Research shows half of UK adults want their digital history deleted
New research has revealed that nearly half of UK adults would like part of their digital history to be permanently deleted. The research, conducted by Accenture, surveyed 2,000 UK adults on data privacy and discovered that 47% of them would like certain aspects of their online activity deleted.
The five most popular things that people would like to be deleted from their digital history are:
- Photos of themselves posted by others
- Embarrassing social media posts
- Search engine history
- Shopping habits
- Credit history
When GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into effect on the 25th May it will provide people with more control over their digital information. It will give everyone in the UK the right to access data that companies hold about them and ask for it to be deleted.
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