{"id":2270,"date":"2022-12-09T15:24:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/?p=2270"},"modified":"2022-12-09T15:24:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:24:56","slug":"representative-survey-data-detox-in-germany-half-of-all-online-users-are-tired-of-cookies-and-adjust-data-settings-accordingly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/representative-survey-data-detox-in-germany-half-of-all-online-users-are-tired-of-cookies-and-adjust-data-settings-accordingly\/","title":{"rendered":"Representative survey: Data detox in Germany – half of all online users are tired of cookies and adjust data settings accordingly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montabaur, 30.11.2022 \u2013 Germany has become more data-sensitive: Users in this country <\/strong>
\nare increasingly concerned about protecting their data on the web and are fed up with <\/strong>
\ncookies. This has been confirmed by a new representative survey conducted by the <\/strong>
\nmarket research company Innofact on behalf of the European netID Foundation. One in <\/strong>
\ntwo respondents would prefer the removal of cookie banners, which open automatically <\/strong>
\non visiting a website. To avoid revealing too much personal information, almost one in <\/strong>
\ntwo (47.2 percent) also adjust their cookie settings and only allow essential cookies –<\/strong>
\n43.7 percent regularly delete their cookies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The survey of 1001 Germans reveals that data sensitivity correlates with formal education. The
\nhigher the level of education, the greater the resistance to data collection via cookies. This is
\nillustrated by a look at three examples of what Internet users actually do to protect their
\npersonal data. First: The majority (51.3 percent) of those with a high school diploma or a
\nuniversity degree actively monitor their cookie settings and only allow essential cookies – that
\nis, only those that are technically necessary. In the population as a whole, this figure is 47.2
\npercent. Second: 41 percent of high school graduates and 42.4 percent of college graduates
\nreject cookies whenever possible. Across all groups, this figure is 36.8 percent. Third: Around
\none in four high school graduates\/academics regularly manage their data settings on websites –
\nonly one in five do so across the population as a whole. Overall, 43.7 percent of all Germans
\ndelete their data regularly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that German consumers are increasingly taking concrete steps to protect their
\npersonal data on the Internet illustrates the growing awareness in society. With regulatory
\nmeasures such as the TTDSG, legislators want to better protect the privacy of users, but in
\npractice this leads to even more complex consent management and even more banners. The
\nsystem has reached a dead end,” says J\u00f6rn Strehlau, chairman of the board of the European
\nnetID Foundation.<\/p>\n

Login services seen as the most popular alternative to cookie banners
\nHalf of the respondents (50.1 percent) would prefer to see consent banners abolished. However,
\nsince websites are ultimately (co-)financed by their users’ data, Innofact also asked about the
\npopularity of possible alternatives. Registration using a log-in solution to access websites, with
\n17.9 percent approval, outweighs paid models: Only around one in ten respondents would
\nprefer subscription models (11.1 percent) and micropayment solutions (9.5 percent), even
\nthough they could then surf ad-free. With netID, the European netID Foundation offers a login
\nthat enables the use of numerous online services with a simple one-time registration.
\nThe representative survey was conducted by Innofact AG from November 8 thru November 10,
\n2022. A total of 1001 people between the ages of 18 and 69 were surveyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montabaur, 30.11.2022 \u2013 Germany has become more data-sensitive: Users in this country are increasingly concerned about protecting their data on the web and are fed up with cookies. This has been confirmed by a new representative survey conducted by the market research company Innofact on behalf of the European netID Foundation. One in two respondents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[515,517,507],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein-en","category-startseite-en","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2271,"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270\/revisions\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enid.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}