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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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 31, 2023, 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 May 31, 2023. 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: May 31, 2023. 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 May 31, 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/504986/attitudes-to-actions-taken-with-collected-personal-data-in-the-uk-by-age-group/