U.S. opinion on companies selling personal data for online ads 2018
How comfortable are you with companies being able to sell data related to you, such as an email address, for online advertising purposes?
This statistic presents the share of internet users in the United States who feel comfortable about companies selling their personal data for online advertising purposes as of May 2018. According to the findings, 62 percent of respondents stated that they were very uncomfortable with the fact that companies were able to sell their personal data for online advertising reasons. Only six percent stated the opposite, by being very comfortable with these activities.
How comfortable are you with companies being able to sell data related to you, such as an email address, for online advertising purposes?
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| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| Very comfortable | 6% |
| Somewhat comfortable | 7% |
| Somewhat uncomfortable | 19% |
| Very uncomfortable | 62% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% |
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