How do EU citizens manage their personal data online? 53% of internet users refused to allow the use of personal data for advertising, 48% restricted or refused access to their geographical location, 40% limited access to their profile or content on social networking sites.
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…while 39% read privacy policy statements before providing personal data. Only 36% checked that the website where they provided their personal data was secure.
The share of people who managed access to any personal data over the internet in 2021 varied across the EU Member States:
* the highest shares were observed in the Netherlands and Finland (both 91%), followed by Portugal (89%)
* in contrast, the lowest shares were recorded in Romania (56%), Poland (59%) and Slovenia (61%)
[Source](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/edn-20220127-1)
This just seems unbelievably high tbh
This is actually better than I would have expected. Good
Data is based on a survey, so it’s likely wrong and misleading.
Read privacy policy…come on man
Theres no way this is true.
This is why Google is trying to move to the topics API. GDPR simply messes up their current personally identifiable data harvesting approach.
Hell no, 39% doesn’t read the privacy policy AT ALL. And the same can be said about the 36%.
and 100% of people look both ways when crossing the street
How is this data tracked? I can press “accept everything” on the cookie banners and still have most things bocked because of browser plugins.
Why would I ever allow access to my location, except on mapping sites? Why does anybody else?