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Survey:
Eighty Percent of Consumers
Believe Total Data Privacy No
Longer Exists
May 2014
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• Executive Summary
• Detailed Findings
• Methodology and Survey Sample
• Click here for a news release on the survey
• Click here for the infographic highlighting survey
results
• All materials can be used externally with proper
attribution and reference to Accenture Interactive
Contents
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Executive Summary
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• The vast majority (80 percent) of consumers aged 20-40 in the United States and the United Kingdom believe total privacy in the digital world is a thing of the past, and nearly half (49 percent) said they would not object to having their buying behavior tracked if it would result in relevant offers from brands and suppliers.
• Privacy concerns aside, the survey of 2,012 consumers conducted in March and April 2014 indicates that they continue to embrace digital technology in pursuit of a good deal. In fact, nearly two-thirds of the respondents – 64 percent – said that when they are physically in a store, they would welcome text messages from that retailer alerting them to offers matching their buying preferences.
• It’s clear from the survey results that consumers continue to be cautious about the use of their personal information. According to the survey:
– The majority of respondents -- 87 percent -- believe adequate safeguards are not in place to protect their personal information.
– Sixty-four percent are concerned about websites tracking their buying behavior.
– More than half (56 percent) say they are trying to safeguard their privacy by inputting their credit card information each time they make an online purchase rather than having that data stored for future use.
– Seventy percent of respondents believe businesses aren’t transparent about how their information is being used, and 68 percent say there is not enough transparency around what is being done with their information.
– A large number of respondents – 40 percent – believe only 10 percent of their personal data is actually private.
– Although 42 percent believe vendors and suppliers are using their personal data in order to provide them with more relevant offers, 39 percent believe their data is being sold.
Executive Summary
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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• Asked to rank the factors that would make them most likely to complete the purchase of a product or service, respondents’ top three choices were sales and competitive pricing (61 percent), superior products (36 percent) and superior customer experience – both online and in-store (35 percent).
• Customer loyalty programs and relevant promotions followed, at 31 percent and 26 percent, respectively, but engaging advertising campaigns and celebrity endorsements trailed far behind, at six percent and three percent, respectively.
• The survey confirms that consumers are ubiquitous users of digital technology across multiple mobile platforms.
– Respondents own between three and four digital devices per person, on average, and 27 percent own more than four devices.
• Consumers spend an average of six to six and a half hours per day using a digital device for personal activities including messaging/texting (48 percent), emailing (39 percent), getting news (27 percent) and shopping for a product or service online (20 percent).
• Businesses appear to be making a good effort to reach these customers: Nearly all respondents – 90 percent – said they receive notifications of upcoming promotions or new services with varying frequency and half say these communications help guide future purchase decisions.
• There is a clear pecking order among the types of communications that consumers prefer to receive from companies: Email was the top choice for 93 percent of respondents, followed by social media (57 percent) and text (44 percent). Only 25 percent of survey respondents said they are comfortable receiving phone calls.
Executive Summary
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
80%
82%
78%
Yes
Total UK US
Do you believe that total privacy in the digital world is history/a thing of
the past?
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
If yes that you believe total privacy is history/a thing of the past, then
what percentage of your data do you believe is still private?
40%
22%
20%
12%
5%
1%
38%
23%
22%
12%
4%
1%
39%
23%
21%
12%
5%
1%
Up to 10%
11%- 20%
21%-40%
41%-60%
61%-80%
81% or more Total
UK
US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
In order of frequency what do you believe vendors/suppliers are doing
with your personal information? Please put the one you believe they are
doing most often first and so on.
14%
38%
49%
12%
41%
47%
13%
39%
42%
Having adequate safeguards inplace to protect it
Selling it
Using it to provide you withrelevant recommendations
Total
UK
US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
Do you feel vendors/suppliers are transparent enough as to what they
are going to do with your personal information?
32%
27%
36%
Yes
Total
UK
US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
Do you feel vendors/suppliers are transparent enough as to how they
are going to use your personal information?
