{"id":2486,"date":"2018-01-17T11:27:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T11:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2018-01-17T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T11:27:31","slug":"uk-citizens-mistrust-organisations-businesses-personal-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/uk-citizens-mistrust-organisations-businesses-personal-data","title":{"rendered":"Most U.K. citizens don’t trust organisations and businesses with their personal data"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) conducted a study to see how U.K. citizens feel about their personal data being shared with organisations and businesses, and the results reflect an inherent mistrust and lack of confidence in how their data is being stored and handled.<\/p>\n

The results of the study are likely to have been influenced by the colossal and numerous high-profile data breaches in the last couple of years<\/a> that have seen millions of people have their personal data breached time and time again.
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\nIn the study, 2,153 adult U.K. citizens were interviewed online about their thoughts on data protection, and only one-in-five people trusted organisations and businesses<\/strong> when it came to storing and protecting their personal information.<\/p>\n

According to Comres<\/a> who carried out the research, the U.K. public are, overall, “more likely to trust public bodies than private companies or organisations regarding holding or sharing their personal information.” <\/p>\n

This could be because the nature of public bodies requires a higher level of transparency than their private counterparts, but the U.K. public could be putting more trust in governmental institutions because they’re at least less likely to neglect data protection in favour of increasing profits.<\/p>\n

The report also revealed that the older generations are more sceptical of organisations than younger U.K. adults. In the past few decades we have seen an exponential growth in technology, especially in digital communications and file-sharing.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

High-profile cyber-attacks reveal the vulnerable nature of digital files and the magnitude of risk in keeping millions of records in one place that can be accessed by one click. Older generations who are used to paper files could be forgiven for their mistrust in allowing their personal data to be added to huge digital databases…<\/p>\n

Other statistics included:<\/p>\n

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