This survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project asked 1,002 adults about their Internet habits. It is laid out in five parts: the quest for anonymity online; concerns about personal information online; who internet users are trying to avoid, the information they want to protect; how users feel about the sensitivity of certain kinds of data; online identity theft, security issues and reputational damage. (2013)
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