Assessing willingness to share personal data in different countries with online research surveys

Since data is the gold of the modern world, sharing personal information with certain actors has become suspicious, doubtful, and commonly unaccepted in some cases. Despite the specter of surveillance, everyone shares some of their personal data, whether with their health app, health insurance company, family doctor, partner, or employer.

There are certain exceptions for data sharing acceptance depending on one’s culture, lifestyle, specificity of data, etc. One of TGM’s Clients initiated a project to understand general opinions and patterns of behavior concerning sharing personal data. The online research was conducted in 4 countries – Thailand, the Philippines, Germany, and Turkey.