Did you know Privacy Divide Widens: Spain, South Korea Concerned While U.S. Falls Behind, Statista Reports

 

According to a survey conducted by Statista’s Consumer Insights, people caring about their data privacy is something that varies from country to country. Recently, Amazon has announced that it is removing a privacy feature from its Echo home devices which previously allowed users to opt out of sending Alexa recordings to the cloud and they could process them locally instead. Even though this feature wasn't widely used, it still raises questions about data collection policies. Surfshark, a cybersecurity firm, revealed that Amazon collects more user data from other companies.

According to the latest Statista survey, three in ten people in America said that they are concerned about their data privacy and are afraid that it can be misused. The people most concerned about their data privacy were people from Spain and South Korea, with 56% and 46% saying that they were concerned about their data misuse respectively. 42% of people from Spain reported actively protecting their data online, while only 24% from South Korea said so.

42% of people from Mexico said that they are concerned about their data being misused and 41% are taking active steps to protect their data. 36% in Germany are concerned about their data and the same number of people are actively protecting data online. 38% from India and 37% from China are concerned about their data being misused, and 28% from India and 27% from China are actively protecting their data online. The percentage of being concerned about their data and protecting it was seen as the least among the people in the US.