Chart of the week: Feeling tracked and the counter-measures against ads
According to the “Statista Survey Advertising & Privacy 2017“, 86 per cent of respondents often or occasionally realise that their online behaviour is being tracked and used for ads. While 37 per cent do not take any counter-measures, the remaining 63 per cent take action, such as using an incognito window in their browser, to shake off the digital tail. Albeit, only 14 per cent do this always.
Contrasting the findings of other studies there are people out there who are rather spooked out by personalised ads, or knowing that they’re being followed. Digital media, marketing their web space for personalised ads, need to at least acknowledge that some of their audience is aware and wary of being followed. And, the customer cannot be coerced to be turned on by cookies.
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Source: Statista
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