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  • Apr, 2014

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    Regulation of industries

    Q. Do you think there needs to be more or less regulation of the following, or is the current regulation about right?

     

     

    More regulation

    Less regulation

    Current regulation about right

    Don’t know

    Aged care providers

    47%

    13%

    18%

    22%

    Banking

    42%

    10%

    30%

    18%

    Financial planning

    40%

    10%

    26%

    24%

    Mining

    39%

    14%

    25%

    22%

    Building and construction

    38%

    15%

    26%

    21%

    Planning and development

    34%

    19%

    24%

    23%

    Private education services

    32%

    19%

    26%

    24%

    Overall, respondents were more likely to think there should be more rather than less regulation of the industries listed.

    In particular, they wanted more regulation of aged care providers (47%), banking (42%) and financial planning (40%).

    While respondents aged 55+ were more likely to think there was too much regulation of businesses overall, they were more likely to want more regulation of financial planning (48%), building and construction (49%) and aged care providers (55%).

    48% of those on income over $1,600pw wanted more regulation of financial planning.

  • Mar, 2014

    Actions taken to protect privacy

    Q. Have you ever taken any of the following actions to protect your privacy on the internet?

     

    Total

     

    Aged

    18-34

    Aged

    35-54

    Aged 55+

    Cleared cookies and browser in history

    73%

    77%

    72%

    70%

    Set your browser to disable or turned off cookies

    56%

    55%

    57%

    54%

    Stopped using a website you think might be using information about you

    54%

    60%

    53%

    49%

    Deleted something you posted in the past

    51%

    68%

    46%

    36%

    Decided not to use a website because they wanted your real name

    46%

    49%

    45%

    43%

    Used a false name or untraceable username

    36%

    48%

    34%

    23%

    Use a non-identifiable email address

    31%

    41%

    31%

    20%

    The majority of respondents had taken some form of action to protect their privacy on the internet.

    73% had cleared their cookies and browser, 56% had set browser to disable or turned off cookies and 54% had stopped using a website thet aight be using their information.

    68% of those aged 18-34 had deleted posts – and were also more likely to use a false name (48%) or  anonymous email address (41%).

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