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Pew Research CenterNovember 13, 2019
Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information

Americans are more accepting of using personal data to help improve schools or assess potential terrorist threats, but are more wary of some other data uses

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Americans are more accepting of using personal data to help improve schools or assess potential terrorist threats, but are more wary of some other data uses

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Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information
Roughly six-in-ten Americans believe it is not possible to go through daily life without having their data collected
Majority of Americans feel as if they have little control over data collected about them by companies and the government
About eight-in-ten Americans say they are asked to agree to a privacy policy at least monthly, including one-quarter who say this happens almost every day
About half of Americans feel as if they have no control over who can access their online searches
Americans are more accepting of using personal data to help improve schools or assess potential terrorist threats, but are more wary of some other data uses
Most Americans are not confident that companies would publicly admit to misusing consumers’ data
Majority of Americans feel as if they have little control over data collected about them by companies and the government

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