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  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "id": "pew-56-percent-click-agree-without-reading-privacy-policies",
  "slug": "pew-56-percent-click-agree-without-reading-privacy-policies",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/pew-56-percent-click-agree-without-reading-privacy-policies/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/pew-56-percent-click-agree-without-reading-privacy-policies.json",
  "claim": "56% of Americans frequently click 'agree' on privacy policies without reading them (Pew, 2023)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Nobody reads privacy policies\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "How Americans View Data Privacy (Oct. 18, 2023)",
    "year": "2023"
  },
  "quote": "Our survey finds that a majority of Americans ignore privacy policies altogether: 56% frequently click “agree” without actually reading their content.",
  "method": "Pew survey of 5,101 U.S. adults on the American Trends Panel, May 15–21, 2023, weighted to be nationally representative.",
  "drift": [
    "Self-reported behavior"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Pew's 2023 survey found 56% of U.S. adults say they frequently click 'agree' on privacy policies without reading them.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew — How Americans View Data Privacy (2023)",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/10/18/how-americans-view-data-privacy/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Survey May 15–21, 2023",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-17",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}