Security News > 2020 > October > Cisco reports highlight widespread desire for data privacy and fears over remote work security
Cisco has released two studies examining how workers feel about the current state of play when it comes to remote work security and data privacy, finding that thousands around the world are increasingly concerned about how their employers are handling the massive societal changes that have occurred over the last six months.
"Cisco's latest privacy research highlights that people care deeply about protecting their data, and many have stopped doing business with companies due to data privacy concerns," said Brad Arkin, senior vice president and chief security and trust officer at Cisco.
Consumers also expect their governments to take proactive measures to protect the data privacy of citizens and respondents living in countries with data privacy laws like the GDPR viewed them positively.
Hundreds of respondents hailed from countries with privacy laws like the Federal Privacy Act in Australia, the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais in Brazil, the Personal Information Protection Act in Japan, and the proposed Personal Data Protection Bill in India.
Globally, younger respondents under the age of 35 were more likely to know about data privacy laws and certain countries had extraordinarily low levels of awareness, like Brazil at 33% and Italy at 39%. Despite varying levels of awareness about data privacy, almost half of all respondents said they did not feel they knew how to protect their data because they were not sure how companies were using their information.