This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the attitudes towards actions taken with personal data collected online by websites and organizations in the United Kingdom (UK) as of February 2015. During the survey period, it was found that five percent of respondents considered it acceptable for their online personal data to be stored indefinitely.
Which of the following do you think it is acceptable for a company to do with online personal data?*
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Statistics on Online privacy in the United Kingdom (UK)
Overview in Europe and the UK
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Consumer data and marketing
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User awareness and concern
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- Basic Statistic Concerns regarding the protection of personal information in the UK 2021
- Basic Statistic Trust in organizations storing and using personal information in the UK 2017-2020
- Premium Statistic Trust in various organizations to use personal data ethically in the UK 2019, by age
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- Premium Statistic Reasons for low levels of trust in handling of personal data by companies UK 2021
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Spotlight: online privacy during the COVID-19 pandemic
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ComRes. (March 9, 2015). Which of the following do you think it is acceptable for a company to do with online personal data?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/504965/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk/
ComRes. "Which of the following do you think it is acceptable for a company to do with online personal data?*." Chart. March 9, 2015. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/504965/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk/
ComRes. (2015). Which of the following do you think it is acceptable for a company to do with online personal data?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/504965/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk/
ComRes. "Which of The following Do You Think It Is Acceptable for a Company to Do with Online Personal Data?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/504965/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk/
ComRes, Which of the following do you think it is acceptable for a company to do with online personal data?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/504965/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk/ (last visited May 29, 2023)
Which of the following do you think it is acceptable for a company to do with online personal data?* [Graph], ComRes, March 9, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/504965/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk/