Verified Confidence: high
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
Safe rephrasing
Pew's May 2023 survey found 67% of U.S. adults say they understand little to nothing about what companies do with their personal data, up from 59% in 2019.
What the source says
Some 67% say they understand little to nothing about what companies are doing with their personal data, up from 59%.
Pew Research Center — How Americans View Data Privacy (Oct. 18, 2023)
- Commonly cited as
- "Most people don't know how their data is used"
- 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
- 2023 survey; the comparison figure (59%) is from 2019
- Interest
- n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).