Flash Eurobarometer 443 (e-Privacy)

E-Privacy.<br>Topics: measures taken to guarantee online privacy: use of software that protects from seeing online adverts (anti-adware), use of software that prevents online activities from being monitored (anti-spyware), avoidance of certain websites to prevent from being monitored, change of privacy settings on internet browser; importance of selected aspects regarding online privacy: access to personal information only with permission, use of monitoring tools only with permission, guaranteed confidentiality of e-mails and online instant messaging; knowledge test on laws on online privacy: personal information on computer, smartphone, or tablet are only allowed to be accessed with personal permission, interdiction to store external information (e.g. cookies) on personal computer, smartphone, or tablet, confidentiality of instant messaging and online voice conversation; approval of the following statements: providers should give regular software updates to protect personal information, default settings of browser should stop information from being shared, reception of too many commercial calls, encryption of messages and calls should be possible for the user; acceptance of selected measures with regard to monitoring online activities: being monitored in exchange for unrestricted access to a certain website, sharing of personal user information between companies to provide users with new services, pay not to be monitored; desired point of time when visiting a website to be asked for permission to access or to store user information; preferred approach concerning commercial calls: general allowance, allowance only under the condition of displaying phone number, phone numbers should have a special prefix.

Demography: frequency of using the following means of communication for selected purposes: fixed phone line, mobile phone to make calls or send text messages, internet to make phone or video calls, internet for instant messaging, e-mail, online social networks, internet to browse online; age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; type of phone line; nation group; weighting factor.