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2012 Thoughts About Privacy

Posted on January 31, 2013March 18, 2019 by Marti Weston

This graph from the Poneman Institute’s report, 2012 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy (PDF) depicts the seven-year trends about people’s views about their control over personal information and the importance of privacy.

(image used with permission)

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