Levels of concern over online privacy compared to one year ago in the UK 2021

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Ani Petrosyan,
Feb 7, 2023
According to a survey on current attitudes towards online personal data use and privacy, carried out in the United Kingdom in 2021, over half of the respondents said they were more concerned about their online privacy compared to a year ago. Just over six percent said they were less concerned.

How concerned are you about your online privacy compared to one year ago?

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Release date

March 2021

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

February 2021

Number of respondents

1,269 respondents

Supplementary notes

The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "How concerned are you about your online privacy compared to one year ago?"
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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