According to a July 2019 survey of online users in the United States, 33 percent of female respondents reported that they felt that their data and personal information online was very vulnerable to hackers, while in comparison only 23 percent of male respondents stated the same.
Percentage of internet users in the United States who feel that their data and personal information is vulnerable to hackers as of July 2019, by gender
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Statistics on Online privacy in the United States
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Cyber crime: all-time biggest online data breaches 2022
- Basic Statistic Global opinion on concern about online privacy 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global opinion on concern about online privacy 2019, by region
- Premium Statistic U.S. online users who feel their data is vulnerable to hackers 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. online users who feel their data is vulnerable to hackers 2019, by gender
- Basic Statistic Global data protection and privacy rule awareness 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global data protection and privacy rule awareness 2019, by region
Personal data and user consent
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- Basic Statistic U.S. opinion about digital privacy 2019
- Premium Statistic Personal information U.S. internet users are willing to share 2018
- Basic Statistic Degree of control regarding personal information according to U.S. adults 2019
- Basic Statistic Data online users are willing to share to avoid paying for content worldwide 2019
- Basic Statistic Acceptable uses of data or personal information according to U.S. adults 2019
- Basic Statistic Frequency of U.S. adults being asked to approve privacy policies 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults who are not confident in companies' behavior during data misuse 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. mobile user awareness on select location data use by companies and brands 2019
User concern
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- Basic Statistic Online protection strategies of global internet users 2019
- Premium Statistic Global users accepting risks for convenience 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic U.S. online consumer concerns about brands and data privacy 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. mobile user top online privacy usage concerns 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. consumer concerns on data privacy 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. consumer trust in social media ads 2019, by generation
- Premium Statistic Distrust in influencers and bloggers among U.S. internet users 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. consumer distrust in shopping recommendations 2019, by platform
Government surveillance and data requests
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- Basic Statistic Freedom House Index: internet freedom in selected countries 2022
- Basic Statistic Global concern about foreign governments and online privacy 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global concern about foreign governments and online privacy 2019, by region
- Basic Statistic Global concern about national government and online privacy 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Global concern about national government and online privacy 2019, by region
- Basic Statistic Google user data requests from federal agencies and governments H1 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Facebook user data requests from federal agencies & governments H1 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Snapchat: user data requests by U.S. federal authorities 2014-2021
Online privacy regulations
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- Basic Statistic Estimated costs from stringent federal data privacy law in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Estimated costs due to reduced data access to U.S. businesses 2019
- Premium Statistic Estimated costs from targeted data regulation in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. familiarity with digital privacy regulations and guidelines 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. opinion on importance of corporate data privacy practices 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. opinion on reportable privacy incidents 2019
- Basic Statistic Expected CCPA compliance timeline of U.S. companies 2019
- Basic Statistic Type breakdown of CCPA requests in Q1 2020
Spotlight: coronavirus contact-tracing apps
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- Premium Statistic Concern of U.S. adults on privacy implications of coronavirus exposure tool 2020
- Premium Statistic Tech company location sharing with U.S. gov't due to COVID-19 2020
- Basic Statistic Opinion on tech company location sharing with gov't U.S. 2020, by gender
- Premium Statistic Trust in U.S. entities to create location tracking tool to combat COVID-19 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. trust in select entities to keep coronavirus tracking data secure 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. opinion on gov't tracking location to limit COVID-19 spread 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults who say gov't tracking is acceptable to trace coronavirus spread 2020
Further related statistics
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- Trust on health entities for secure digital healthcare data in U.S. 2017, by degree
- Number of registered data leakages in the Netherlands 2016-2018
- Distribution of registered data leakages in the Netherlands 2018, by type
- Distribution of registered data leakages in the Netherlands 2018, by sector
- Trust in data security in the U.S. 2022, by institution
- U.S. trust in social media companies safeguarding personal user data 2018
- Most common causes of data breaches in Italy 2017
- Share of Finns concerned about Facebook misusing their data in Finland 2018, by age
- Changes in privacy and information security after GDPR in Norway in 2018
- Activities improving awareness of information security in Norway 2018, by type
- Perceived risk of wearable fitness tracker being hacked in Europe 2015
- Cloud storage security measures services in enterprises in North America/Europe 2018
- Leading sectors using distributed ledger technology worldwide 2018
- Used authentication measures to protect data and devices in the UK 2018
- Share of B2B tech products that comply with data security standards worldwide 2020
- European companies' investment in information security over next three years 2015
- Median bounty values worldwide 2020, by severity
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- Number of registered data leakages in the Netherlands 2016-2018
- Distribution of registered data leakages in the Netherlands 2018, by type
- Distribution of registered data leakages in the Netherlands 2018, by sector
- Trust in data security in the U.S. 2022, by institution
- U.S. trust in social media companies safeguarding personal user data 2018
- Most common causes of data breaches in Italy 2017
- Share of Finns concerned about Facebook misusing their data in Finland 2018, by age
- Changes in privacy and information security after GDPR in Norway in 2018
- Activities improving awareness of information security in Norway 2018, by type
- Perceived risk of wearable fitness tracker being hacked in Europe 2015
- Cloud storage security measures services in enterprises in North America/Europe 2018
- Leading sectors using distributed ledger technology worldwide 2018
- Used authentication measures to protect data and devices in the UK 2018
- Share of B2B tech products that comply with data security standards worldwide 2020
- European companies' investment in information security over next three years 2015
- Median bounty values worldwide 2020, by severity
YouGov. (July 30, 2019). Percentage of internet users in the United States who feel that their data and personal information is vulnerable to hackers as of July 2019, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/972936/adults-feel-data-personal-information-vulnerable-hackers-usa-gender/
YouGov. "Percentage of internet users in the United States who feel that their data and personal information is vulnerable to hackers as of July 2019, by gender." Chart. July 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/972936/adults-feel-data-personal-information-vulnerable-hackers-usa-gender/
YouGov. (2019). Percentage of internet users in the United States who feel that their data and personal information is vulnerable to hackers as of July 2019, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/972936/adults-feel-data-personal-information-vulnerable-hackers-usa-gender/
YouGov. "Percentage of Internet Users in The United States Who Feel That Their Data and Personal Information Is Vulnerable to Hackers as of July 2019, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/972936/adults-feel-data-personal-information-vulnerable-hackers-usa-gender/
YouGov, Percentage of internet users in the United States who feel that their data and personal information is vulnerable to hackers as of July 2019, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/972936/adults-feel-data-personal-information-vulnerable-hackers-usa-gender/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Percentage of internet users in the United States who feel that their data and personal information is vulnerable to hackers as of July 2019, by gender [Graph], YouGov, July 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/972936/adults-feel-data-personal-information-vulnerable-hackers-usa-gender/