About one third of Romanian Internet users (31 pct) provided, in 2016, online personal data, half the registered average at the level of the European Union (UE), which stands at 71 pct, reveal the results of a study, released publicly on Tuesday.
According to Perceptum research, last year, only 15 pct of Romanians who surfed online refused to provide personal data to be used for advertising purposes, as compared to an 80 pct European average. The same percentage of Romanian Internet users limited access to their personal profile or their own content placed on social networks, as compared to a 40 pct average of the EU.
Only four in ten Romanians (38%) are aware of the existence of these files and what they offer the owners' sites: valuable feedback on user preferences in terms of shopping, information sources, vacations and more.
According to the cited source, at 2016 level, nearly 24 pct of the Romanian Internet users have read the privacy policies of sites (37 pct the EU average), and 70 pct of those who surfed online have done so from mobile phones or smartphones and 26 pct from tablets.
The data used in the specialized research were issued by the European Statistics Office (Eurostat) during December 2016 - February 2017.
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