30%
26%
35%
Yes
Total
UK
US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
How do you want companies to be transparent with you when it
concerns your personal information?
8%
9%
30%
37%
44%
51%
6%
8%
28%
42%
54%
56%
7%
9%
29%
40%
49%
53%
Call you with initial details and updates on how yourpersonal information will be used.
Text you with initial details and updates on how yourpersonal information will be used.
Post all consumer data usage details on a disclaimer on the company’s website.
When updates are made to data usage, check withyou for approval again before using your data.
Always have an opportunity to opt-out of new datausage plans
Email you with initial details and updates on howyour personal information will be used
Total
UK
US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
Which one of the following options is more important to you?
49%
51%
49%
51%
49%
51%
Companies presenting me relevantoffers even if it means tracking my
behaviour
Companies no longer tracking myactivity, even if I start to receive
irrelevant information
Total UK US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
Are you concerned with websites tracking your behavior?
Are you aware this tracking enables companies to present offers and
content that matches your interest?
Is there a concern over tracking behaviour
64% 66% 63%
Yes
Total UK US
Awareness of what tracking enables
84% 85% 84%
YesSource: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
Are you aware this tracking enables companies to present offers and
content that matches your interest?
84% 85% 84%
Yes
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
What would make you more likely to complete a purchase for a product
or service, and therefore where should brands place greater focus and
budget? Please rank each of the areas listed below in order of
importance from most to least important.
3%
6%
19%
29%
39%
39%
64%
2%
7%
32%
33%
33%
33%
58%
3%
6%
26%
31%
35%
36%
61%
Celebrity endorsement
Engaging advertising campaign
Relevant promotions
Loyalty programs
Superior customer experience (online/in-store)
Superior products
Sales/competitive pricing
Total
UK
US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
Looking at convenience and security when buying products or services,
which of the following is closest to what you do?
56%
26%
14%
3%
57%
28%
12%
3%
55%
25%
17%
4%
Taking the time to inputyour credit card informationinto a website each time atthe time of purchase even
though it takes more time todo because it could be
more secure
Store your credit cardinformation in a website for
convenience
Only make purchases in a store; you feel that’s the
most secure
Always call the retailer to make purchases; you don’t trust putting your credit card
number onto the website
Total UK US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
Do you receive relevant communications -- such as notifications of
upcoming promotions or new services -- from vendors/suppliers you
currently use?
34%
56%
10%
33%
58%
9%
35%
54%
12%
Yes – all the time Yes – but only sometimes No
Total UK US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
Do you find the vendor/supplier recommendations regarding new
products or service...
15%
30%
55%
23%
32%
45%
19%
31%
50%
Irrelevant and annoying
Interesting but you rarely purchaseany of them
A helpful guide for future purchases
Total
UK
US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
When actually in a physical store, would you be receptive to receiving a
text message on your cell/mobile phone with an offer that matches what
you’re looking for at the time or could be of interest to you based on
your past purchases, which you can take up during that visit?
65%
64%
64%
YesTotal
UK
US
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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Detailed Findings – Accenture Survey on Personalization and Customer Relevancy
How comfortable are you with getting contact from brands and suppliers
via each of the following channels? Please indicate if you are
comfortable/happy with communication via that channel or not.
27%
59%
61%
92%
23%
54%
53%
93%
25%
44%
57%
93%
Phonecall
Text
Socialmedia
Total
UK
US
Comfortable
73%
41%
39%
8%
77%
46%
47%
7%
75%
44%
43%
7%
Total
UK
US
Uncomfortable
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Methodology and Survey Sample
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• The survey was carried out online in March and April 2014, with 2,012
consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom.
• Participants consisted of 1,000 in the United States and 1,012 in the
United Kingdom.
• Participants were between 20 and 40 years of age with gender, socio-
economic and income controls in place.
Methodology and Survey Sample
Source: Accenture Interactive; May 2014; News Release
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• Cam Granstra
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• Kathryn Zbikowski
– kathryn.zbikowski@accenture.com
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About Accenture Interactive
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