Security News > 2022 > August > 85% of Android users are concerned about privacy

Eighty-five percent of users are most interested in finding out how to set up privacy settings for services on Android, according to data collected by Kaspersky's Privacy Checker website.

Concerns over digital privacy are widespread. A "Digital Privacy and Security Survey" conducted by the Calyx Institute in 2021, found that 80% of respondents were worried about the topic of digital privacy over the last year and 59% said they felt more aware of how their data is treated than a year ago.

The Privacy Checker data also found there were far more requests for privacy guidelines for services on the Android platform compared with other operating systems.

Figures for the most viewed pages on the Privacy Checker website also confirm that Android requests were the most popular, with the top five related to instructions for this OS. The highest number of users were interested in medium-level privacy settings for Google.

To help alleviate privacy concerns, users can limit the amount of personal data that is available online with services such as Kaspersky Privacy Checker.

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