Verified Confidence: high
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
Safe rephrasing
Pew's 2023 survey found 56% of U.S. adults say they frequently click 'agree' on privacy policies without reading them.
What the source says
Our survey finds that a majority of Americans ignore privacy policies altogether: 56% frequently click “agree” without actually reading their content.
Pew Research Center — How Americans View Data Privacy (Oct. 18, 2023)
- Commonly cited as
- "Nobody reads privacy policies"
- True origin
- Pew Research Center — How Americans View Data Privacy (Oct. 18, 2023)
- Type
- Reference fact: A frequently needed number or rule taken directly from a primary source (e.g. Pew, Census, IAB/PwC, FTC), with its as-of date.
- Year
- 2023
- Data as of
- Survey May 15–21, 2023
- Last checked
- Method & sample
- Pew survey of 5,101 U.S. adults on the American Trends Panel, May 15–21, 2023, weighted to be nationally representative.
- Drift between quote and source
- Self-reported behavior
- Interest
- n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).