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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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 April 27, 2024, 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 April 27, 2024. 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: April 27, 2024. 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 April 27, 2024)
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/