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Consumer concerns with sharing data with different types of organization in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015 and 2018

Characteristic	2015	2018
Social media organisations	63%	76%
Online retailers	54%	68%
Companies providing insurance, pensions and investement services	53%	60%
Mobile phone, landline telephone and internet service providers	52%	63%
Banks and credit card companies	49%	50%
Brand manufacturers	46%	67%
Other public sector organizations e.g. local government, central government, police etc.	43%	56%
Supermarkets	41%	60%
Travel agents or Tour operators	40%	59%
Hotels	39%	61%
Airlines	36%	55%
Public healthcare providers	35%	32%
Academic institutions (using your data for research purposes)*	-	43%
Individual political parties and lobbying groups*	-	71%

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Release date

September 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2015 to 2018

Number of respondents

2,001 respondents

Special properties

GB adults.

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "For each of the following types of organisation, please indicate how concerned, if at all you are about them holding or having access to your personal information?"
* No figures for 2015 provided.

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This statistic displays the share of consumers who were concerned with sharing data with certain organization types in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015 and 2018. It shows that since 2015, the level of concern about sharing data with the majority of organizations has increased. By 2018, the level of concern about sharing data with brand manufacturers increased by more than 20 percent.