for Brazil Tech
| December 2, 2019 — 16:44 GMT (16:44 GMT)
| Topic: Security
Brazilians are neither happy with the way in which companies handle their personal data or trust them, according to a new study.
The global survey was carried out on behalf of IBM with 11,000 consumers by The Harris Poll in 11 countries including Brazil. It has found that 96 percent of Brazilians believe companies don’t do enough to protect their personal information.
This compares with the average in the other countries where the survey was undertaken, where just over half of consumers believe organizations should do more to safeguard their information.
In terms of control over what happens to their data, 5 in 10 Brazilian consumers know that their information is always, or often shared with other organizations they are unaware of. Some 81 percent of Brazilians admitted to having lost control in terms of how their data is being used by companies.
In addition, the report has found that 6 in 10 Brazilians know someone who has been a victim of a data leak or have been through such situations themselves.
for Brazil Tech
| December 2, 2019 — 16:44 GMT (16:44 GMT)
| Topic: Security