EU-28: perceived risks of providing personal data online 2015

This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the leading concerns about providing personal information online in the European Union (EU-28) as of March 2015. During the survey, it was found that 29 percent of respondents reported the risk of their personal information being stolen as one of the most serious concerns.

Leading concerns about providing personal information online in the European Union (EU-28) as of March 2015*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Becoming a victim of a fraud	50%
Your online identity being used for fraudulent purposes	40%
Your information being used without your knowledge	32%
Your personal information being stolen	29%
Your information being share with third parties (companies or government agencies) without your consent	25%
Your information being used in different contexts from those in which you provided it	20%
Your information being used to send you unwanted commercial offers	19%
Your personal safety being at risk	18%
Your personal information being lost	8%
Your reputation being damaged	7%
Becoming the victim of discriminatiopn (e.g. in job recruitment, being charged higher prices, not being able to access a service)	5%
Your views and behaviors being misunderstood	5%
You never provide personal information online (Spontaneous)	2%
Other (Spontaneous)	1%
None (Spontaneous)	1%
Do not know	1%

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Release date

June 2015

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Survey time period

February 28, 2015 to March 9, 2015

Number of respondents

27,980 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

residents of the EU 28 member states.

Supplementary notes

* Original survey question was phrased as follows:
"QB8 I will read out a list of potential risks for your personal information. According to you, what are the most serious risks of providing personal information online? (ROTATE – MAX. 3 ANSWERS)"

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