading mobile app privacy policies in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013
- Fetal monitoring market size worldwide 2019-2030
- Share of consumers monitoring spending habits in the Netherlands 2019
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- Global share of online users who have not done anything to protect their privacy 2018
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- Canadians who trust Twitter with their personal information 2018
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CIGI. (June 11, 2019). Share of internet users who are increasingly concerned about their online privacy due to their own government as of February 2019, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/373900/global-opinion-online-monitoring-government/
CIGI. "Share of internet users who are increasingly concerned about their online privacy due to their own government as of February 2019, by country." Chart. June 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/373900/global-opinion-online-monitoring-government/
CIGI. (2019). Share of internet users who are increasingly concerned about their online privacy due to their own government as of February 2019, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/373900/global-opinion-online-monitoring-government/
CIGI. "Share of Internet Users Who Are Increasingly Concerned about Their Online Privacy Due to Their Own Government as of February 2019, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/373900/global-opinion-online-monitoring-government/
CIGI, Share of internet users who are increasingly concerned about their online privacy due to their own government as of February 2019, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/373900/global-opinion-online-monitoring-government/ (last visited February 09, 2023)
Share of internet users who are increasingly concerned about their online privacy due to their own government as of February 2019, by country [Graph], CIGI, June 11, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/373900/global-opinion-online-monitoring-government/