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  • Oct, 2013

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    Trust in groups to protect privacy

    Q. How much trust do you have in the following groups to protect your privacy?

     

     A lot of trust

    Some trust

    A little trust

    No trust

    Don’t know

    Your internet service provider

    13%

    37%

    29%

    18%

    3%

    Google

    7%

    27%

    31%

    32%

    4%

    Facebook

    4%

    11%

    23%

    57%

    5%

    Twitter

    3%

    9%

    18%

    55%

    15%

    The Australian government

    9%

    32%

    33%

    22%

    4%

    The US government

    4%

    19%

    28%

    43%

    7%

    Over half of people have no trust in Facebook (57%) or Twitter (55%) to protect their privacy. Just under half have no trust in the US government to protect their privacy (43%).

    Very few people (13% or less) have a ‘lot of trust’ in the organisations listed to protect their privacy.

    Just 41% of people have a lot/some trust in the Australian government to protect their privacy.

    Those aged 18-24 (42%) and 25-34 (44%) were less likely to have no trust in Facebook. While those aged 35-44 (60%), 45-54 (66%), 55-64 (62%) and 65+ (63%) were more likely to have ‘no trust’.

    The same theme was repeated for Twitter, with those aged 18-24 (31%) and 25-34 (45%) being less likely than those aged 35-44 (58%), 45-54 (63%), 55-64 (64%) and 65+ (63%) to have ‘no trust’.

    Liberal/National voters were more likely to have a lot/some trust in the Australian government to protect their privacy (54%). Labor (33%) voters were less likely to have a lot/some trust in the Australian Government to protect their privacy.

     

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