This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the concerns over online data collection in the European Union (EU-28) in April 2016. During the survey period, it was found that 26 percent of respondents totally agreed with the following statement: "You are concerned about the data collected about you on the Internet."
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "You are concerned about the data collected about you on the Internet."*
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Statistics on Online privacy and data protection in the European Union (EU)
Providing personal data
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- Premium Statistic Comfort levels when providing personal information online in the European Union 2015
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Privacy settings
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- Premium Statistic Adjusting privacy settings on social media sites in the European Union (EU-28) 2015
- Premium Statistic Perceived difficulty of changing privacy settings on social media in the EU-28 2015
- Premium Statistic Reasons for not changing privacy settings on social media sites in the EU-28 2015
Concerns about data sharing
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- Premium Statistic Level of concern about the control over personal data shared online in the EU 2015
- Premium Statistic Distribution of concerns over online data collection in the European Union 2016
- Premium Statistic Levels of comfort with data collection by social media networks in the EU-28 2016
- Premium Statistic Levels of comfort with data collection by search engines in the European Union 2016
- Premium Statistic Levels of comfort with data collection by online marketplaces in the EU-28 2016
- Premium Statistic Leading concerns about providing personal data online in the EU-28 2015
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- Premium Statistic Felt level of control over personal data provided online in the European Union 2015
Trust in governmental data protection
3
Data protection by organizations
6
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- Premium Statistic EU: willingness to be informed about lost or stolen personal information 2015
- Premium Statistic EU: responsible parties for informing residents about lost personal data 2015
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- Distribution of concerns over online data collection in Sweden 2016
- Distribution of concerns over online data collection in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016
- Distribution of concerns over online data collection in the Netherlands 2016
- Distribution of concerns with online data collection in the Benelux 2016
- Awareness of web user experience dependency on prior activities in the EU-28 2016
- Attitudes to actions taken with collected personal data in the UK 2015
- Attitudes to actions taken with collected personal data in the UK 2015, by age group
- UK: willingness to pay for online services in exchange for data privacy 2015
- Overview of personal data collected online in Norway 2017
- Awareness of data collection methods compared to past awareness, the Netherlands 2016
- Felt awareness about the conditions of data collection and use in the UK 2015
- Felt effect of the order of search results on consumer behavior Luxembourg 2016
- Leading concerns about providing personal data online in Germany 2015
- Effect of the order of search results on consumer behavior in Sweden 2016
- Felt effect of the order of search results on consumer behavior Belgium 2016
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- Attitudes to actions taken with collected personal data in the UK 2015
- Attitudes to actions taken with collected personal data in the UK 2015, by age group
- UK: willingness to pay for online services in exchange for data privacy 2015
- Overview of personal data collected online in Norway 2017
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European Commission. (June 9, 2016). To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "You are concerned about the data collected about you on the Internet."* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/602885/distribution-of-concerns-over-online-data-collection-in-the-european-union/
European Commission. "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "You are concerned about the data collected about you on the Internet."*." Chart. June 9, 2016. Statista. Accessed March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/602885/distribution-of-concerns-over-online-data-collection-in-the-european-union/
European Commission. (2016). To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "You are concerned about the data collected about you on the Internet."*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/602885/distribution-of-concerns-over-online-data-collection-in-the-european-union/
European Commission. "To What Extent Do You Agree or Disagree with The following Statement: "You Are Concerned about The Data Collected about You on The Internet."*." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/602885/distribution-of-concerns-over-online-data-collection-in-the-european-union/
European Commission, To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "You are concerned about the data collected about you on the Internet."* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/602885/distribution-of-concerns-over-online-data-collection-in-the-european-union/ (last visited March 20, 2023)
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "You are concerned about the data collected about you on the Internet."* [Graph], European Commission, June 9, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/602885/distribution-of-concerns-over-online-data-collection-in-the-european-union/