Report by Clutch

Consumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information?

17 FINDINGSPublished Feb 10, 2026
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Key Findings

75% of consumers who experienced a data breach changed their behavior, compared to 36% of consumers who have not experienced a data breach.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerBehavior ChangeData Breaches

55% of consumers feel confident protecting their data online.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerData SecurityConsumer Confidence

88% of consumers are most concerned about their financial information.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerFinancial Data

38% of consumers worry most about financial fraud.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerFinancial FraudConsumer Concern

77% of consumers say data privacy policies influence their purchases.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerConsumer BehaviorPrivacy Policies

88% of consumers would stop using a company if their data was not secure.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerConsumer BehaviorData Security

72% of consumers use strong or unique passwords.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerPasswordsAccount Security

65% of consumers enable multi-factor authentication.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerMFAAccount Security

28% of consumers regularly review privacy and security settings.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerPrivacy SettingsSecurity Settings

29% of consumers limit app permissions.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerApp PermissionsPrivacy

90% of consumers say safeguarding their privacy is important.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerPrivacyConsumer Behavior

Company breaches are the leading cause of consumer data exposure at 30%.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerData ExposureCorporate Breaches

57% of consumers say their personal information has been compromised at least once.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerData BreachesConsumer RiskData CompromisePersonal Information

72% of consumers are concerned about their login credentials.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerLogin CredentialsAccount Security

46% of consumers are concerned about their health data.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerHealth DataPrivacy

43% of consumers are concerned about their contact information.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerContact DataPrivacy

40% of consumers worry most about identity theft.

ClutchConsumers Care Deeply About Data Security and Privacy, but Are They Doing Enough to Protect their Information? ·Feb 10, 2026
ConsumerIdentity TheftConsumer Concern