According to the results of a February 2021 survey on global online users, it was found that 76 percent of respondents in India were proactively looking for ways to protect their privacy. Meanwhile, German and Dutch respondents were considerably less proactive, with only 61 and 55 percent doing so. Across the 10 countries surveyed, nearly 70 percent on average were actively seeking to increase their online privacy.
Share of internet users who are proactively looking for better ways to protect their privacy as of February 2021, by country
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