Trust and Privacy Online: Why Americans Want to Rewrite the Rules
8/20/2000 | 
Report | Susannah Fox
American Internet users overwhelmingly want the presumption of privacy when they go online. But a great many Internet users do not know the basics of how their online activities are observed and they do not use available tools to protect themselves. And despite their concerns, Americans continue to trust email, surf the Web for advice about intimate aspects of their lives, make friends online, and turn to Web sites for health information, for spending their money, and for material about their finances.
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Report Press Release
Presentation:
Privacy Online: A status report
Testimony of Lee Rainie to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Report Coverage:
Data Set:
May-June 2000 Survey Data
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