Hacking, data theft and fraud are leaving Americans increasingly doubtful about the ability of “specific public and private institutions to protect their personal information from bad actors,"
The survey, which was released Wednesday, found 41 percent of Americans have seen fraudulent charges on their credit cards, while 35 percent say they’ve had their sensitive information stolen. Less frequent, but still worrisome, were the smaller percentages of Americans who said their social media accounts had been hacked.
The Pew survey also revealed that Americans are concerned about how well companies safeguard data. They were especially worried about how well government agencies and social media companies protect their information, with only 12 percent saying they were confident in the government.
The new survey of 1,040 American adults was done between March 30 and May 3, 2016. The margin of error is 3.4 percentage points.
