When asked about specific kinds of personal information that might be posted online, internet users express varying degrees of awareness about the availability of certain information about them. In some cases, such as on many social networking sites, users post information about themselves. In other cases, as with government records, information is published online by someone else.  

The most common pieces of information reported to be online are one’s home address and “your employer or the company you work for.” Fully 35% of internet users say that their home address is available online, while 40% say their address is not available. Another 25% say they don’t know whether or not their home address can be found online.

Likewise, 35% of internet users say that information about who they work for is available online, while 44% say that information is not available. Another 11% say they don’t know whether or not that kind of information is posted online and 9% say the question doesn’t apply to them.

Among those who are employed, nearly three in four (73%) say that their company or employer maintains a website. However, just one in four workers whose employers have a presence online (27%) say those websites contain specific information about them—such as their biography, their contact information or a photo of them.