This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the attitudes towards actions taken with online personal data collected by websites and organizations in the United Kingdom (UK) as of February 2015, by age group. During a survey period, it was found that ten percent of respondents aged between 18 and 34 years 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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"Data were weighted for each country to be representative of that country by age, gender and region. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules."
* Original survey question was phrased as following:
"Q5 Which of the following, if any, do you think it is acceptable for a company to do with online personal data (e.g. websites visited, products looked at or emails sent)?"
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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 August 05, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/504986/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk-by-age-group/
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 August 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/504986/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk-by-age-group/
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: August 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/504986/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk-by-age-group/
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/504986/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk-by-age-group/
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/504986/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk-by-age-group/ (last visited August 05, 2020)
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