Quarter of adults pay little or no attention to how their data is used, survey finds
A quarter of Irish adults pay little or no attention to how their personal data is used by organisations, according to a survey.
Fewer than one in five people said they pay close attention to how their data is used, with just 7 per cent of 18–24s saying they pay serious attention to the use of their data.
The State’s data protection watchdog published its first public attitudes survey on Thursday as it launched its annual report.
The online survey of 1,034 adults was carried out by FleishmanHillard and Empathy Research in May.
It indicated that there was a “significant level of concern ” about how children’s personal data is being shared and used online, with 77 per cent of respondents reporting being quite/very concerned.
The second highest concern was over personal data being used to create a digital profile of you, which is shared with, traded or sold to others (76 per cent).
A further 61 per cent said they were quite or ve...
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