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.

ConsumerBehavior ChangeData Breaches

55% of consumers feel confident protecting their data online.

ConsumerData SecurityConsumer Confidence

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

ConsumerFinancial Data

38% of consumers worry most about financial fraud.

ConsumerFinancial FraudConsumer Concern

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

ConsumerConsumer BehaviorPrivacy Policies

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

ConsumerConsumer BehaviorData Security

72% of consumers use strong or unique passwords.

ConsumerPasswordsAccount Security

65% of consumers enable multi-factor authentication.

ConsumerMFAAccount Security

28% of consumers regularly review privacy and security settings.

ConsumerPrivacy SettingsSecurity Settings

29% of consumers limit app permissions.

ConsumerApp PermissionsPrivacy

90% of consumers say safeguarding their privacy is important.

ConsumerPrivacyConsumer Behavior

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

ConsumerData ExposureCorporate Breaches

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

ConsumerData BreachesConsumer RiskData CompromisePersonal Information

72% of consumers are concerned about their login credentials.

ConsumerLogin CredentialsAccount Security

46% of consumers are concerned about their health data.

ConsumerHealth DataPrivacy

43% of consumers are concerned about their contact information.

ConsumerContact DataPrivacy

40% of consumers worry most about identity theft.

ConsumerIdentity TheftConsumer Concern