Half of consumers think that organisations don't care about their privacy

Tom Allen
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Consumers don't trust firms and are prepared to take legal action

Almost half (49 per cent) of UK consumers say that they don't believe that businesses care about their digital privacy - and half claim not to trust anyone with protecting their personal informatio...

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