Attitudes on Data Protection and Electronic Identity in the European Union - Special Eurobarometer survey 359

Author: This survey was requested by the Directorate-General Information Society and Media (INFSO), the Directorate-General Justice (JUST) and the Directorate-General JRC and co-ordinated by the Directorate-General Communication

Price FREE Publisher European Commission Publication date 16 June 2011 ISBN

Publication synopsis Three out of four Europeans accept that revealing personal data is part of everyday life, but they are also worried about how companies – including search engines and social networks – use their information. These are the main conclusions of a new Eurobarometer survey on attitudes towards data protection and electronic identity, released by the European Commission today. The report reveals that 62% of people in the European Union give the minimum required information so as to protect their identity, while 75% want to be able to delete personal information online whenever they want to – the so-called right to be forgotten. There is also strong support for EU action: 90% want to have the same data protection rights across Europe.

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