Most Poles afraid of data leak due to pandemic: study

As many as 60 percent of Poles are afraid that during the period of the coronavirus epidemic their personal data may fall into the wrong hands, reveal the latest results of the Poland-based KRD Economic Information Bureau research.

From a survey conducted at the beginning of April, commissioned by KRD, 21 percent of respondents are afraid of hacking and subsequent loss of data, and 26 percent of fraud. Many more respondents (54 percent) are afraid of data leakage from offices and companies.

Nearly 28 percent of respondents have serious doubts as to whether private enterprises will be able to ensure the security of their data during a pandemic. It’s about social networking sites, online stores and other companies whose services they used. More and more people use online payments owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Personal data is also collected by public institutions including government offices, universities and hospitals. More than 26 percent of respondents do not trust the safeguards used by those institutions, the study, whose results were published on April 28, shows.

(ISBnews)