Respondents were from the following countries: Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States.Â
The privacy laws the survey refers to are the following: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in European Union (EU) countries, Australia’s Privacy Act 1988, Personal Information Protection Law in China, Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais in Brazil, Japan’s Personal Information Protection Act, and the draft Personal Data Protection Bill in India.
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Awareness of local privacy laws among online users 2024, by country
As of June 2024, ** percent of internet users in China were aware of the country's privacy law, the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, thus leading among respondents from other countries. Internet users from France ranked second regarding privacy laws awareness, with roughly ** percent. Mexico followed, with ** percent of the respondents stating they knew of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On average, ** percent of respondents across all surveyed countries were aware of their local privacy laws.
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