Seven in 10 UK internet users happy to give away personal information
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#8TDF)
Citizens are wary of giving away credit card details yet believe they benefit form giving away personal data, Ofcom research shows
One in five people in the UK would never use their credit card online despite just under 70% of internet users saying they're perfectly happy to give away their personal information, according to Ofcom.
Over a quarter of those surveyed also said that they were unwilling to provide their mobile phone number online, but that they believed that giving away other personal information benefitted them in some way.
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