During a June 2019 survey, 25 percent of respondents stated that they were asked to agree to a company's terms and conditions on an almost daily basis, while 32 percent of respondents encountered company T&Cs about once a week.
Frequency of being asked to agree to terms and conditions of a company's privacy policy according to online adults in the United States as of June 2019
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Pew Research Center. (November 15, 2019). Frequency of being asked to agree to terms and conditions of a company's privacy policy according to online adults in the United States as of June 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084258/privacy-policy-frequency-usa-adults/
Pew Research Center. "Frequency of being asked to agree to terms and conditions of a company's privacy policy according to online adults in the United States as of June 2019." Chart. November 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084258/privacy-policy-frequency-usa-adults/
Pew Research Center. (2019). Frequency of being asked to agree to terms and conditions of a company's privacy policy according to online adults in the United States as of June 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084258/privacy-policy-frequency-usa-adults/
Pew Research Center. "Frequency of Being Asked to Agree to Terms and Conditions of a Company's Privacy Policy According to Online Adults in The United States as of June 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084258/privacy-policy-frequency-usa-adults/
Pew Research Center, Frequency of being asked to agree to terms and conditions of a company's privacy policy according to online adults in the United States as of June 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084258/privacy-policy-frequency-usa-adults/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
Frequency of being asked to agree to terms and conditions of a company's privacy policy according to online adults in the United States as of June 2019 [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 15, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084258/privacy-policy-frequency-usa-adults/