A survey conducted in December 2021 in the United States found that ** percent of U.S. consumers did not think they had any control over preventing companies from sharing their personal information with third parties. Another ** percent said they didn't believe they could prevent the companies from collecting information about them.
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Global Data and Marketing Alliance, & Acxiom, & Foresight Factory. (March 28, 2022). Share of consumers in the United States feeling they lack control over companies handling their personal information as of December 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1368913/us-consumers-not-having-control-companies-handling-private-data/
Global Data and Marketing Alliance, und Acxiom, und Foresight Factory. "Share of consumers in the United States feeling they lack control over companies handling their personal information as of December 2021." Chart. March 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1368913/us-consumers-not-having-control-companies-handling-private-data/
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Share of consumers in the United States feeling they lack control over companies handling their personal information as of December 2021 [Graph], Global Data and Marketing Alliance, & Acxiom, & Foresight Factory, March 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1368913/us-consumers-not-having-control-companies-handling-private-data/
