Comments on: Think Europeans are more into data privacy than Americans? Think again. http://gigaom.com/2013/02/06/think-europeans-are-more-into-data-privacy-than-americans-think-again/ Fri, 24 May 2013 21:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: iribal http://gigaom.com/2013/02/06/think-europeans-are-more-into-data-privacy-than-americans-think-again/#comment-1309479 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:22:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607854#comment-1309479 Interesting that fewer Russians say they would enable it, and more of them say they don’t care… Given their history of surveillance, that seems counterintuitive. Or maybe they have bigger problems to worry about?

]]> By: David Meyer http://gigaom.com/2013/02/06/think-europeans-are-more-into-data-privacy-than-americans-think-again/#comment-1309142 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:33:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607854#comment-1309142 It’s a basic principle of “would you?” questions in surveys, and one that the analyst here himself brought up.

]]> By: mike http://gigaom.com/2013/02/06/think-europeans-are-more-into-data-privacy-than-americans-think-again/#comment-1308973 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:22:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=607854#comment-1308973 “81 percent of French people may say they’d enable DNT if they saw it, but the number that actually would click the button would be much lower.”

What is the basis for such an assertion? If the DNT notification was placed in a conspicuous location, there is no reason to think people wouldn’t do as they say.

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